Daily Report

Every day at sea we were greeted with "Good morning, good morning, good morning" followed by a brief report of present location and weather then usually followed by a "word of the day". 
This is a table of those reports.

Date

Lat/Lon

Wind

Sea

Weather

Visibility

Pressure (mb)

Temp (Air)

Temp (Sea)

Word/Phrase/Thought for the day

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

28-Jan

 

 

Mod

Sunny/Clear

30mi

1008 s

15

5

Discovered that Saturn's rings are made up of lost airline luggage

29-Jan

61 25 S, 
58 00 W

5k

Slight swell (2-3ft)

Overcast

Nil

1004 s

5

2

God created time so that everything wouldn't happen at once

30-Jan

63 16 S, 
56 56 W

0

 

Sunny

Better

1003 s

3

0

 

31-Jan

63 43 S, 
61 16 W

W
10k

Slight

Overcast, Mod fog

1mi

990 s

4

0

Plan ahead - It wasn't raining when Noah built the Ark

01-Feb

64 48 S, 
63 33 W

NE
7k

Smooth

Cloudy, some breaks

Good, 5mi

988

3

1

If you aren't the lead dog, the scenery never changes

02-Feb

63 24 S, 
60 50 W

NE
8k

Mod, Slight swell

Cloudy, some blue

Good, 2mi

995 r

3

1

How did they measure hailstones before the golf ball was invented

03-Feb

61 14 S, 
54 53 W

W
10k

Rough

Cloudy, blue skies

5mi

985 s

5

0

Better a bird in the hand than one overhead

04-Feb

58 40 S, 
47 00 W

W
20k

Rough

Cloudy, hint of blue

5mi

984

0

1

Every day you're above ground is a good day and, as George Burns said - "Its nice to be here, but at my age it's nice to be anywhere"

05-Feb

55 40 S, 
38 15 W

S
10k

Mod

Cloudy, lots of blue sky

Bad, during night

992 r

3

3

Marriages are made in heaven - but so are thunderstorms, lightning and hurricanes

06-Feb

Grytviken

 

 

 

 

999

8

 

 

07-Feb

Salisbury
Plain

 

 

 

 

1000

  

 

 

08-Feb

53 26 S, 
41 11 W

WNW
30k

Mod

 

5mi

1014

4

4

If water pollution gets any worse, then walking on water will be a chance

09-Feb

52 32 S, 
49 42 W

NW
15k

Rough

 

None

1013 s

6

6

I'm as baffled as Adam on Mother's Day

10-Feb

51 39 S, 
57 26 W

WSW
40k

Rough

Cloudy. Some sun

Good 20mi

998 s

10

6

Never go to a doctor whose office plants have died

11-Feb

51 20 S, 
60 38 W

NE
10k

Slight

Cloudy, Blue sky

Good 30mi

1017

10

12

I recently moved into a new neighbourhood and joined a car pool - I was told it was my turn to steal a car

12-Feb

53 45 S, 
63 53 W

SE 50k

Rough

Cloudy

2mi

1008 r

9

12

Recently went on a cruise - Not saying the ship was old, but it was insured for fire, theft and falling off the edge of the world

13-Feb

Ushuaia

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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