Day 12-Monday May 23nd Hi to all friends and family: I apologize for not writing something each day and will promise to do it more regularly. I do do a position report each day and you can see it on the web at sailvalis.com/intention/ It also has pictures of all of us and our departure […]

Day 11-Sunday May 22nd HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MARILYN!! (We hope you had a blast–love you). Today was sunny all day, with good winds most of the day. I think we covered some serious seas again today. Jim & John fixed the steering cable (YAY!). Another beautiful day on the deep blue Pacific. As of this morning, […]

Day 10-Sat. May 21st Hey…did Saturday happen?? We must have sailed into a time warp. I think we missed ‘blogging’ yesterday, ’cause we went out to change the sails (wing-to-wing, so as to change course) late in the day, had a late dinner, then crashed. It was cloudy most of the day & we had […]

Day 9–Fri. May 20th Aloha everyone- Thanks for the powerful prayers…the winds are back (YEAH!). Winds picked up considerably yesterday evening, so we’ve been jammin’ all night & dsy. We just got done bringing down the spinnaker & putting up the jib, staysail & a double-reefed main. We’re still rippin’ right along & feeling a […]

Day 8–Thurs. May 19th Aloha everyone- Winds picked up a little, so we killed the engine last night & put the smaller spinnaker back up. Ahhhhh, what a RELIEF! Late today, winds are back down again, so Jim just started the engine. Oh well, it’s just the way it is. At this rate, I think […]

Wed. May 18th–Day 8 Greetings from ‘On Pacific Pond’: Are we there yet?? Wow…I didn’t know the ocean ever DID this! Seas were so calm last night that it felt like we were floating on a small pond. I sat on the bow at 4:30 AM watching the eastern sky slowly light up. The sail […]

Sent: Tuesday, May 17, 2005 7:07 PM I just got a message from Jim – he has fixed the alternator problem, and they now have full battery-charging capability. I should have known that Jim would figure it out! -Paul Elliott

Day 6,Tuesday May 17th Hi everyone- Just for the record, we are not counting the day we set sail as day 1 because we got out so late. Therefore, even though we set sail on Wed. May 11th, we are counting Thurs. May 12th as ‘day 1′. We didn’t write anything that day for pretty […]

Mon. May 16th 2005, Day 5 Winds are still off, so we decided to put the spinnaker back up (we had to quickly take it down yesterday when Intention ‘bolted’). We are steering using the auto pilot. A nice, slow day; peaceful, mellow (life is good!). The weather is a little warmer every day & […]

Sent: Monday, May 16, 2005 12:03 PM Commentary from Paul Elliott As you have read, Jim is working on a problem with the alternator or regulator on Intention. It sounds like they are unable to charge the batteries from the engine-driven alternator, and at the moment, have to rely on their solar panels. As luck […]