VALIS arrived Lahaina, July 26, 3:00PM Hawaii Time We are peacefully swinging at anchor here near the Mala Wharf, about one mile from Lahaina. We are about to motor to shore in our Avon, and set foot on dry land for the first time in 14 days. Details on our last day and a half […]

Report from Sailing Vessel VALIS Noon July 24 to Noon July 25 Current position: Lat 21deg 46.22min, Lon 153deg 13.18min Heading 263 deg magnetic, speed 6.5 knots under spinnaker (7 knots through the water). Distance run Noon to Noon: 157 nautical miles over the ground. The winds are blowing about 15 knots, from the east. […]

Report from Sailing Vessel VALIS Noon July 23 to Noon July 24 Current position: Lat 21deg 06.00min, Lon 156deg 38.19min Heading 255 deg magnetic, speed 6 knots under spinnaker (6+ knots through the water). Distance run Noon to Noon: 163 nautical miles over the ground — significantly faster than yesterday’s run. Since Noon yesterday, we […]

Report from Sailing Vessel VALIS Noon July 22 to Noon July 23 Current position: Lat 22deg 54.13min, Lon 147deg 52.02min Heading 239 deg magnetic, speed 7 knots under spinnaker (7+ knots through the water). Distance run since Noon yesterday: 124 nautical miles, which is our shortest run yet. Since Noon yesterday, we have sailed with […]

Report from Sailing Vessel VALIS Noon July 21 to Noon July 22 Current position: Lat 23deg 49.31min, Lon 145deg 51.36min Heading 245 deg magnetic, speed 5 knots under power (5.5 knots through the water). Distance run since Noon yesterday: 147 nautical miles, which is a below-average run for us, but may be an indication of […]

Report from Sailing Vessel VALIS Noon July 20 to Noon July 21 Current position: Lat 24deg 17.52min, Lon 143deg 12.64min Heading 254 deg magnetic, speed 6.8 knots (7 knots through the water). Distance run since Noon yesterday: 164 nautical miles, which is an average run for us. One more day sailing with the poled-out jib […]

Report from Sailing Vessel VALIS Noon July 19 to Noon July 20 Current position: Lat 24deg 49.15min, Lon 140deg 15.19min Heading 248 deg magnetic, speed 7.2 knots (7.8 knots through the water). Distance run since Noon yesterday: 174 nautical miles, which is our second-best run to date. Yesterday we continued to run with the poled-out […]

Report from Sailing Vessel VALIS, Noon July 18 to Noon July 19 Current position: Lat 24deg 51.67min, Lon 137deg 03.13min Heading 253 deg magnetic, speed 7 knots (8 knots through the water). Distance run since Noon yesterday: 160 nautical miles As promised, yesterday afternoon we jibed over towards Maui. We ran all night with a […]

Greetings from Andrew, Daniel, Jim, and Paul: Daily runs from the log of the VALIS: July 15-16 Noon: 184 Nautical miles on the log (through the water), 154 NM via GPS (point-to-point over the ground). Position at July 16 Noon was Lat 29deg 38min, Lon 131deg 122min. July 16-17 Noon: 163 NM log, 144 NM […]

July 15 Hi Folks For Your Information – We take navigation measurements at Noon each day during this trip to Hawaii. They are the distance traveled in the 24 hours from noon one day to the previous day. This is measured in two ways. 1. The Log, a little paddle wheel that spins around as […]