Noon position report May 5th, 2006, at 1200              

 
24 hour distance: 86 nm
Average speed: 3.6 knots
Under sail: 24 hrs
 
Other non-logbook data
 
Position: S 033 dgrs 58 mnts
             E 112 dgrs 39 mnts
 
Wind: SW 7-16 knots
Wave height: 0.5- 1.25 m , slow swell < 2 m
COG: 25 dgrs
SOG: 4.3 knots
LOG: 5.0 knots
Air pressure: 1024 mb
Temperature: 17 dgrs C
Water temp.: 20 dgrs C
Depth: Abt.2,750 m
Weather: Sunny, occasional clouds
 
Lunch: Fillets of ling poached with cream and white wine, with mashed potatoes
Dinner: Steak of pork fried whole, with a champignon sauce and rice
 
From the logbook:

4/5
1430 Main and fore topgallant sails set
1500 Log position patent log 319´, log factor 1.10
1700 Brailed up mainsail
2000 Topgallant sails taken in

5/5
0150 Gybed to starboard tack
0220 Mainsail set
0430 Brailed up mainsail, topgallant sails set
0825 Jib set
0835 Sprit topsail set
0950 Gybed to port tack
 

Comments:

Yesterday it was dolphins, today a flock of sperm whales was spotted at about200 metresdistance. Weather has also been fine today, long pants and jumpers are off, summer clothes on. Also the cameras have been taken forth, there is a clicking all around the deck. And it is now 20 degrees C in the water! But there might be a shower in the afternoon.

Navigation with old instruments continues. The traverse-board is up, compass course and the speed logged are marked every half hour and then used after four hours to calculate the position. Also the leeway can be measured by calculating it from the difference between the wake and the intended direction. We shall see how it corresponds with more modern methods.
 
In spite of the wind slackening, we sometimes reach 5 knots. At noon today we are less than 200 nm from Fremantle. That is about the same distance as between Oslo and Gothenburg. More and more we believe that we shall anchor come Sunday.