Report from VALIS – Aug 30/31 Greetings from VALIS and its happy crew. As of 10:00 PM we are at latitude 38 deg 23 min north, longitude 152 deg 22 min west. We are sailing northeast at about seven knots. Winds are from the southeast at 18 knots, and seas are from the southeast at […]

Report from VALIS – Aug 29/30 As of 9:00 PM, PDT, VALIS is at lat 36deg 09min, lon 153deg 53min, sailing due north at 6 knots. Winds are from the southeast at 13 knots. Seas are from the southeast at 2 feet. As the sun set last night, we were sailing very slowly towards the […]

Report from VALIS – Aug 28/29 As of Friday, Aug 29, 12:00 Noon PDT, VALIS was as lat 34deg 34min north, lon 154deg 24min west. We are sailing on northeasterly course at a speed of about 5 knots. The wind is from the north at about 10 kts, and the seas are about 2 ft […]

Report from VALIS – Aug 27 (and the morning of Aug 28) As of Thursday, Aug 28, 9:30 AM PDT, VALIS was as lat 34deg 25min north, lon 156deg 51min west. We are sailing on northeasterly course at a speed of about 4 knots. As was predicted, the wind has shifted to come from the […]

As of Aug 26, 9:00 PM PDT, we are at lat 32deg 47min north, lon 159deg 54min west, and are sailing slightly north of east at 5 kts. Winds are about 10 kts from the north, and seas are 2 ft. Skys are partly cloudy. We are sailing with full jib, staysail and main. After […]

As of Aug 25, 7:00 PM PDT, we are at lat 30deg 46min north, lon 160deg 01min west, and are sailing north west at 5.5 kts. Winds are about 10 kts from the north east, and seas are 3 ft. Skys are partly cloudy. We are sailing with full jib and main. Yesterday, Daniel flew […]

Since we didn’t send out a report yesterday, this one will cover the last two days. We are all doing fine, and the boat is sailing well. As of Aug 24, 10:40 AM PDT, we are at lat 28deg 24min north, lon 159deg 34min west, and are sailing due north at 5.7 kts. Winds are […]

Greetings from the sailing vessel VALIS, en-route from Hanalei Bay, Kauai, to San Francisco. We are on the second day of our run, and are now about 150 nautical miles north of Kauai. As of 9:00 PM PDT, our position is lat 24deg 48min N, lon 159deg 26min W. We spent the few days before […]