Boat logs come in all shapes and forms and serve an infinite variety of purposes. Boat stores and chandelries sell logs that range from beautiful leather-bound books, to formatted notebooks, to simple note pads. A spiral bound pad from the dollar store will probably suffice. If you keep a log, what information or data do you record? Do you keep track of all your trips aboard your boat, with weather, routes, and distances covered? Or is your log used to help you keep track of maintenance needed or performed? Like when the oil or fuel filters were last changed, or the water pump impeller replaced. Is keeping a log a labor of love aboard your boat or a major chore to be avoided or given to the first mate? Is keeping a log worth the effort? Log your thoughts here then take the Quick Quiz on the homepage. (Discussion topic and quiz by Warren Milberg)
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I keep a log
When, where and why we go ,who goes with me, how long it takes to get there and how long we stay. what we eat, when we haul the anchor. When the engine is run, how well it started, oil and filter changes. Wind and weather conditions. Any visitors and of course any unuaual events observed.
When, where and why we go ,who goes with me, how long it takes to get there and how long we stay. what we eat, when we haul the anchor. When the engine is run, how well it started, oil and filter changes. Wind and weather conditions. Any visitors and of course any unuaual events observed.
log keeping
If we just go for a daysail I record who went with us and if anything unusual happened. I usually record what the wind was like. If we are on a cruise I record what we did where we went how much the engine was run, since its an outboard with its own tank I record when we have filled it so I know how long it will run. Our logbook has a place for maintenance and I record everything I do there. I used to think I would remember what all I did but after resealing the anchor locker drain twice I record all maintenance there now. Its nice to read back when we went on a cruise and makes for good conversation when we reminise(SP?) about where we have been. Rob Morton S/V Euphoria
If we just go for a daysail I record who went with us and if anything unusual happened. I usually record what the wind was like. If we are on a cruise I record what we did where we went how much the engine was run, since its an outboard with its own tank I record when we have filled it so I know how long it will run. Our logbook has a place for maintenance and I record everything I do there. I used to think I would remember what all I did but after resealing the anchor locker drain twice I record all maintenance there now. Its nice to read back when we went on a cruise and makes for good conversation when we reminise(SP?) about where we have been. Rob Morton S/V Euphoria
My log contains everything 
My log, of my own design, generally is used to keep a log of the engine hours (start time, stop time, lapse time, fuel added, maintenance items, etc.). But my comments section contains all else that I feel is necessary. It serves me well and I have no problem keeping it. I can calc my fuel usage, distances, hours, places, sightings, etc.
My log, of my own design, generally is used to keep a log of the engine hours (start time, stop time, lapse time, fuel added, maintenance items, etc.). But my comments section contains all else that I feel is necessary. It serves me well and I have no problem keeping it. I can calc my fuel usage, distances, hours, places, sightings, etc.
My log
Is a simple note pad that I use to mostly record when I sailed, wx, engine hours, and fuel used. Also use it to keep track of maintenance items completed or intervals. Takes me about a minute to complete the log after each sail. I find the data kept very useful and think all sailors would benefit from keeping a log tailored to their specific boat and needs.
Is a simple note pad that I use to mostly record when I sailed, wx, engine hours, and fuel used. Also use it to keep track of maintenance items completed or intervals. Takes me about a minute to complete the log after each sail. I find the data kept very useful and think all sailors would benefit from keeping a log tailored to their specific boat and needs.
Excel log
I keep a log of the date, times out, , anchor, docking, fueling, motor time, genset time, distance, dingy motor time, remarks and who was on board on a self designed excel form. I then use the motor times to estimate fuel usage to back-up my on board snake river gauges. I also enter any work done on the boat and oil changes, fuel filter, impeller, etc. I keep a laptop on board and enter each day. I have a separate cumulative log for all my sailing that goes back to the first sail I had. I use this log when I go on someone else's boat or charter. It's handy when filling out a charter app to just print or send the file.
I keep a log of the date, times out, , anchor, docking, fueling, motor time, genset time, distance, dingy motor time, remarks and who was on board on a self designed excel form. I then use the motor times to estimate fuel usage to back-up my on board snake river gauges. I also enter any work done on the boat and oil changes, fuel filter, impeller, etc. I keep a laptop on board and enter each day. I have a separate cumulative log for all my sailing that goes back to the first sail I had. I use this log when I go on someone else's boat or charter. It's handy when filling out a charter app to just print or send the file.
Yeah, well I do have a notebook where I keep
a record of part numbers & the boat's papers and whatever operating manuals for dinghy motors etc. that may be needed but no log. Don't keep a log cause the boat gets used 2 to 4 days a week year round. Old & filter changes every 100 hrs, impellor at the spring oil change. We do keep files of pictures from various trips that are dated, so I guess that might be considered a photo log. Love those digital cameras.
a record of part numbers & the boat's papers and whatever operating manuals for dinghy motors etc. that may be needed but no log. Don't keep a log cause the boat gets used 2 to 4 days a week year round. Old & filter changes every 100 hrs, impellor at the spring oil change. We do keep files of pictures from various trips that are dated, so I guess that might be considered a photo log. Love those digital cameras.
Sharp Log in Thine Eye
Sharp skippers ALWAYS keep an accurate log, this is absolute and part and parcal of an SOP. Format: 1 Time (24hr) 2 Course (M degrees) 3 RPMS, Temp, OIl, Vaccum. 4 Sails 5 conditions 6 crews initials. Any crew can write anything in the logbook at any time, "I disagree with the skippers last order for this northerly course" or, "Pilot whales have been allover our course for two hrs"s For these comments you simply ignore the verticle lines in the logbook. It is a legal document, all emergency radio calls must be logged.
Sharp skippers ALWAYS keep an accurate log, this is absolute and part and parcal of an SOP. Format: 1 Time (24hr) 2 Course (M degrees) 3 RPMS, Temp, OIl, Vaccum. 4 Sails 5 conditions 6 crews initials. Any crew can write anything in the logbook at any time, "I disagree with the skippers last order for this northerly course" or, "Pilot whales have been allover our course for two hrs"s For these comments you simply ignore the verticle lines in the logbook. It is a legal document, all emergency radio calls must be logged.
Leather covered Logbook
I have a beautiful leather covered logbook for my Cat 27 purchased at Leatherworld, 610 Yates Street in Victoria, B C. The cover has an embossed tall ship under full sail. I have had mine fora couple of years and keep notes of the voyages, crew and a few significant details.
