March 12th, 2007
Latitude 28 degrees %u2013 031.6 minutes South, Longitude 038 – 16.0 minutes East. Distance made good since Cape Town 456 nautical miles, distance to next port 1182 nautical miles. Average speed since noon yesterday 19.0 knots, distance to the nearest land 405 nautical miles from Cape Sainte-Marie, south of Madagascar. Sea depth 16226.16 feet, sea water temperature 78.8 degrees F (26 degrees Celsius), air temperature 80.6 degrees F (27 degrees Celsius), North Easterly wind %u2013 15 knots. Good visibility. Sunset 1838; sunrise 0600.