Up anchor and departed Salem at 0915 hrs.
HAPPY HOUR FOLLOWED....SHINING Heyads and floors all round.
Prepared to set sail.Mainmast braces being repaired so delay in setting square sails occured.
Sails set were....
outer jib
fore lower topsail
fore upper topsail
forecourse
main upper topsail
Main lower topsail.
Speed at sail.....8 nm.
Sightings so far today,
gannets aplenty
pilot whales
two porpoises at 0715
basking sharks
two landlubbers seen to be having a bit of a heave as well !!
Jan Sims and Helen Outen (forward starboard watch)