I have a beautiful leather covered logbook for my Cat 27 purchased at Leatherworld, 610 Yates Street in Victoria, B C. The cover has an embossed tall ship under full sail. I have had mine fora couple of years and keep notes of the voyages, crew and a few significant details.
A very simple log book
I keep a very simple 3-ring binder and try to make an entry for every sail. I record date, crew, destination, any unusual circumstances, weather, etc. I also keep a record of maintenance performed and maintenance needed. It is a lobor of love, and is fun and interesting to look back on past sails.
I keep a very simple 3-ring binder and try to make an entry for every sail. I record date, crew, destination, any unusual circumstances, weather, etc. I also keep a record of maintenance performed and maintenance needed. It is a lobor of love, and is fun and interesting to look back on past sails.
Log - written and voice
I keep a written log of my own design - which allows me to change it as needed. The usual information and comments. I started the log when I started chartering and have kept it up when I bought my own boat. It is a labor of love and commitment which can be done fairly easily when there are crew on board. However I like to singlehand so it becomes a problem. I solved this by buying an older style voice recorder with a removable tape. I have a laminated list of information that I want to record and each hour or when something interesting happens I record it. I thne transcribe it on my written log later at home. I have a spot on the written log that identifies this log as transcribed from tape number XX. I keep all of the tapes. It is interesting to play the tape and listen to myself describe what I am seeing and feeling during the sail. I also use the tape when I am on a daysail with others that are not sailors and when it is a short sail and don't want to break out the log book.
I keep a written log of my own design - which allows me to change it as needed. The usual information and comments. I started the log when I started chartering and have kept it up when I bought my own boat. It is a labor of love and commitment which can be done fairly easily when there are crew on board. However I like to singlehand so it becomes a problem. I solved this by buying an older style voice recorder with a removable tape. I have a laminated list of information that I want to record and each hour or when something interesting happens I record it. I thne transcribe it on my written log later at home. I have a spot on the written log that identifies this log as transcribed from tape number XX. I keep all of the tapes. It is interesting to play the tape and listen to myself describe what I am seeing and feeling during the sail. I also use the tape when I am on a daysail with others that are not sailors and when it is a short sail and don't want to break out the log book.
My notebook log
We keep a log, using a simple notebook. We record the date, who was in the boat, what did we do - sailing , maintenance done or required, additions, just enjoying the boat and marina, etc. If it is a sailing trip, I record engine -hours, nautical miles sailed, destination, GPS route, weather, and any other comments, like " we bumped in a whale, near the Coronado Sur Island ..." Sometimes we write a couple of lines, others a full notebook page. It is very useful and it brings back wonderful memories of past cruises.
We keep a log, using a simple notebook. We record the date, who was in the boat, what did we do - sailing , maintenance done or required, additions, just enjoying the boat and marina, etc. If it is a sailing trip, I record engine -hours, nautical miles sailed, destination, GPS route, weather, and any other comments, like " we bumped in a whale, near the Coronado Sur Island ..." Sometimes we write a couple of lines, others a full notebook page. It is very useful and it brings back wonderful memories of past cruises.
LICENSE
To obtain or upgrade a CG license you must have demonstrated current competence by documenting your cruises. This was not the case 60 years ago when I earned my first one. The documentation is not onerous, but does require an estimate of time underway. Repair logs are vital for other purposes, however.
To obtain or upgrade a CG license you must have demonstrated current competence by documenting your cruises. This was not the case 60 years ago when I earned my first one. The documentation is not onerous, but does require an estimate of time underway. Repair logs are vital for other purposes, however.
two methods
I keep a simple logbook, recording the basic stuff. Before I go out, I enter the tide times and heights, the weather conditions, susually from 2 or 3 different sources e.g. UK Met Office oast forecast, but this covers Lands End to St David's Head, including the Bristol Channel (and as a result can forecast F7 when we have F2 because of the huge and diverse area it covers), the Accuweather sailing forecast for the Severn Estuary (which underestimates the conditions, as it is really for further up the estuary from where I am based) and then frequently (other than for a quick 2-3 hour single tide sail) my own forecast taken from the Met Office charts and knowledge of local conditions. I also include the names of the skipper and crew. Out at sea, unless on a passage, I tend not to fill the log in. If I have crew, or am out for more than 2-3 hours, then I will add some points in. As well as my chart plotter, I have a hand held GPS which is kept on and in the cockpit, and when I get back, I upload the log file to the PC and save it with the date. I extract the distance travelled from this for the log book. The registered copy of the shareware I use for extracting the log from the GPS will also display the track as a map. Thus, I have detailed logs on the PC, and a nice bound book which lives in my navigation bag which is always with me on a boat, with plotter, charts, weather charts etc.
I keep a simple logbook, recording the basic stuff. Before I go out, I enter the tide times and heights, the weather conditions, susually from 2 or 3 different sources e.g. UK Met Office oast forecast, but this covers Lands End to St David's Head, including the Bristol Channel (and as a result can forecast F7 when we have F2 because of the huge and diverse area it covers), the Accuweather sailing forecast for the Severn Estuary (which underestimates the conditions, as it is really for further up the estuary from where I am based) and then frequently (other than for a quick 2-3 hour single tide sail) my own forecast taken from the Met Office charts and knowledge of local conditions. I also include the names of the skipper and crew. Out at sea, unless on a passage, I tend not to fill the log in. If I have crew, or am out for more than 2-3 hours, then I will add some points in. As well as my chart plotter, I have a hand held GPS which is kept on and in the cockpit, and when I get back, I upload the log file to the PC and save it with the date. I extract the distance travelled from this for the log book. The registered copy of the shareware I use for extracting the log from the GPS will also display the track as a map. Thus, I have detailed logs on the PC, and a nice bound book which lives in my navigation bag which is always with me on a boat, with plotter, charts, weather charts etc.
Also two types
We keep two types of logs. The basic stuff, date, times, destination, departure, arrival, crew etc are entered in a daily log book. Certain unusual events are also captured at the end of the day when everyone is invited to make an entry in a larger version. The latter method is used when we go cruising, with one exception: Crew may make entries at any time. When we return from a cruise, the entries are gathered (and sometimes embelished upon by the author)in a document which is shared by all at our post cruise, look at the photos, get-together which usually is a month or so after returning. Writing it down and later reading it (all are invited to read) tends to bring back the memory in a more vivid manor. It also proves to be invaluable in clearing up some questions/arguements as the years go by. The logs are put into binders with the photos and kept as a momento of the cruise. These logs can take one back to the cruise and it's events years after the actual event.
