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April 23, 2002
Vessel Data
Status: Enroute from San Francisco, CA to Papeete, Tahiti
Latitude: 29°-33.0’N
Longitude: 123°-34.0’W
Distance: Total 3860.7 miles
Gone 545 miles
To Go 3315.7 miles
Current Speed: 13.7 kts
Engine Setting: 90 RPM shaft, two engine operation
Weather
 Air Temperature: 61 degrees F
Humidity: 83%
Wind: SW at 15 knots
Clouds: Low Cumulus
Sea Temperature: 62 degrees F
Currents: SW at 0.5 knots
Water Depth: 2200 Fathoms
Sunrise: 0635
Sunset: 1947
Today’s weather
Unusual Sightings/Operations:
For the past 36 hours the ship has been transiting an area covered with large numbers in mass of
small jellyfish with small blue sails. They are so numerous in some areas they look like oil floating on the water.
Aboard the TSGB
Day 2
CWO Jeff Aldrit
Deck Division 1D
FromSacramento, Ca.
 Jeff is calculating local apparent noon. At the calculated time Jeff will use his sextant to measure the sun’s
elevation, thus resulting (with a little calculating) in our latitude.
 Quartermaster Tim Kenney
Deck Division 1D
Tim is steering the Golden Bear towards her next waypoint. A typical watch on the helm lasts for an hour. Over the cruise Tim will get about 36 hours on the wheel.
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