10.00 am: The weather forecast for our route here from Egersund to the Orkneys predicts an eastern wind 10 m/sec. (fresh breeze) from very early on monday morning. The wind will last until tuesday morning, where it will be in northwest 10 m/sec. Thereafter northwestern winds for a week... We will check the weather forecast again around 20.00 pm and then decide the time for departure.
Extracts from the Log Book, Sunday, July 15th 2007.
Created by Carsten Hvid
About the logbook
The web version of the ship's logbook contains excerpts from the Sea Stallion from Glendalough's logbook. The logbook is kept by skipper Carsten Hvid and mates Vibeke Bischoff, Kjetil Sildnes and Poul Nygaard.
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