We keep two types of logs. The basic stuff, date, times, destination, departure, arrival, crew etc are entered in a daily log book. Certain unusual events are also captured at the end of the day when everyone is invited to make an entry in a larger version. The latter method is used when we go cruising, with one exception: Crew may make entries at any time. When we return from a cruise, the entries are gathered (and sometimes embelished upon by the author)in a document which is shared by all at our post cruise, look at the photos, get-together which usually is a month or so after returning. Writing it down and later reading it (all are invited to read) tends to bring back the memory in a more vivid manor. It also proves to be invaluable in clearing up some questions/arguements as the years go by. The logs are put into binders with the photos and kept as a momento of the cruise. These logs can take one back to the cruise and it's events years after the actual event.
Finally!
I was actually waiting for this topic - as I had suggested this topic once before to this site. Better late than never! Although I do keep a separate maintenance log on my laptop for the boat, and I leave a ship's log out for anyone to write in about their experiances, I also keep a "personal" log on my computer with observations on the "boating lifestyle." I write in it as the mood strikes me and about anything from how a repair or upgrade project went, to who visited for a sail and how that went. On "good days" I express my thanks, and on "bad days" I express my frustrations (usually over lack of crew!) At the end of each year, I summarize the past season and expess my hopes for the next. It's a labor of love, and I don't care if the words never get read by another soul. Bill on STARGAZER
I was actually waiting for this topic - as I had suggested this topic once before to this site. Better late than never! Although I do keep a separate maintenance log on my laptop for the boat, and I leave a ship's log out for anyone to write in about their experiances, I also keep a "personal" log on my computer with observations on the "boating lifestyle." I write in it as the mood strikes me and about anything from how a repair or upgrade project went, to who visited for a sail and how that went. On "good days" I express my thanks, and on "bad days" I express my frustrations (usually over lack of crew!) At the end of each year, I summarize the past season and expess my hopes for the next. It's a labor of love, and I don't care if the words never get read by another soul. Bill on STARGAZER
Two boats, four logs
I keep a general log as well as a maintenance log for my boats, an Islander Bahama 28 (1981) and a Cal 39-2 (1980) - don't ask why two; it's not rationale. Anyhow, all the logs are on line (both are linked to my home web page), and I keep a hard copies on the boats. I also have a bound log aboard to have friends jot down experiences, which I keep meaning to meld into my general log, but never quite get around to doing. My general log reflects where the boat has gone as well as provides a nice history of activities for my wife and myself and friends. The maintenance log documents all work, small and large, done on the boats, which not only serves me in troubleshooting and planning for the future but, I believe, adds a lot to the boats resale value.
I keep a general log as well as a maintenance log for my boats, an Islander Bahama 28 (1981) and a Cal 39-2 (1980) - don't ask why two; it's not rationale. Anyhow, all the logs are on line (both are linked to my home web page), and I keep a hard copies on the boats. I also have a bound log aboard to have friends jot down experiences, which I keep meaning to meld into my general log, but never quite get around to doing. My general log reflects where the boat has gone as well as provides a nice history of activities for my wife and myself and friends. The maintenance log documents all work, small and large, done on the boats, which not only serves me in troubleshooting and planning for the future but, I believe, adds a lot to the boats resale value.
Here's my latest log
here's a copy of my latest log. I'm sitting in the airport right now waiting on a flight home. I know it's probably not what most people do but you might it interesting Bahamas Bound Nov 12th 2005......Aboard S/V Calypso 37 Irwin Arrived in Tampa Florida 5:00 Saturday the 12th. Short trip to Port Charlotte and got aqqainted with the boat and friends came by to send off the crew. Sunday morning went and got provisions. beer, gatorade, water etc. Kim(Skips Wife) did a fine job of stocking the boat with the other neccessitys. You know like food. Headed out Sunday Afternoon at 3:30 had a good sail to Pelican Bay at Caya costa arrived around 7:30. Had Steak and green beans with potatoes. Went down shortly after that. Kim and I both woke up before sunrise and welcomed the new day. Mosied around the boats for a while and helped Dave with his electrical system to his guages, (bad ground). Set sail after that 11:30 A.M. and went through Boca Grand Pass. Kim volunteered to sail with Dave and Cathy (1962 alden 38). All he could say when he looked at the boat was You've Got To Be Kidding!!!!) The topsides of the boat are a little rough so first Impressions can be decieving. All in All the boat has had extensive repairs made so she's Seaworthy. Keep hearing about a Possibility of a Tropical Depression around Barbados. Will have to be sure and watch the weather down there. Well Made it out of Boca Grande Pass and headed south. George and Skip took the helm most of the day and I took a couple of naps. Skip grilled some Chicken out on the grill and we were making great time. Seas were pretty rough winds off of our port beam at 15 to 20 a couple 8 foot waves. I took over the helm around midnight and kept in touch with Charlie and Phyllis ( Wyvern Irwin 42) And Dave and Cathy on the radio. Been having some issues with the squelch on the radio. Probably replacement is necessary in Marathon. The crabbers in this area should all be shot. Several Crab Pots and been caught and hung on rudders all through the night. Skip came up and checked on me aroud 4:00 a.m. and went back down. George got up right at sunrise and caught me asleepat the helm. I sailed a while longer then went down below for some shut eye. Fairly rough seas. Reminds me of the jolt you get riding bumper cars. Woke up tues am around 11:00a.m. and Skip had to dive for another Crab Pot that had the rope wrapped around the prop. Made it to Marathon and went under the bridge into Boot Key Harbour. Call the Drawbridge tender on Channel 9 and had him raise the drawbridge. (pretty neat) Dropped anchor at 3:30 PM tuesday. Thats where I am now. About 150 nautical miles from Port Charlotte.. Kim just made it back to the boat from Cathy and Davids. He had some stories to tell. If those two head over to the bahamas in that rig they have some large Kahunas... You have to see all of the live boards. Some real Junk too........Went to Dockside bar and grill and had a cheesburger mahi mahi fingers and for the first time ever had some conch fritters. (not too bad). We rode to the bar by water taxi, A guy named Chris that has an electric powered boat. (smorgas boat). 