Wind:  knots (relative)
Wave height:
COG:  dgrs
SOG:  knots
LOG:  knots
Air pressure: 1014 mb
Temperature: 30 dgrs C
Water temp.: 28 dgrs C
Depth:18 m

Lunch: Christmas dinner, repeat
Dinner: “The week that was" (left-overs)
 
On Christmas Day the “Götheborg" is still at anchor off the main island of Fernando do Noronha. In spite of this being a holiday work on board has been rather intense, the programme including tarring of the hull. Afternoon was a bit less intense and everybody so wishing could take a bath in the sea. During the day we also have received a fellow visitor, the cruise-ship “Pacific". The ship´s boats and various local boats have shuttled all the guests ashore. A few of the boats also took a turn around the East Indiaman and we have received a great number of admiring looks and shouts. Not least from some Swedes who had also taken the opportunity to visit her when she was in Stockholm this summer. One could imagine the reaction seeing our beautiful ship at anchor off this exotic island. Not a very common sight. Every now and then we are also visited by dolphins. The species is “Stella longirostris" and in English they are called “rotifer". That is because they rotate their body when making a jump up from the water. At some instances they have made jumps that could make any human diver green with envy. We are hoping for more visits, preferably with high jumps against the setting sun. What a picture!

Logbook Dec. 24th - 25th , 2005, at 0800                    
(Translated from Swedish)
 
Position: S 003 dgrs 49.9 mnts, W 032 dgrs 24.8 mnts
Course:  - dgrs
24 hour distance: 28 nm

Fire and inspection round every half hour
 
Dec. 24th
1439 Anchor away
1445 Main engine stopped
1730-1900 Christmas dinner on gundeck

Dec. 25th
         Deck scrubbed and cleaned
         Morning cleaning of deck toilet
      
Other non-logbook data
 
Air pressure: 1013 mb
Temperature: 30 dgrs C
Water temp.: 28 dgrs C
Wind speed:  knots (relative)
Wave height:
Weather:
Water depth: 18 m
SOG:   knots
LOG:   knots