Extract from Captains Log
Shortly after 1 o'clock Ventura entered the Traffic Separation Scheme off Cape Finisterre marking our exit from the Bay of Biscay. Once clear, we set southerly courses as we paralleled the Portugese and Spanish coasts.
From Noon yesterday until Noon today Ventura steamed a total of 541 nautical miles at an average speed of 22.5 knots.
at 14.30 Ventura passed abeam Of Lisbon before setting a more south easterly course for Cape St Vincent. After rounding Cape St Vincent at 19.37 we entered the gulf of Cadiz, where we set a south easterly course taking us across the gulf and on to Trafalgar.
