VALIS Position July 6, 8:00 AM: Latitude 33deg 25min N Longitude 126deg 55min W We are still heading southwest, under ligtht winds and calm seas. With the asymettrical spinnaker up, we are sailing at 6 knots in seven knots of wind, but more wind would be nicer, All day yesterday we were under full main, […]

Aloha from VALIS! Time: 1:48 PM PDT Position: 35 deg 12 min N, 125 deg 13 min W Speed: 8.2 kts Course: 204 deg magnetic We are truly underway. We finally started our race a day late, crossing the start line at 11:09 PDT. The winds were good, the current favorable, and we crossed the […]

VALIS and her crew are heading to Hawaii! Our position on July 5, 8:50 PDT is Latitude 35deg 44min North, Longitude 124deg 42min West. We did fix our problem, and crossed the starting line on July 4, 11:09 PDT. We are sailing at 8+ knots in a southwest direction. The seas are moderate, the winds […]

As you may know, VALIS was unable to start The Pacific Cup Race today (Monday) due to a mechanical problem that was discovered at the last minute (and this was after two significant shake-down sessions). We believe that we have correctly analyzed the problem and fixed it, and we have performed initial testing with good […]