8:30pm tuesday, I think were about to call it a night...Thursday Nov 17th. 7:30 am Went to Key West by bus yesterday and made it to Mallory Square for the sunset. Went down to Captain Tonys. Margaritaville and Sloppy Joes. Some very interesting caracters in key west. Thought about staying the night but the powerboat races were in town and we were afraid of not finding a room so we caught the last bus out and made it back to Marathon. Had a cheeseburger at Oceanside Lounge and Charley and Dave came and picked us up for a dinghyride back to the boat. Winds are still coming out of the North so we may be stuck here a few more days. I'm sure well find something to do in marathon today, need to find a laundry mat and wash some clothes. The oceanside bar has internet access so I'm going to try and send some e-mails out today. On the bus ride back from Key West we me Portside Tom, He crews on the Schooner "Wolf" Taught us how to howl. He's named portside Tom Cause everytime he falls off of his Ship it's on the portside. AARRGGGHHH, AAAARRRRGGGHHH..... Ol Portside lives on a 1968 Bristol 35. He said he used to work on computers for a very LARGE corporation in 1958. And then was a teacher. Quized him a little bit and I'm sure theres some fire in the smoke he was blowing at us. He asked us what kind of sailors are we waiting to cross. He said if the winds coming out of the north it's just a beam reach over. He said to (hell) with the Gulfstream just go..Well It's nov 19th 8:20 P.M. .been a day since I've wrote. Went and ate breakfast at the stuffed pig. The whole crew wtih charley and dave also. If you are ever in Marathon and want a great breakfast, go there. Spent the rest of the day walking down A1A and went to some different marine shops (West Marine, wizz electronics, carnival canvas) Purchased a new vhf at west marine. The electronics place is not a place to go for vhf repair. They charge you $42.50 to tell you that you have a problem and suggest you send it off to the manufacturer. Carnival the guy who runs the place looks like he never slows down, Last night probably runs into the next day very often. Whoa major problem. Skip told us on the way over he had a promblem with a mouse. Guess what mice like sanitation hose. Been noticing a minor smell till now. Well make the sick story short another run to westmarine took care care of the problem. Had Chicken noodle with grilled chicken mixed in. Great boat food. (Highly recomended) Watched Blue Coller Comedy Tour for entertainment that night. Got some video of Kim and George snoozn(ZZZZZZZZZZZZSSSSSNNNNOOOOORRRIIIINNGGG) Keep getting up around 7:30 every morning so far and ENJOYING LIFE I guess thats the best part of the day since weve been stranded here. Get up make coffee and reminence about old times. Went to dockside lounge today (18th) and did laundry while we ate a cheeseburger. Played pool and Jenga for a while. They even let the dog come in to the bar. Even grilled a hamburger for Ruff and put it in a bowl for him. Life sure is in a slower pace out here cruisin.(If thats what you call hangin out in Boot Harbour) The Tropical storm is out on the Yucatan Penninsula right now and is supposed to be heading towards us. Today is Georges 33rd anniversary and we all talked to Cynthia and told her happy anniversary. Thinkin about heading over to Dockside and having a drink or two..........Stanley just called and talked to him a bit, he's talking to Kim now.Jamming to old fogys music now, gotta let my adopted dads (George n Skip) have a little fun, Stanleys also and adopted dad, guess they would just love to of had a son like me. Well just gonna see what happens for the crossin.......Well its monday the 21st (I think) the weather broke and we made it to Gun Caye. Quite a bit has happend since last entry, will try to catch up later. Right now it's time to sit back and relax. A sea monster got skip last night scared the Hell out of him, I'll write about it later........Well on the 19th we got a report on the wind starting to swing around and we found our window. Went to Ponchos and got diesel and water, Went on the smorgasboat and met Charley, Phyliss, Cathy and Dave for dinner and made plans to run up the coast to Rodriguez and try to cross from there. Been reading adventures of the lost soul and am starting to relate with it on a smaller scale. The tropical depression fizzled out in Honduras so every thinsgs looking great, Sunday morning last minute change of plans were going for it. I go over to Phlyiss's boat and get her waypoints and start loading them in the computer and chat with her a bit about the crossing.We headed out on the 20th Sunday afternoon at 3:30 No sooner We head out ahead of the others and they said they'd catch up. WRONG Daves boat starts overheating imediatly and they have to throw out an anchor and the winds were harsh and the water was bad choppy. We were already too far out to go and help and charley and phyliss hang aroud to help. Well our VHF"S arent getting out to each other real well after a couple of miles so we communicated by cell phone. They wound up leaving about 2 hours behind us. We made it out of the reef and headed towards the gulfstream. The last time i had talked to charley he said an Island packet named Amazing Grace was right behind us making the crossing. Thought we saw them one time but could never hail them on the radio. The waves started out a 3 to 5 and went to about 8 right around the middle of the gulfstream. I went down and rested till about 11:00 and got up and fired up the laptop to make sure of were we were on the charts. We were doing 8 to nine knots in the middle of the gulfstream. The course we took took us out of the reef from marathon about 9 miles out and we headed east untill we reached the middle of the gulfstream and headed directly to the gun caye mark. a totall of about 100 mile in the gulfstream and we really did some smokin the the ol irwin 37. We were flyin. The ol gps did blip 10knots a couple of times but a steady 8.5 and 9.2 knots sustained at times about 10:00 I decided to climb out of the aft cabin hatch and grab ol Skippy by his shoulder and screamed REAL LOUD. He jump around for atleast two or three seconds before he realized what happened. Kim jump pretty good too. George a little bit. Had a real good laugh. We took turns watching the autopilot and the cruise ships. slept a couple of different times through the night. Got up for a neat sunrise and pulled in to gun caye at 8:20 and dropped anchor and was sitting at 8:40 . Amazing Grace arrived at 12:40 and had a tough time anchoring Bahamien style. Charley and Phyliss arivved at 3:30 and had to help Dave and cathy in they came in under sail Engine oil issues and several other issues they haven't mentioned to us yet. Evey one was wore out, Skip made cheesburgers in paradise and we dthrew another hook up bahamien style and are watching pirates of the carribean............. Ricky j a shortwave repeater put out a call looking for us today. Wyvern interrcepted it and told them we were fine and Ricky J relayed the message back to the coast guard. Charley felt sad cause they weren't looking for him Well It's 3:30a.m. and I'm on watch anchor alarm started going off at 1:30 we reset the hook winds blowing on us about 30knots with gust higher. Isn't this what I wanted. Well tomorrow we are probably off to Andros unless we find somewhere better. Still haven't cleared customs so thats why we want to go to morgans bluff on andros. Damn this wind is kicking our ass. Glad we made the pass last night..... Well we made it through the night, winds blew even stronger maybey even up to 50 knots. didn't drag anymore, coodinates from last night were N25degreesx34.914 by W079degreesx17.703 . Went over to gun cay today and walked the island a little bit. Wanted to go over to the lighthouse but weather and the terrain of the island prevented it. Didn't want to get out in the dinghy after we got back and try to ty up at the lighthouse.Had a charter sailboat zooming around us (pretty annoying) I guess they were getting instruction on how to sail. Well just went over to charley and phyliss's boat and went over the charts with them. Were setting sail at sunrise to go over to either andros or chub cay. Probably chub cay. Grilliling chicken and steak and boiling some rice right now gonna eat the chicken on the pass over tommorow. before we get to the northwest marker we will have to hang out in the Grand bahama banks. Middle of nowhere without land in sight in about 10 foot of water. then the next morning make it over to chub cay or andros...Programmed the gps