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Week 1	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	Week 7	43	44	45	46	47	48	49
Week 2	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Week 8	50	51	52	53	54	55	56
Week 3	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	Week 9	57	58	59	60	61	62	63
Week 4	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	Week 10	64	65	66	67	68	69	70
Week 5	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	Week 11	71	72	73	74	75	76	77
Week 6	36	37	38	39	40	41	42

Week 3

Great American II - 2003

Sea Witch - 1849

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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 30 clouds, sun	09�47'S 102�44'E	209�T@ 9.0 kts	213 nm
1010 mb	air 92� sea 84�F	E@ 8 knots	seas 3'-4'
Last 24 hours best since early out of Hong Kong. Sailing south to get to trade winds, and west to make mileage toward Cape of Good Hope. Full main and jib. Sea Witch further south and east, had several slow days, so we've caught up some. Birds around boat. [more] – Rich Wilson

Jan 23	13�16'S 103�15'E	SW	107
*Wind south, very light airs from SSE. At 8 wind hauled to South and died away; calm all night. At 4 a.m. took a light breeze from SE. So ends Tuesday. – Capt. Waterman*

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Mar 31 sun, clouds	12�51'S 099�39'E	237�T@ 11.2 kts	NA nm
1010 mb	air 88� sea 83�F	ESE@ 18 knots	seas 5'-8'
A strong run through the night as the trade winds steadied and strengthened. Because the seas were building, we had to cut our speed down from a good 15 knots to keep from getting too beat up. Had to wear protective goggles because so many flying fish were coming aboard. Rich du Moulin was struck in the back by one! (he's OK) – Rich Wilson

Jan 24	13�28'S 100�51'E	SW	155
*Wind south, very light airs from SSE. At 8 wind hauled to South and died away; calm all night. At 4 a.m. took a light breeze from SE. So ends Tuesday. – Capt. Waterman*

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Apr 1 dk. clouds	15�17'S 096�48'E	240�T@ 13.1 kts	234 nm
1011 mb	air 80� sea 81�F	SExS@ 14 knots	seas 5'-8'
Slow through night, wind direction changed to ENE, so we had to sail down to 200T, nearly south. Compared Great Circle (GC) route vs. Rhumb Line (RL), yesterday, GC is 237T, RL is 253T, with GC 72 miles shorter, to Cape of Good Hope. Spoke to iron ore carrier bound for Sunda Strait in early evening. – Rich Wilson

Jan 25	13�42'S 98�21'E	SW	147
*Very light breezes from SSE, clear. Latter part, freshened up some. Light rain squalls. – Capt. Waterman*

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Apr 2 dk. clouds	17�08'S 092�57'E	240�T@ 9.8 kts	249 nm
1012 mb	air 88� sea 78�F	SE@ 16 knots	seas 6'-10'
2 reefs in mainsail plus jib. Being cautious about inverting mast with this sail combination. Mast bending forward at hounds, bowing sideways with load of mainsail, and twisting with load of running backstay, all subtle, but true loads, and not desirable for mast. We must keep them to a minimum. [more] – Rich Wilson

Jan 26	14�41'S 93�29'E	SW	276
Fresh breezes and squally wind, some rain. At 6 pm took in all light sails, royal stud sails, and stay sails. Through the night strong breezes from SE, squally. Ends with strong breezes, cloudy. – Capt. Waterman

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Apr 3 sun, clouds	18�55'S 088�55'E	248�T@ 9.1 kts	255 nm
1014 mb	air 88� sea 80�F	SExE@ 20 knots	seas 6'-10'
Black clouds and extra wind through the night, several sail changes in the midnight watch, trade winds blowing. Big swells. Cyclone Indigo developing off northern Australia. Forecasters say no problem for us, but we're keeping an eye on it through satellite images/weather maps anyway. – Rich Wilson

Jan 27	16�12'S 88�255'E	SW	292
Strong breeze from SE by E, squally. At 8 PM the wind hauled to ESE and moderated, set royal studding sails. All through, a high swell from South. Latter part, less wind, set main and mizzen topgallant, staysails. – Capt. Waterman

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Apr 4 sun, clouds	20�32'S 085�00'E	247�T@ 10 kts	249 nm
1015 mb	air 92� sea 80�F	SE@ 15 knots	seas 6'-10'
Squall caught us with too much sail in early morning and we took a bit of a thrashing; took the reef from #1 to #2. All is well. Cyclone Indigo, 115 kts, building off NW Australia, moving slowly SW. GAII currently expanding gap. Keeping an eye on Indigo. – Rich Wilson

Jan 28	18�03'S 84�25'E	SW	281
Fresh breezes all through these 24 hours, occasional squalls. Heavy head sea stops us. Midnight, took in royal studsails. At noon, all light sails out, wind fresh from SE, clear and pleasant. – Capt. Waterman

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Apr 5 sun	21�44'S 081�09'E	243�T@ 9.1 kts	231 nm
1016 mb	air 85� sea 78�F	ESE@ 12 knots	seas 6'-10'
Last evening, confused, large sea, such that we moved two water jugs aft from forward to get weight aft, considered #3 reef when wind hit 24 knots, then subsided. Hunkered down w/#2 reef and staysail. Very big swell, 15', with sea on top, swell very long. Several steep waves splashed into cockpit. Confusing. – Rich Wilson

Jan 29	19�40'S 79 �44'E	SW	282
*All through these twenty-four hours fresh breezes from ESE, rough sea. Ends with fresh breezes, cloudy, all light sails out. – Capt. Waterman*

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