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Day 570 – 14th December 1987

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Noon Summary Log

Day: 570
Date: 14th December 1987
Latitude: 29° 35.1′ S
Longitude: 34° 28.3′ W
Water Temperature: 23°C
Wind @ Noon: CALM
Max Wind /24 hours: 25-28 N
Min Wind /24 hours: CALM
Cloud Cover 8/8
Cabin Temperature: 26°C
Outside Temperature: 25.3°C
Barometer: 1018

Source: CUL00045/15

Log

  • Tri light on top of mast no longer works, nor do steaming, deck or strobe lights, nor do the nav lights on the pulpit – they all got smashed up 7 months ago, only one (of the 2) red over red ‘not under command’ lights work on the mast & one of the stern lights on the pulpit still works

Source: CUL00058/1

Day 567 – 11th December 1987

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Noon Summary Log

Day: 567
Date: 11th December 1987
Latitude: 34° 44.6′ S
Longitude: 36° 12′ W
Water Temperature: 20.2°C
Wind @ Noon: 6 S
Max Wind /24 hours: 15-18 WNW
Min Wind /24 hours: 4 SW
Cloud Cover 7/8
Cabin Temperature: 24°C
Outside Temperature: 24.1°C
Barometer: 1015

Source: CUL00045/15

Log

  • Spent the last 2.5 hours scrubbing the deck, 3/4 done getting black weed slime off the deck. Not much wind.
  • Job done, most big barnacles off. Hard to pull off than last time (7 months ago same region). I was not keen to stay too long in the water because of risk of a shark.

Source: CUL00058/1

Day 562 – 6th December 1987

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Noon Summary Log

Day: 562
Date: 6th December 1987
Latitude: 38° 30.6′ S
Longitude: 41° 16.4′ W
Water Temperature: 18.3°C
Wind @ Noon: 20 SSW
Max Wind /24 hours: 25 S
Min Wind /24 hours: CALM
Cloud Cover 8/8
Cabin Temperature: 22°C
Outside Temperature: 18.1°C
Barometer: 1000

Source: CUL00045/15

Log

  • Enough fresh water has been captured which should see me safely north of the equator – hooray!
  • I have now run out of mentholated spirits needed to prime the stove – after more than 1 year of specially conserving, now I must prime with kerosene – not good. Too smokey & not as safe

Source: CUL00058/1