Noon position report March 31st, 2006, at 1200             
(Translated from Swedish)
 
24 hour distance: 166 nm
Average speed: 6.9 knots
Under sail: 24 hrs
 
Other non-logbook data
 
Position: S 038 dgrs 16 mnts
             E 034 dgrs 00 mnts
 
Wind: NNW 11 - 16 knots
Wave height: 1.25 - 2.5 (+ swell abt.2 m )
COG: 130 dgrs
SOG: 8.6 knots
LOG: 6.5 knots
Air pressure: 1020 mb
Temperature: 23 dgrs C
Water temp.: 22 dgrs C
Weather: Sunny
Depth: Abt.3,000 m
 
Lunch: Fillet of chicken with a cold mustard and chili sauce, and basmato rice
Dinner: Roast-beef with champignons in cream and South African fresh potatoes
 
From the logbook:
30/3
1515 Fire drill
1630 Jib taken in. Second reef tucked in on mizzen topsail

31/3
0530 Mizzen topsail taken in and and set as exercise
0700 MOB boat drill. Boat swung out to railing
0925 Jib set
0935 Reef let out of spritsail
0945 Sprit topsail and mizzen topsail set
 
Comments:
In the afternoon yesterday we sighted another ship, the first one since we left Port Elizabeth. She came from south and passed our stern at a distance of about 1 nm. She looked like some patrol ship or possibly a trawler. It is strange that such an everyday thing can arouse such interest - everyone who had the chance were crowding the aft and binoculars were used everywhere.
 
The carpenter work on board the Swedish Ship Götheborg has produced enough fiddle woodwork for all bunks. Now it is only to locate them. We found seven and an additional three were installed in the aft cabins. It looks as if at least ten deckhands are to utilize their new knowledge of sailmaking and sew their own fiddles.
 
Important news for everyone on board: for a few days no printer has been working properly but now the problems are solved. Also our IT guru has started up all the deckhand computers that have been down for various reasons. So now we are fully digitalized again. But we have to go easy on the printing. There are six of them on board, of various types, but our supply of toners is unfortunately very limited.