Day 507 – 13th October 1987

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Day: 507
Date: 13th October 1987
Latitude: 45° 41.4′ S
Longitude: 179° 0.7′ E
Water Temperature: 9.7°C
Wind @ Noon: CALM
Max Wind /24 hours: 25 W
Min Wind /24 hours: CALM
Cloud Cover 8/8
Cabin Temperature: 16°C
Outside Temperature: 12.8°C
Barometer: 1001

Source: CUL00045/14

Log

  • Awoke & found the yacht way off course. Oh dear out of wind. All overcast. Well off course but catching rain nicely.

Source: CUL00058/1

Day 505 – 11th October 1987

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Day: 505
Date: 11th October 1987
Latitude: 45° 57.8′ S
Longitude: 175° 16.8′ E
Water Temperature: 9.1°C
Wind @ Noon: 14-18 SE
Max Wind /24 hours: 35-45 SE
Min Wind /24 hours: 15 SE
Cloud Cover 8/8
Cabin Temperature: 14.5°C
Outside Temperature: 9.3°C
Barometer: 1005

Source: CUL00045/14

Log

  • Gale continues, rough as.
  • Oh dear oh dear. I have only watched a video once approx. in the past 8 months. Tonight I thought I would watch "Educating Rita" but the video machine pulled the tape out, so tried other tapes – same thing. Conserving charge in the batteries is the reason I have no made much use of the video machine.
  • Dolphins about yacht squeaking. It is a different squeak to what I have heard before.

Source: CUL00058/1

Day 503 – 9th October 1987

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Day: 503
Date: 9th October 1987
Latitude: 47° 41.4′ S
Longitude: 171° 36′ E
Water Temperature: 7.9°C
Wind @ Noon: 10 NW
Max Wind /24 hours: 45 W
Min Wind /24 hours: 5 NW
Cloud Cover 2/8
Cabin Temperature: 13°C
Outside Temperature: 11.8°C
Barometer: 1007

Source: CUL00045/14

Log

  • Hail stones! It is raining & I am catching it. It is very cold brrrr.
  • Enough first run off rain for rinsing my next washing & a further 20 litres of drinking water.
  • Lots of nice Cape pigeons, albatrosses about
  • Cleaned gallery & saloon, used long handed scrubber down side of yacht.

Source: CUL00058/1

Images

At sea 1986-1988
At sea 1986-1988
Source: CUL00039/18/9

Day 500 – 6th October 1987

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Day: 500
Date: 6th October 1987
Latitude: 47° 19.5′ S
Longitude: 162° 33.5′ E
Water Temperature: 9.5°C
Wind @ Noon: 35-40 NW
Max Wind /24 hours: 35-40 NW
Min Wind /24 hours: 25 W
Cloud Cover 5/8
Cabin Temperature: 16°C
Outside Temperature: 12.7°C
Barometer: 997

Source: CUL00045/14

Log

  • Rather windy, time for further reef in mainsail. Rather rough day, mainly overcast with high thin cloud – that the sun shines through.

Source: CUL00058/1

Images

At sea 1986-1988
At sea 1986-1988
Source: CUL00068/5

Day 498 – 4th October 1987

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Day: 498
Date: 4th October 1987
Latitude: 45° 36.1′ S
Longitude: 156° 18.5′ E
Water Temperature: 10.1°C
Wind @ Noon: 25-30 NW
Max Wind /24 hours: 28 NW
Min Wind /24 hours: 14 NW
Cloud Cover 8/8
Cabin Temperature: 14.2°C
Outside Temperature: 17.5°C
Barometer: 1010

Source: CUL00045/14

Log

  • Advanced clock today 2 hours to GMT +12 hours. New self steering line through & yacht sailing again. Had to drop jib & heave to repair.

Source: CUL00058/1