SHIP´S DIARY Noon position report March 26th, 2006, at 1200 (Translated from Swedish) 24 hour distance: 73 nmAverage speed: knots (n.a., still not 24 hours at sea)Under sail: 21.5 hrs Other non-logbook data Position: S 034 dgrs 58 mnts E 025 dgrs 38 mnts Wind: SW 5 knotsWave height: <0.5, swell 1-1.5 mCOG: 130 dgrsSOG: 4.4 knotsLOG: 5.1 knotsAir pressure: 1012 mbTemperature: 23 dgrs CWater temp.: 26 dgrs CWeather: FairDepth: 4,600 m Lunch: Lightly salted fillet of salmon baked in oven, with rice, mushrooms and a dill mayonnaise sauceDinner: Pork noisette fried whole with a barbecue sauce and curry couscous Ship´s log:25/31420 Fore and main topsails set1450 Mainsail and foresail set1450 Main engine stopped1730 Main staysail set1830 Mizzen topsail furled2110-2210 Gybed to starboard tack26/30310 Line in tow probably stuck port propeller0600 Aback in sails, braced for starboard tack and reach0700 Hove to, port propeller examined0935 MOB boat with diver launched1005 Propeller cleared Comments: First 24 hours at sea. A few cases of sea-sickness. Weather and wind are favouring us, the wind has turned, enabling us to follow our plan - going south for a few latitudes, then on an easterly course. And the best direction of the wind seems to continue for a few days. Our diver succeeded in cutting the line that got stuck in port propeller during the night. At the same time he could see that the bottom of the ship looked rather clean. This means we can make good speed under fair winds. It is Sunday and time for entertainment, this time provided by starboard watch. We are all eagerly awaiting the evening.
