Today was “Log Book Day” for Tortuga. Janet and I formatted and printed the plethora of pages that are needed in the Ship’s Log. We have places to enter passage planning, engineering information, required parts, to-do lists, as well as the ship’s insurance papers, FCC paperwork, etc. Many countries use electronic logs, but the United States Coast Guard still requires written logs on all U.S. flagged vessels. To be honest, it feels more in-line with maritime tradition to hand-write logs.