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SHIP´S DIARY
 
Evening position report Feb. 15th, 2006, at 18.00             
 
24 hour distance: 104 nm
Average speed:   4.3 knots
Under sail:          22 hrs
 
Other non-logbook data
 
Position:   S 034 dgrs 16.4 mnts
               E 012 dgrs 59.1 mnts
 
Wind:             knots (relative)
COG:             100 dgrs
SOG:             3.9 knots
LOG:              3.7 knots
Air pressure:  1021 mb
Temperature: 20 dgrs C
Water temp.:  20 dgrs C
Depth:            4,866 m
 
Today´s catch: Two tunafish of about 15 kilos a piece
Proud anglers: 2nd mate and purser
 
Lunch: Smoked salmon with pasta
Dinner: “Catch of the day", tuna cutlets with rice, a tomato sauce and fresh lime
 
A mixed 24 hour period with a few hours of sailing and a few hours of going by motor. It is now also time to finish ongoing jobs before the portcall. As soon as that has been carried out, our ship must have a thorough brush-up to make it attractive to our visitors. Some small odd jobs like a bit of painting will be taken care of during the weekend, to get the final touch before Cape Town.
 
Sometimes one sees interesting names on the chart. On such name is “Vema Seamount". We have passed that spot earlier today, albeit on a course somewhat more to the south. As suggested by the name, it is an underwater mountain. The chart can also tell us that this is no ordinary mountain. Its top is only seven meters below sea level and its sides are then descending abruptly down to5,000 metres . One could imagine seeing it from the bottom and up. Impressing.

Around lunch-time our angler aspirations finally yielded something. There were simultaneous bites on all three lines in our wake. One fish unfortunately let go rather quickly but the other two gave the anglers quite a fight. 2nd mate after a while gave up, put on big gloves and hauled it in by hand. The purser had a somewhat longer fight and landed it after slightly more than 20 minutes. The result was two small tunafish of 15-20 kilos each. Following inspection and the taking of samples by our scientists, both quickly were sent down to the galley to be prepared for dinner. And so, marvellously juicy tuna cutlets with accompaniments were served. And, contrary to earlier catches, this time there was enough for the entire crew.

 
Logbook Feb. 14th - 15th, 2006, at 08.00                     
 
Position:   S 034 dgrs 18.5 mnts
               E 012 dgrs 06.9 mnts
Course:    050 dgrs
24 hour distance: 105 nm

Fire and inspection round every half hour

Feb. 14th
0830 Main top staysail set
0900 Fore topsail set
0940 Main topsail set
0945 Brailed up mainsail, reef taken out
0955 Mizzen topsail set
1015 Mainsail set
         Close-reefed all topsails
1800 Continued overhaul of main top brails
1900 New ratlines in main lower rigging
2220 Set ship´s clock one hour forward
 
Feb. 15th
0415 Jib set
0530 Reefs taken out of main and fore topsails
    
Other non-logbook data
 
Air pressure:   1021 mb
Temperature: 20 dgrs C
Water temp.:  20 dgrs C
Wind speed:   4.4 knots (relative)
Weather:        Overcast
Depth:           4,768 m
SOG:             4.2 knots
LOG:             3.8 knots

 

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Erik and Lisa.
Playing Poker on deck in the moonlight.
Bad weather...
Pelle.