SHIP´S DIARYEvening position report Jan. 26th, 2006, at 1800 (Translated from Swedish) 24 hour distance: 139 nmAverage speed: 5.8 knotsUnder sail: 15 hrs Other non-logbook data Position: S 027 dgrs 48.1 mnts W 024 dgrs 31.0 mnts Wind: 3.5 knots (relative)Wave height:COG: 80 dgrsSOG: 3.1 knotsLOG: 3.5 knotsAir pressure: 1017 mbTemperature: 25 dgrs CWater temp.: 25 dgrs CDepth:4,850 m Lunch: Shrimp soup with newly baked breadDinner: Pasta with a beef and champignon sauce More rain and foul weather, but at last the wind has, as promised, turned to the northwest. And so, much regretted by the technicians, our main engine was stopped and we set sail once again. This day we have rushed forward at eight knots and we are slowly but surely covering the remaining distance. In a couple of days we will be half-way. There are two things to be rather sure of on board the East Indiaman right now. One is that the only thing your see on deck is water and nothing but water. The other is that work is always going on here on the ship. The hardening in of the rigging is all but ready and this very important task has required many a day´s good work. At the same time the entire rigging is inspected to make sure that nothing is weared out or damaged. As for the inside of the ship work goes on to make best possible use of the limited space there. Right now book-shelves are being made, to be put up next to the main cabin. The idea is to put the main part of the ship´s library there. To further a good nigh´s sleep and the working conditions in general, new leaks detected following the profuse raining are caulked to the best of our abilities. And those of us who have been sleeping in our oilskins are of course all the more grateful.Logbook Jan. 25th - 26th, 2006, at 0800
(Translated from Swedish)
Position: S 027 dgrs 49.8 mnts
W 025 dgrs 37.0 mnts
Course: 095 dgrs
24 hour distance: 126 nm
Fire and inspection round every half hour
Jan. 25th
1130 Foresail furled
1220 Mizzen topsail furled
2020 Braced for port tack
2105-2120 Foresail, spritsail and mainsail set
2155 Fore topsail set
2220 Main topsail set
Jan. 26th
0600 Jib set
0615 Braced back foretop
Other non-logbook data
Air pressure: 1014 mb
Temperature: 25 dgrs C
Water temp.: 25 dgrs C
Wind speed: 7.6 knots (relative)
Wave height:
Weather: Cloudy, showers
Depth:4,938 m
SOG: 8.0 knots
LOG: 7.8 knots
