Aug 17, 4:30 PM PDT Position 45d 50m N, 140d 53m W Course 050d mag, Speed 6.2 kt This morning the wind shifted, as forecast, from the south to the north-north west. During the slow transition we always had enough wind speed to keep sailing, but it was slow going for a few hours. Now, […]

Boat, lat, lon, course, speed, wind direction, windspeed, comment VALIS, 45 06, 142 53, 040, 5.7, 180, 13 Bequia, 37 06, 149 34, 078, 6, 315, 5, motoring Cassiopeia, 34 16, 139 14, 074, 6.7, 020, 16, Kotuku, 44 21, 142 15, 350, 5, 180, 5, motoring Tiki Blue, 36 42, 135 39, 060, 6.5, […]

Aug 16, 7:15 PM PDT: Lat 45d 05m N, Lon 143d 38m W (about 820 miles west of the Oregon coast, at the latitude of Salem). We have 800 miles to go ’til the Strait of Juan de Fuca, and about another 80 miles after that to Friday Harbor. Our course is 070d magnetic, and […]

Boat, lat, lon, course, speed, wind direction, windspeed, comment VALIS, 44 16, 145 58, 030, 5.5, 180, 13, Bequia, 36 28, 152 02, 028, 6.4, 100, 12, Cassiopeia, 34 35, 142 16, 072, 6.2, 020, 22, Kotuku, 43 12, 143 43, 070, 5.2, 100, 3, motoring Tiki Blue, 36 51, 138 26, 085, 6.5, 340, […]

1:00 AM Aug 16 PDT Latitude 44d 20m W, longitude 145d 53m W Course 010d mag, speed 5kts We are about 925 miles due west of Newport Oregon. Today we broke through the 1000-mile barrier, and the Tiki Drummer was practically frantic. We danced and clapped along to the Tiki’s infectious beat, and felt pretty […]

4:35 PM, PDT Position: 43d 38m N, 146d 29m W Course: 010d mag, Speed: 5.5 kts We put out the fishing line this morning (using the cedar plug lure), reconnected the Monitor self-steering windvane, turned of the electronic autopilot, and sat back to enjoy the beautiful morning. We’ve still got clear sky with occasional bands […]

Boat, lat, lon, course, speed, wind direction, windspeed, comment VALIS, 42 15, 147 27, 015, 6, 170, 14, Bequia, 34 54, 152 35, 005, 6, 144, 3, motoring Cassiopeia, 34 39, 144 24, 089 5.1, 055, 10, Kotuku, 42 08, 145 58, 010, 5.5, 180, 9, Tiki Blue, 37 13, 141 37, 080, 6.2, 010, […]

This morning around 7:30 AM PDT VALIS crossed the halfway point. By other ways of calculating we crossed it some time last night, but regardless, we now have fewer than 1160 miles to go before we reach Friday Harbor. We will actually sail further than that, since our planned route takes us north before we […]

After further review of our options, we have decided to sail north after all. We took a little jog to the east this afternoon, but more analysis and head-scratching led to the conclusion that either route would work, and while the “sail under the high then fight upwind” strategy might be a little faster, the […]

Boat, lat, lon, course, speed, wind direction, windspeed, comment VALIS, 39 59, 148 50, 000, 6, 170, 19, Bequia, 33 32, 154 50, 055, 7, 130, 12, motoring Cassiopeia, 33 51, 145 55, 057, 5.6, 060, 6, motoring Kotuku, 40 10, 147 13, 010, 6.5, 175, 12, sailing Tiki Blue, 37 20, 144 07, 055, […]