Lunch: Vegetarian lasagne
Dinner: Meatloaf with potatoes and brown sauce
 
Continued sailing for Recife in Brazil. Fair winds during the day, if not from the best of directions. In spite of this, we are making about five knots which is more than enough to get us there in time. Naturally we are also gearing up now shortly before the next port-call, to have all work on board ready in time. Below they are painting and cleaning, shelves and other things are being manufactured and painted in the correct colour to suit the environment. On deck work goes on to get the lightning-conductors in place on each mast. Also our two kedge-anchors are painted and placed one on each foremast chain. Work getting the port side bumper guards for our longboats ready continues. Unfortunately the weather is a bit of a hindrance, since it must be rather calm when working outside the railing under sail. We also preparing the visit to Recife. We have established contact with our agent and questions are going out and coming in all the time. Before we can go ashore and take part in the welcoming ceremony, immigration police, health authorities and customs must be satisfied. Our programme being planned on a minute by minute basis, we must be ahead of things.

Logbook Dec. 26th - 27th, 2005, at 0800                     
(Translated from Swedish)

Position: S 004 dgrs 58.1 mnts, W 033 dgrs 03.6 mnts
Course: 185 dgrs
24 hour distance: 79 nm
 
Fire and inspection round every half hour

Dec. 26th 
0800 All hands on deck
0810 MOB boat launched
1500 Started main engine, started weighing anchor
1515 Anchor at surface
1630 Staysail set, cleared lower sails and spritsail
1654 Foresail set, stopped main engine
1710 Mainsail set
1820 Spritsail set
         Deck flushed
         Main topsail cleared
2030 Main topsail set
2050 Jib set
2110 Fore staysail set
2120 Went about to port tack

Dec. 27th
          Watch made evaluation of journey
           Deck flushed
           Deck toilet cleaned
      
Other non-logbook data
 
Air pressure: 1013 mb
Temperature: 28 dgrs C
Water temp.: 28 dgrs C
Wind speed:  - knots
Wave height: -
Weather: Sunny, occasional clouds
Water depth: 4,436 m
SOG: 4.8 knots
LOG: 4.8 knots