and set the route on the computer so were gettin ready to leave in the morning.. I've really learned alot about navigating and have learned to rely on longitude and latitude on the gps. Thats the main purpose of a gps and I've takin it for grantit all the time. You know on the lake its just checkin speed and your preset marks you make along the way. Skips getting out the bongo's better get the spoons out too......Out of the darkness and into the night.......Essays latest problem turned out to be a ruptereed oil hose to the oil cooler. They will be a day behind us when we leave out. Wyvernn will stay behind to help them.... The stars are out so bright tonite, Orion's belt is laying low south on the horizon. you can see the lights of bimini just north of us. During the day you can see bimini north of us (8 miles) and cat caye just below us on the cut coming in. Alot of airplanes and helicopters in and out all of the time. You know it only cost $25,000 to join in membership and you have to be refered to join them then build your multimillion dollar home. Wednesday nov 23rd. Topped off the engine with oil and are hoisting up the dinghy. Talked to Amazing Grace (Island Packet 35) and they are going to head out maybey two hours behind us. They have been to several places (africa may be on of them, they are english i think).Should head out in another 15 minute 9:00 a.m. Well we headed out at 9:00 and have been maiking good time across the bank. the seas are around 3 to 5 and at 1:50 (BAM) the roller furling hit the water. All hands on deck pulled the sail back on the boat and hoisted up the club footed jib. winds are out of the northwest and on our port aft side to where were headed.15 to 20 kots of wind all day. the water depth has been about 15 feet for the last couple of hours. looking fur the russell beacon light it's about 6 miles ahead of us haven't seen it so far. Well we made it about 6 miles past the beacon light (n25 28.535 x W 79 17.170 and anchored out for the night. Set a way point were we anchored and hit goto so I wouldn't have to run all of the instruments for an anchor drag alarm. Never have just dropped anchor when you could not see land insight. You can see the glow of I guess nassau from here and a couple other islands but thats it. Had another sailboat pass us last night and go through the Northwest channel. Some extremly large barge came through headed west and anchored (I guess) cause he didn't move till right before sunrise. made some chicken tortini soup before we went to bed and bounced all night. Skip felt kinda seasick yesterday but feels fine today. It's about 7:15 right now and are fixing to pull up anchor and head towards the nw channel marker. Then on to Chub Key for some R@R. Need to get to a phone somewhere so we can make some phone calls. Today is Thursday the 24th Happy Thanksgiving. Were on our way to the mark and it's calm seas with wind of 7 knots, kind of a welcomed break from the rollers and winds.....Saw a couple of dolphins this morning. The Nothwest shoal marker with coordintes of n25X30.00 and w78X13.95 does noth appaer to be there. The northwest channel marker is 4 miles from us at 100 dgress and we can view it fine. you want to go port of the markker. The russel beacon I was looking for last night is there. We made it over to Chub key and called all of the known channels were we can reach them on the vhf. Well no answer. I found there phone number on the backside of one of our charts and they said the marina was closed and we could not clear customs there but we could come ashore. (hhhmmmm). Well we hung out there a little while and did a little snorkleing until george had his encounter with a shark. He told me he was kidding, but when I saw him hanging onto the ladder with nothing but his butt in the water I felt it was time for me to jump in the dinghy. (Ok I know were a couple of wooses.) We pulled anchor and decided to motor to the other side of the Island to the Berry Islands bar. We ended up going ashore there and had thanksgiving dinner. Everyone there is just sooper cool.....Turkey and ham and veggies and corn on the cob. Have finally had my first bahamien beer. (Kalick) Met Forrest, he used to work for mack sails and is retired. His wife Raven (everyone went gaga over her) Played dominos with some guys from arkansas (imagine how small of a world is it) James and Dewight. Also another localDewane. The bartender (terell) was also cool a big nba fan. I heard dewane talk about shakil the basketball player like he was a god. All in all this has been a great evening. Called and talked to my mom earlier and kim called his wife. Evidently when she called the coast guard they told her it was to rough out in the gulfstream for them to go out there so we had several people scared about us. That tells you alot about the coast guard there. They didn't even call her back when we responded to ricky j's message. I'll have to research more about that later.......Went to breakfast friday morning at the berry islands club and had eggs, bacon, and toast with coffee ($5.00) One of the locals (Rocky) the maintenance man came in and pulled a budweiser out of the icechest and popped it open, He said he had alot to do there today, if he doesn't do it nothing gets done. Well he pulled another budweiser out of the icechest and left didn't see him show back up until that night. Walked around the island after breakfast and went to the other side and found a little beach and waded out. A small shark came swimming up to us in a little over ankle deep water. and we came back over to the boat. Spent the rest of the day reorganizing the boat, going up the mast, and snorkleing. While we were snkorkleing I poked my head up and George was on the beach making his way back over to me with his fins off saying he saw a BIG shark this time. Well it took me about two seconds to make it back to the beach. He said this one was at least 6 feet long. Went out to a mooring ball on the way back to the boat and found a submerged crane was the actuall mooring (awesome artificial reef) found all kinds of fish there. some real large angelfish probablly 30 of them were swimming in a pack. you could swim right up to them A couple of stingrays and several other types. Hope the videos with the underwater camera come out nice. Charley and Phyllis and Dave and Cathy finally made it. They spent two nights out on the bahama bank. We were glad to see they finally made it. Went and ate at the club and played dominos. Next Morning Saturday the 26th went and ate breakfast and lounged around on the boat the rest of the day. Did splice some anchor rode and other than that not much of anything. Left out sunday morning for nassau with wind on our bow. got around bird cay and the waves were rolling into us at about 8 feet. Got some neat video. (George bouncing around on the bow) Well two hours into it we had made about four miles so we decided to trun around and head back. took 30 minutes to get back to our ancorage. Called and made arrangements for some flights to Nassau. Well made it back to the berry islands club one last time. Talked to James and he agreed to give us a ride into the airport in the morning. While at the club some of the locals told us how vicious the sharks were there. If we had known we probably would have spent less time in the water... We had to take skip to clear the boat. Kinda got tired of being and Illegal immigrant anyway. Cleared customs and paid $55.00 for a ticket to Nassau. Eck what a place I doubt I'll ever go to Nassau again. Went and Saw the Queens Staircase, the water tower and an Old Fort. Bummed aroundd a bit and went over to the Casino. Took $13.50 of the casinos money and was very happy about that. First time I've ever profited from a casino. Cleared customs this morning took off and flew over Andros Island and Gun Cay, Got some video from in the air. and I'm in Fort Lauderdell now waiting on the trip home.
