Captain Kara’s Journal

Wednesday, May 14, 1876

I am happy to say that this is the first voyage of my beautiful ship, The Explorer. It’s our first night at the ship and we are all very excited. a) ....................................................................................... .We are sailing to Hong Kong, China.

The voyage of The Explorer is going well. The winds are strong and we are sailing fast. Generally I am good with maps and I thought that I knew these seas well.

b) ............................................................................................................ .

We needed to sail to the left but I sailed to the right. Thanks to my sailors, they noticed the mistake and warned me on time. We turned back and sailed to the correct direction.

Everything went well after that. c) .............................................................................................................. . We sang sea songs and played darts. It’s a wonderful start!