I have decided to live to fight another day. VALIS is sailing home. After studying the five-day and extended forecasts for wind and sea-state, it just makes sense to turn around. The best we could have done would have been to power into Humbolt Bay tomorrow, then hole up there for four or five days […]

8:45AM Wednesday morning, lat 39deg 06min N, lon 124deg 26min W. Course 350deg magnetic, speed 4.5 kts. Yes, we left on Monday morning, and have been battling 15-30 kt winds and 9-15 ft seas as we slowly tack our way north. We are now just a little north of Pt. Arena, and at this rate […]