here's a copy of my latest log. I'm sitting in the airport right now waiting on a flight home. I know it's probably not what most people do but you might it interesting Bahamas Bound Nov 12th 2005......Aboard S/V Calypso 37 Irwin Arrived in Tampa Florida 5:00 Saturday the 12th. Short trip to Port Charlotte and got aqqainted with the boat and friends came by to send off the crew. Sunday morning went and got provisions. beer, gatorade, water etc. Kim(Skips Wife) did a fine job of stocking the boat with the other neccessitys. You know like food. Headed out Sunday Afternoon at 3:30 had a good sail to Pelican Bay at Caya costa arrived around 7:30. Had Steak and green beans with potatoes. Went down shortly after that. Kim and I both woke up before sunrise and welcomed the new day. Mosied around the boats for a while and helped Dave with his electrical system to his guages, (bad ground). Set sail after that 11:30 A.M. and went through Boca Grand Pass. Kim volunteered to sail with Dave and Cathy (1962 alden 38). All he could say when he looked at the boat was You've Got To Be Kidding!!!!) The topsides of the boat are a little rough so first Impressions can be decieving. All in All the boat has had extensive repairs made so she's Seaworthy. Keep hearing about a Possibility of a Tropical Depression around Barbados. Will have to be sure and watch the weather down there. Well Made it out of Boca Grande Pass and headed south. George and Skip took the helm most of the day and I took a couple of naps. Skip grilled some Chicken out on the grill and we were making great time. Seas were pretty rough winds off of our port beam at 15 to 20 a couple 8 foot waves. I took over the helm around midnight and kept in touch with Charlie and Phyllis ( Wyvern Irwin 42) And Dave and Cathy on the radio. Been having some issues with the squelch on the radio. Probably replacement is necessary in Marathon. The crabbers in this area should all be shot. Several Crab Pots and been caught and hung on rudders all through the night. Skip came up and checked on me aroud 4:00 a.m. and went back down. George got up right at sunrise and caught me asleepat the helm. I sailed a while longer then went down below for some shut eye. Fairly rough seas. Reminds me of the jolt you get riding bumper cars. Woke up tues am around 11:00a.m. and Skip had to dive for another Crab Pot that had the rope wrapped around the prop. Made it to Marathon and went under the bridge into Boot Key Harbour. Call the Drawbridge tender on Channel 9 and had him raise the drawbridge. (pretty neat) Dropped anchor at 3:30 PM tuesday. Thats where I am now. About 150 nautical miles from Port Charlotte.. Kim just made it back to the boat from Cathy and Davids. He had some stories to tell. If those two head over to the bahamas in that rig they have some large Kahunas... You have to see all of the live boards. Some real Junk too........Went to Dockside bar and grill and had a cheesburger mahi mahi fingers and for the first time ever had some conch fritters. (not too bad). We rode to the bar by water taxi, A guy named Chris that has an electric powered boat. (smorgas boat). 8:30pm tuesday, I think were about to call it a night...Thursday Nov 17th. 7:30 am Went to Key West by bus yesterday and made it to Mallory Square for the sunset. Went down to Captain Tonys. Margaritaville and Sloppy Joes. Some very interesting caracters in key west. Thought about staying the night but the powerboat races were in town and we were afraid of not finding a room so we caught the last bus out and made it back to Marathon. Had a cheeseburger at Oceanside Lounge and Charley and Dave came and picked us up for a dinghyride back to the boat. Winds are still coming out of the North so we may be stuck here a few more days. I'm sure well find something to do in marathon today, need to find a laundry mat and wash some clothes. The oceanside bar has internet access so I'm going to try and send some e-mails out today. On the bus ride back from Key West we me Portside Tom, He crews on the Schooner "Wolf" Taught us how to howl. He's named portside Tom Cause everytime he falls off of his Ship it's on the portside. AARRGGGHHH, AAAARRRRGGGHHH..... Ol Portside lives on a 1968 Bristol 35. He said he used to work on computers for a very LARGE corporation in 1958. And then was a teacher. Quized him a little bit and I'm sure theres some fire in the smoke he was blowing at us. He asked us what kind of sailors are we waiting to cross. He said if the winds coming out of the north it's just a beam reach over. He said to (hell) with the Gulfstream just go..Well It's nov 19th 8:20 P.M. .been a day since I've wrote. Went and ate breakfast at the stuffed pig. The whole crew wtih charley and dave also. If you are ever in Marathon and want a great breakfast, go there. Spent the rest of the day walking down A1A and went to some different marine shops (West Marine, wizz electronics, carnival canvas) Purchased a new vhf at west marine. The electronics place is not a place to go for vhf repair. They charge you $42.50 to tell you that you have a problem and suggest you send it off to the manufacturer. Carnival the guy who runs the place looks like he never slows down, Last night probably runs into the next day very often. Whoa major problem. Skip told us on the way over he had a promblem with a mouse. Guess what mice like sanitation hose. Been noticing a minor smell till now. Well make the sick story short another run to westmarine took care care of the problem. Had Chicken noodle with grilled chicken mixed in. Great boat food. (Highly recomended) Watched Blue Coller Comedy Tour for entertainment that night. Got some video of Kim and George snoozn(ZZZZZZZZZZZZSSSSSNNNNOOOOORRRIIIINNGGG) Keep getting up around 7:30 every morning so far and ENJOYING LIFE I guess thats the best part of the day since weve been stranded here. Get up make coffee and reminence about old times. Went to dockside lounge today (18th) and did laundry while we ate a cheeseburger. Played pool and Jenga for a while. They even let the dog come in to the bar. Even grilled a hamburger for Ruff and put it in a bowl for him. Life sure is in a slower pace out here cruisin.