24 hour distance: 109 nm
Average speed: 4.3 knots
Under sail: 24 hrs
Other non-logbook data
Position: S 035 dgrs 39 mnts
E 031 dgrs 59 mnts
Wind: SE 11-16 knots
Wave height: 0.5 - 1.25 m
COG: 45 dgrs
SOG: 4.9 knots
LOG: 4.2 knots
Air pressure: 1027 mb
Temperature: 20 dgrs C
Water temp.: 22 dgrs C
Weather: Sunny, occasional clouds
Depth: Abt 4,000 m
Lunch: Pasta al Chorizo
Dinner: Fish soup á la East Indiaman with home-baked bread and topped with aioli
From the logbook:
28/3
1330 Fore top staysail set
1800 Port main brace turned over
2200 Set ship´s clock one hour forward
29/3
0630 Main top staysail set
0730 Jib set
Comments:
We had a few showers at 4 p.m. yesterday afternoon and at 4 a.m. today also. Otherwise clouds have been completely absent and the sun has given a lovely warmth. All the time we spot mighty albatrosses, seemingly motionless sailing up to us, making a few circles around the Swedish Ship Götheborg, then disappearing fast ahead of us. They obviously manœuvre with very small motions that are invisible to a spectator and are sailing so close to the water that they disappear when in the troughs of the waves, in spite of the fact that the waves right now are seldom more than a metre high. In the morning a small flock of flying fish was also spotted in front of the bows.
The wind has turned during the past 24 hours and is expected to continue to do so, making our course increasingly northern and it is now time to gybe to get a new course more appropriate to our target. Our noon position reports are marked on a chart of the Indian Ocean, hung up on gundeck. It is telling us that we are right now somewhat ahead of the planning that would take us to Australia on May 13th.
The standing crew has a daily meeting at 3 p.m. on sundeck. Then everything is discussed and all views have an opportunity to be put forward. Safety round routines, the distribution of raincoats and the cleaning on board are examples of topics discussed.
