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Week 2

Great American II - 2003

Sea Witch - 1849

Day #

Date	latitude longitude	course@ boatspeed	daily nm
baro- meter	air �F sea �F	wind dir@ windspeed	sea height

Date	latitude longitude	course	daily nm
Capt. Waterman's Logbook at Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, Massachusetts, USA

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Mar 23 clouds	3�00'N 108�26'E	188�T@ 8.2 kts	115 nm
1005 mb	air 85� sea 82�F	NExE@ 8 knots	seas 1'–2'
Very light air through yesterday afternoon. Sailed with reacher (light air=big jib) then set spinnaker as wind came aft and we had to bear off to pass between islands of Natuna Besar and Subi. Gybed spinnaker at 2 a.m., then back again at 5 a.m., then set reacher again at 7a.m. Busy night. Now heading south. Sailing with full main and reacher. – Rich Wilson

Jan 16	05�14'S 106�20'E	SW	65 nm
*Light baffling airs and calms all through the day. Ends calm. – Capt. Waterman*

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Mar 24 clouds	00�56'N 107�55'E	172�T@ 6.0 kts	117 nm
1005 mb	air 88� sea 82�F	NNE@ 6 knots	seas calm
Last 24 hours have been extremely slow, dead downwind with less than five knots of wind. Finally this am got bit of breeze allowing us to sail course. Desperately trying to keep going and lose less time to Sea Witch. Sailing with full main and reacher. – Rich Wilson

Jan 17	08�50'S 104�22'E	SW	113 nm
Commenced with light breezes from the westward. At 2 PM boats from Angier came with fowls, yams. All through the night squally with rain. Hove to at 10 PM off Nork (???) Island, weather too dark to run. At 7 AM weather looking better, passed out by Through the Way and made all sail, wind fresh W by N.At noon, Rokatoa bears SW 10 miles. – Capt. Waterman

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Mar 25 clouds	00�41'S 108�01'E	var@ 0.1 kts	130 nm
1009 mb	air 88� sea 83�F	W@ 1 knot	seas flat
We are becalmed as Sea Witch sails away. Only made 105 nm in the last 24 hours. Midnight to 4 a.m.watch covered seven miles. 4 a.m. to 8 a.m. covered 12 nm. Have sailed two full circles for lack of steerage way. Ultimate in frustration. Some good news, though: we crossed the equator yesterday! – Rich Wilson

Jan 18	18�40'N ?? 114�20'E ??	S	173 nm
Fine breezes and clear weather. At 3 PM took in the royals. At 4 passed through Princes Straits in preference to bearing round the Island. At 5 PM the Island Rock off Java Head bore South. Our passage having been made in 8 days and 20 hours. Through the night hard squalls from the west course. At 6 we came up with and spoke Danish Ship Christian VIII from Batavia for Antwerp. – Capt. Waterman

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Mar 26 clouds	02�23'S 109�00'E	150�T@ 7.3 kts	124 nm
1009 mb	air 82� sea 83�F	N@ 8 knots	seas calm
Yesterday had west wind from noon through midnight, very unusual, all forecasts plus weather maps show easterly winds. West wind allowed us to get through most of Karimata Strait to the southeast before becoming becalmed again. Drifted past fishing boats talking to each other. – Rich Wilson

Jan 19	10�19'S 104�28'E	SE	90 nm
*Commenced with light breezes from the westward, pleasant, passed ship Carrington from Canton for NY. All through the day light airs from W to SW clear. – Capt. Waterman*

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Mar 27 clouds	04�27'S 107�39'E	225�T@ 3.0 kts	NA nm
1011 mb	air 98� sea 83�F	SE@ 2 knots	seas flat
Still essentially becalmed. Aeolus tempts us every 12 hours with 7-8 knots of wind, with which GAII can make 8-9 knots, and we both breathe a sigh of relief, we will be out of the Java Sea soon, but alas, 10 minutes later, glass calm. [more] – Rich Wilson

Jan 20	11�10'S 104�52'E	SW	54 nm
Begins with light airs from SW, clear, pleasant weather, all sail set, by the wind, trying to get southing. Latter part winds baffling from WSW to South, and very light. – Capt. Waterman

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Mar 28 clouds	05�37'S 106�23'E	200�T@ 10 kts	NA nm
1006 mb	air 85� sea 83�F	W@ 10 knots	seas 2'-3'
Strong west wind, dead upwind to Sunda Strait; tacked through Sea Conservation area and oil fields. Now that we have wind it is from the opposite direction from the trade winds. A squall went through this a.m., some rain, some wind. Sailing with main (#1 reef) and staysail. – Rich Wilson

Jan 21	11�30'S 104�52'E	NA	NA
*All through these 24 hours nearly calm, occasional catspaws from SSE to SSW. Made 90 miles southing. – Capt. Waterman*

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Mar 29 clouds, sun	06�49'S 104�39'E	212�T@ 6.4 kts	178 nm
1008 mb	air 89� sea 85�F	SE@ 5 knots	seas 3'-4'
Tacked into Sunda Strait; large power plant with no pollution guidelines put much soot in our eyes; tacked across Strait toward Sumatra shore, went similarly in close, fragrant, enticing spice smell, wonderful. Passed Krakatoa in dark, just saw its shape, cleared last island to enter Indian Ocean after sunrise. – Rich Wilson

Jan 22	12�28'S 104�41'E	SW	64
Commenced with light airs from SSE, and hauled to S and tacked several times. Through the night made lights from SSW. At 6 am wind came south, from the southward, tacked to SW and set all stud sails on the port side. – Capt. Waterman

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