(If thats what you call hangin out in Boot Harbour) The Tropical storm is out on the Yucatan Penninsula right now and is supposed to be heading towards us. Today is Georges 33rd anniversary and we all talked to Cynthia and told her happy anniversary. Thinkin about heading over to Dockside and having a drink or two..........Stanley just called and talked to him a bit, he's talking to Kim now.Jamming to old fogys music now, gotta let my adopted dads (George n Skip) have a little fun, Stanleys also and adopted dad, guess they would just love to of had a son like me. Well just gonna see what happens for the crossin.......Well its monday the 21st (I think) the weather broke and we made it to Gun Caye. Quite a bit has happend since last entry, will try to catch up later. Right now it's time to sit back and relax. A sea monster got skip last night scared the Hell out of him, I'll write about it later........Well on the 19th we got a report on the wind starting to swing around and we found our window. Went to Ponchos and got diesel and water, Went on the smorgasboat and met Charley, Phyliss, Cathy and Dave for dinner and made plans to run up the coast to Rodriguez and try to cross from there. Been reading adventures of the lost soul and am starting to relate with it on a smaller scale. The tropical depression fizzled out in Honduras so every thinsgs looking great, Sunday morning last minute change of plans were going for it. I go over to Phlyiss's boat and get her waypoints and start loading them in the computer and chat with her a bit about the crossing.We headed out on the 20th Sunday afternoon at 3:30 No sooner We head out ahead of the others and they said they'd catch up. WRONG Daves boat starts overheating imediatly and they have to throw out an anchor and the winds were harsh and the water was bad choppy. We were already too far out to go and help and charley and phyliss hang aroud to help. Well our VHF"S arent getting out to each other real well after a couple of miles so we communicated by cell phone. They wound up leaving about 2 hours behind us. We made it out of the reef and headed towards the gulfstream. The last time i had talked to charley he said an Island packet named Amazing Grace was right behind us making the crossing. Thought we saw them one time but could never hail them on the radio. The waves started out a 3 to 5 and went to about 8 right around the middle of the gulfstream. I went down and rested till about 11:00 and got up and fired up the laptop to make sure of were we were on the charts. We were doing 8 to nine knots in the middle of the gulfstream. The course we took took us out of the reef from marathon about 9 miles out and we headed east untill we reached the middle of the gulfstream and headed directly to the gun caye mark. a totall of about 100 mile in the gulfstream and we really did some smokin the the ol irwin 37. We were flyin. The ol gps did blip 10knots a couple of times but a steady 8.5 and 9.2 knots sustained at times about 10:00 I decided to climb out of the aft cabin hatch and grab ol Skippy by his shoulder and screamed REAL LOUD. He jump around for atleast two or three seconds before he realized what happened. Kim jump pretty good too. George a little bit. Had a real good laugh. We took turns watching the autopilot and the cruise ships. slept a couple of different times through the night. Got up for a neat sunrise and pulled in to gun caye at 8:20 and dropped anchor and was sitting at 8:40 . Amazing Grace arrived at 12:40 and had a tough time anchoring Bahamien style. Charley and Phyliss arivved at 3:30 and had to help Dave and cathy in they came in under sail Engine oil issues and several other issues they haven't mentioned to us yet. Evey one was wore out, Skip made cheesburgers in paradise and we dthrew another hook up bahamien style and are watching pirates of the carribean............. Ricky j a shortwave repeater put out a call looking for us today. Wyvern interrcepted it and told them we were fine and Ricky J relayed the message back to the coast guard. Charley felt sad cause they weren't looking for him
Well It's 3:30a.m. and I'm on watch anchor alarm started going off at 1:30 we reset the hook winds blowing on us about 30knots with gust higher. Isn't this what I wanted. Well tomorrow we are probably off to Andros unless we find somewhere better. Still haven't cleared customs so thats why we want to go to morgans bluff on andros. Damn this wind is kicking our ass. Glad we made the pass last night..... Well we made it through the night, winds blew even stronger maybey even up to 50 knots. didn't drag anymore, coodinates from last night were N25degreesx34.914 by W079degreesx17.703 . Went over to gun cay today and walked the island a little bit. Wanted to go over to the lighthouse but weather and the terrain of the island prevented it. Didn't want to get out in the dinghy after we got back and try to ty up at the lighthouse.Had a charter sailboat zooming around us (pretty annoying) I guess they were getting instruction on how to sail. Well just went over to charley and phyliss's boat and went over the charts with them. Were setting sail at sunrise to go over to either andros or chub cay. Probably chub cay. Grilliling chicken and steak and boiling some rice right now gonna eat the chicken on the pass over tommorow. before we get to the northwest marker we will have to hang out in the Grand bahama banks. Middle of nowhere without land in sight in about 10 foot of water. then the next morning make it over to chub cay or andros...Programmed the gps and set the route on the computer so were gettin ready to leave in the morning.. I've really learned alot about navigating and have learned to rely on longitude and latitude on the gps. Thats the main purpose of a gps and I've takin it for grantit all the time. You know on the lake its just checkin speed and your preset marks you make along the way. Skips getting out the bongo's better get the spoons out too......Out of the darkness and into the night.......Essays latest problem turned out to be a ruptereed oil hose to the oil cooler. They will be a day behind us when we leave out. Wyvernn will stay behind to help them.... The stars are out so bright tonite, Orion's belt is laying low south on the horizon. you can see the lights of bimini just north of us. During the day you can see bimini north of us (8 miles) and cat caye just below us on the cut coming in. Alot of airplanes and helicopters in and out all of the time. You know it only cost $25,000 to join in membership and you have to be refered to join them then build your multimillion dollar home. Wednesday nov 23rd. Topped off the engine with oil and are hoisting up the dinghy. Talked to Amazing Grace (Island Packet 35) and they are going to head out maybey two hours behind us. They have been to several places (africa may be on of them, they are english i think).Should head out in another 15 minute 9:00 a.m. Well we headed out at 9:00 and have been maiking good time across the bank. the seas are around 3 to 5 and at 1:50 (BAM) the roller furling hit the water. All hands on deck pulled the sail back on the boat and hoisted up the club footed jib. winds are out of the northwest and on our port aft side to where were headed.15 to 20 kots of wind all day. the water depth has been about 15 feet for the last couple of hours. looking fur the russell beacon light it's about 6 miles ahead of us haven't seen it so far. Well we made it about 6 miles past the beacon light (n25 28.535 x W 79 17.170 and anchored out for the night. Set a way point were we anchored and hit goto so I wouldn't have to run all of the instruments for an anchor drag alarm. Never have just dropped anchor when you could not see land insight. You can see the glow of I guess nassau from here and a couple other islands but thats it. Had another sailboat pass us last night and go through the Northwest channel. Some extremly large barge came through headed west and anchored (I guess) cause he didn't move till right before sunrise. made some chicken tortini soup before we went to bed and bounced all night. Skip felt kinda seasick yesterday but