Day 495 – 1st October 1987

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Noon Summary Log

Day: 495
Date: 1st October 1987
Latitude: 43° 6′ S
Longitude: 147° 31′ E
Water Temperature: -°C
Wind @ Noon: 25 W
Max Wind /24 hours: 45 W
Min Wind /24 hours: 10 NW
Cloud Cover 5/8
Cabin Temperature: 17.5°C
Outside Temperature: 16°C
Barometer: 1020
Ships Seen: 3

Source: CUL00045/14

Log

  • Gosh I really do not need this gale.
  • Rendezvous with "Lullaby". Took off for John Penrose echo charts, photos & film plus letters for Colin to post. The tender came close & I handed the packages to them. Nothing whatsoever came abroad Parry Endeavour.

Source: CUL00058/1

Where is Storm Bay?

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Storm Bay is an inlet of the Tasman Sea, indenting southeastern Tasmania, Australia. It is about 16 miles (26 km) long and 25 miles (40 km) wide, is bounded by Bruny Island (west) and the Tasman Peninsula (east), and opens into Norfolk and Frederick Henry bays to the northeast. The River Derwent estuary enters the bay from the northwest by way of Hobart. It was named by the Dutch navigator Abel Janszoon Tasman in 1642 when a storm forced his ships out to sea before they could anchor there. The British explorers George Bass and Matthew Flinders sailed its waters in 1798–99. (Source Encyclopaedia Britannica)

Day 492 – 28th September 1987

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Noon Summary Log

Day: 492
Date: 28th September 1987
Latitude: 42° 18.7′ S
Longitude: 143° 19.2′ E
Water Temperature: 11.6°C
Wind @ Noon: 15 ESE
Max Wind /24 hours: 20 ESE
Min Wind /24 hours: CALM
Cloud Cover 6/8
Cabin Temperature: 15°C
Outside Temperature: 15°C
Barometer: 1010

Source: CUL00045/13

Log

  • These damp conditions block my nose and I am always coughing. It is a loosing battle keeping mould away in damp weather.
  • Hooray hooray got through to Cape Town radio. Spoke to Colin.

Source: CUL00058/1

Day 491 – 27th September 1987

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Noon Summary Log

Day: 491
Date: 27th September 1987
Latitude: 42° 34.2′ S
Longitude: 142° 19.5′ E
Water Temperature: 11.8°C
Wind @ Noon: 10 SW
Max Wind /24 hours: 20 N
Min Wind /24 hours: 8 NE
Cloud Cover 8/8
Cabin Temperature: 16.5°C
Outside Temperature: 16.5°C
Barometer: 1010

Source: CUL00045/13

Log

  • I spent the last couple of hours packaging up all the letters I’ve written for Colin to post plus my letters, echo charts & movie film for John Penrose & Malcolm Bailey to pass over in Storm Bay whenever I get there.

Source: CUL00058/1