Captain's Log

The captain’s log (sometimes also referred to as the deck log) is a complete nautical record of a ship’s voyage and is written up at the end of each watch by the deck officer on watch. Information entered includes distance run, courses steered, compass variations, ship’s position, sea and weather conditions, principal headlands passed and names of lookouts. Any out of the ordinary occurrences are also logged, such as a collision, distress call received or a fire.