feels fine today. It's about 7:15 right now and are fixing to pull up anchor and head towards the nw channel marker. Then on to Chub Key for some R@R. Need to get to a phone somewhere so we can make some phone calls. Today is Thursday the 24th Happy Thanksgiving. Were on our way to the mark and it's calm seas with wind of 7 knots, kind of a welcomed break from the rollers and winds.....Saw a couple of dolphins this morning. The Nothwest shoal marker with coordintes of n25X30.00 and w78X13.95 does noth appaer to be there. The northwest channel marker is 4 miles from us at 100 dgress and we can view it fine. you want to go port of the markker. The russel beacon I was looking for last night is there. We made it over to Chub key and called all of the known channels were we can reach them on the vhf. Well no answer. I found there phone number on the backside of one of our charts and they said the marina was closed and we could not clear customs there but we could come ashore. (hhhmmmm). Well we hung out there a little while and did a little snorkleing until george had his encounter with a shark. He told me he was kidding, but when I saw him hanging onto the ladder with nothing but his butt in the water I felt it was time for me to jump in the dinghy. (Ok I know were a couple of wooses.) We pulled anchor and decided to motor to the other side of the Island to the Berry Islands bar. We ended up going ashore there and had thanksgiving dinner. Everyone there is just sooper cool.....Turkey and ham and veggies and corn on the cob. Have finally had my first bahamien beer. (Kalick) Met Forrest, he used to work for mack sails and is retired. His wife Raven (everyone went gaga over her) Played dominos with some guys from arkansas (imagine how small of a world is it) James and Dewight. Also another localDewane. The bartender (terell) was also cool a big nba fan. I heard dewane talk about shakil the basketball player like he was a god. All in all this has been a great evening. Called and talked to my mom earlier and kim called his wife. Evidently when she called the coast guard they told her it was to rough out in the gulfstream for them to go out there so we had several people scared about us. That tells you alot about the coast guard there. They didn't even call her back when we responded to ricky j's message. I'll have to research more about that later.......Went to breakfast friday morning at the berry islands club and had eggs, bacon, and toast with coffee ($5.00) One of the locals (Rocky) the maintenance man came in and pulled a budweiser out of the icechest and popped it open, He said he had alot to do there today, if he doesn't do it nothing gets done. Well he pulled another budweiser out of the icechest and left didn't see him show back up until that night. Walked around the island after breakfast and went to the other side and found a little beach and waded out. A small shark came swimming up to us in a little over ankle deep water. and we came back over to the boat. Spent the rest of the day reorganizing the boat, going up the mast, and snorkleing. While we were snkorkleing I poked my head up and George was on the beach making his way back over to me with his fins off saying he saw a BIG shark this time. Well it took me about two seconds to make it back to the beach. He said this one was at least 6 feet long. Went out to a mooring ball on the way back to the boat and found a submerged crane was the actuall mooring (awesome artificial reef) found all kinds of fish there. some real large angelfish probablly 30 of them were swimming in a pack. you could swim right up to them A couple of stingrays and several other types. Hope the videos with the underwater camera come out nice. Charley and Phyllis and Dave and Cathy finally made it. They spent two nights out on the bahama bank. We were glad to see they finally made it. Went and ate at the club and played dominos. Next Morning Saturday the 26th went and ate breakfast and lounged around on the boat the rest of the day. Did splice some anchor rode and other than that not much of anything. Left out sunday morning for nassau with wind on our bow. got around bird cay and the waves were rolling into us at about 8 feet. Got some neat video. (George bouncing around on the bow) Well two hours into it we had made about four miles so we decided to trun around and head back. took 30 minutes to get back to our ancorage. Called and made arrangements for some flights to Nassau. Well made it back to the berry islands club one last time. Talked to James and he agreed to give us a ride into the airport in the morning. While at the club some of the locals told us how vicious the sharks were there. If we had known we probably would have spent less time in the water... We had to take skip to clear the boat. Kinda got tired of being and Illegal immigrant anyway. Cleared customs and paid $55.00 for a ticket to Nassau. Eck what a place I doubt I'll ever go to Nassau again. Went and Saw the Queens Staircase, the water tower and an Old Fort. Bummed aroundd a bit and went over to the Casino. Took $13.50 of the casinos money and was very happy about that. First time I've ever profited from a casino. Cleared customs this morning took off and flew over Andros Island and Gun Cay, Got some video from in the air. and I'm in Fort Lauderdell now waiting on the trip home.Logs...
Don't forget that reading your log is a great way to relive your sailing season during the winter...and to get ready for spring. Remember: Only 120 day 'til spring launch! (give or take a few nanoseconds)
Don't forget that reading your log is a great way to relive your sailing season during the winter...and to get ready for spring. Remember: Only 120 day 'til spring launch! (give or take a few nanoseconds)
Log or Journal?
All of the prior postings are interesting and show the diversity in our approaches to sailing. From very technical and detailed to mostly observations. That leaves me questioning is the a need for a journal separate from that of a ship's log? While my log is pretty middle of the road with bits of both types of information, I'm inclined to believe that the log belongs to Calico Dragon and not to me. When some day she belongs ot someone else then Calico Dragon gets to retain the log and so information in the log should be mostly about how, when, and where but also including a bit of why and what. Anyone else think it's the ship's log and will always stay with her?
All of the prior postings are interesting and show the diversity in our approaches to sailing. From very technical and detailed to mostly observations. That leaves me questioning is the a need for a journal separate from that of a ship's log? While my log is pretty middle of the road with bits of both types of information, I'm inclined to believe that the log belongs to Calico Dragon and not to me. When some day she belongs ot someone else then Calico Dragon gets to retain the log and so information in the log should be mostly about how, when, and where but also including a bit of why and what. Anyone else think it's the ship's log and will always stay with her?
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