Category Archives: Eastabout

Day 333 – 22nd April 1987

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Noon Summary Log

Day: 333
Date: 22nd April 1987
Latitude: 51° 53′ S
Longitude: 85° 6.8′ W
Water Temperature: 8.1°C
Wind @ Noon: 30-40 NW
Max Wind /24 hours: 50-60 W
Min Wind /24 hours: 30-40 NW
Cloud Cover 8/8
Cabin Temperature: 15°C
Outside Temperature: 8.1°C
Barometer: 995

Source: CUL00045/9

Log

  • Clock on 2 hours to GMT – 4 hours to Cape Horn time!
  • Severe gale, rolling along on a cold, windy, rough ocean.
  • Milk boiled over – again! Got oven & I burner on top of stove warming the cabin nicely.
  • Golly, it is rough outside.

Source: CUL00058/1

Day 332 – 21st April 1987

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Noon Summary Log

Day: 332
Date: 21st April 1987
Latitude: 51° 15′ S
Longitude: 86° 35.9′ W
Water Temperature: -°C
Wind @ Noon: 40-50 NNW
Max Wind /24 hours: 50 NNW
Min Wind /24 hours: CALM
Cloud Cover 8/8
Barometer: –

Source: CUL00045/9

Log

  • Wind rising, barometer falling. Barometer 976! That breaks Perie Banou’s low of 977. Gale has become severe again.

Source: CUL00058/1

Day 328 – 17th April 1987

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Noon Summary Log

Day: 328
Date: 17th April 1987
Latitude: 46° 41.5′ S
Longitude: 94° 56.4′ W
Water Temperature: -°C
Wind @ Noon: 30-40 SW
Max Wind /24 hours: 45 NNW
Min Wind /24 hours: 15 NNW
Cloud Cover 8/8
Cabin Temperature: 15°C
Outside Temperature: 935°C
Barometer: 1004

Source: CUL00045/9

Log

  • Little rain caught. Easter
  • Satellite navigator switched off to conserve power. It is bleak.

Source: CUL00058/1