TUES 10 MAR. 1953 8:A.M. COURSE 268° TEMP. - WET 67°F. DRY 74°F. WIND BRISK (BEAUFORT SCALE 6) STRATO-CUMULUS CLOUD COVER. SUN OUT OCCASIONALLY. SHIP RIDING EASILY - FOLLOWING SEA ON THE PORT QUARTER. LAT. 26° 16'S ; LONG. 171° 3M'E ; COURSE 268° DIST. 350 MI. ST.T. 24 HRS. AV. SP. 14.58 KT WIND S.E. 7-6 ; SEA - ROUGH S.E. ; T.T. 18D. 20 H. 35 M. TO BRISBANE 1000 MI. ; FROM BALBOA 6746 WE PASSED A NORWEGIAN FREIGHTER (EAST BOUND) EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. PITCHING COULD BE PLAINLY SEEN EVEN THO SHIP AT DIST. OF 7 MILES. SHE WILL SOON BE BUCKING THE WAVES WE ARE RUNNING BEFORE. THE STORM FINALLY PASSED WELL BEHIND US ON AN ESE COURSE. FAIR ALL DAY - AT 7:P.M. LITTLE MOTION. READ IN A.M. SLEPT UNTIL DINNER THIS P.M. 3 MED. SIZED PETRELS IN A.M. - HEAD NOT SOLID BLACK 1 " " " 1:P.M. HEAD (DORSAL VENT.) BLACK WHITE UNDER WING COVERTS PLAIN. CAPT. ADVISES US TO BOOK PASSAGE HOME ON WILHELMSEN LINE (NORWEGIAN) BY WAY OF SUEZ. TAKES ABOUT 30-32 DAYS TO LONDON OR ANTWERP. COULD LEAVE SHIP AT GIBRALTAR TO MEET K. - THEN TO BALEARIC ISLANDS. CATCH SHIP AT BARCELONA OR GIBRALTAR FOR HOME ! REED'S "TABLES OF DISTANCES" BETWEEN PORTS + PLACES IN ALL PARTS OF THE WORLD.