Noon position report May 8th, 2006, at 1200              

24 hour distance:  nm
Average speed:  knots
Under sail:  hrs

Other non-logbook data

Position: S 032 dgrs 11 mnts
              E 115 dgrs 41 mnts

  
Wind: E 1-3 knots
Wave height: 0- 0.1 m
COG:  dgrs
SOG:  knots
LOG:  knots
Air pressure: 1024 mb
Temperature: 17 dgrs C
Water temp.: 20 dgrs C
Depth:20 m
Weather: Sunny

Lunch: Spaghetti Bolognese
Dinner: Australian anchor buffet

 
From the logbook:
7/5 At anchor. Anchor watch and fire round regularly (henceforth not to be noted in the diary report)
1600 ISPS information and drill, “bomb search"
8/5 At anchor, anchor position checked continuously
 
Comments:

Maintence routines are in full swing. Almost everywhere on board the Swedish Ship Götheborg people are scraping, cleaning, polishing and painting. In the midst of this immigration authorities come aboard. It is an interesting ship, so they come in force. With formalities with the captain done with, they are given a guided tour, take photographs, stay on and are eventually invited to a cup of coffee. We received permission to take our ship´s boat over to a sandy beach on the inside of the island we are anchoring behind. No food must however be taken ashore. That is easy to understand, considering the historical mistakes made in bringing things from other countries to Australia. Everyone is surely aware of the disastrous results of the spreading of rabbits taken to the continent by well-meaning Australians.
 
Weather is the best imaginable. The watch off duty this afternoon take the opportunity to row over to a beach, now possible when passports have been checked. Those on board who must work with various assignments are envious on-lookers when the ship´s boat take the free watch to the shore. But tomorrow it will be the other way round, with nex off-duty watch having the same opportunity. The weather forecast says we shall have this same fine weather the whole week!
 
At lunch-time we had a shipment from land of a variety of fresh provisions, something everyone has been longing for. We shall see what the galley may make out of it.