Aug 13, 4:00PM PDT Latitude 39d 36m N, Longitude 149d 47m W Course 025d magnetic, Speed 7.5 kts We’re still sailing to Friday Harbor, but we might be doing some zig-zagging to get there. We have been benefiting from a low-pressure system to the northwest, which has been compressing the NW corner of the Pacific […]

Boat, lat, lon, course, speed, wind direction, windspeed, comment VALIS, 38 10, 151 36, 030, 7, 190, 20, Bequia, 32 07, 157 48, 048, 6.5, 130, 12, Cassiopeia, 32 57, 148 07, 057, 6.1, 075, 3, motoring Kotuku, 38 02, 149 45, 025, 7.4, 190, 20, Tiki Blue, 36 43, 146 32, 060, 6, ,,,light […]

Sunday, Aug 12, 1:30 PM PDT Lat 37d 16m N, Lon 152d 45m W Course 030d mag, Speed 7.5 kts We’ve got wind, waves, and sun! We’ve been running downwind with the genoa poled out (“wing and wing”), and with the waves giving us the occasional push, we’ve been making great speed. Last night the […]

Boat, lat, lon, course, speed, wind direction, windspeed, comment VALIS, 36 02, 154 18, 030, 6.5, 200, 17, sailing Bequia, 30 22, 159 46, 016, 6.5, 121, 8, motoring Cassiopeia, 32 00, 150 36, 055, 5.8, 065, 3, motoring Kotuku, 36 28, 152 36, 040, 8, 190, 18, Tiki Blue, 35 39, 148 48, 020, […]

This morning at 3:40AM PDT the wind finally showed up, so we set the main and genoa, and killed the engine. We are now sailing more-or-less towards the strait of Juan de Fuca. This is much better then motoring through windless seas! We will probably end up sailing a little to the north of the […]

We’ve got great wind and following seas. Our course takes us basically dead downwind, so we are using the trusty “wing and wing” configuration, with the main to port, and the genoa on a pole to starboard. This is a pretty stable arrangement and we are making great time. Earlier in the day we had […]

Boat, lat, lon, course, speed, wind direction, windspeed, comment VALIS, 34 04, 156 19, 010, 5.2, 190, 5, motoring Bequia, 27 51, 160 26, 325, 7.5, 095, 15, Cassiopeia, 30 27, 152 28, 030, 6.8, 075, 9, Kotuku, 34 37, 155 07, 015, 5.2, 190, 5, motoring Tiki Blue, 34 01, 150 24, 010, 6, […]

10:52 PM PDT, Aug 10 lat 33d 59m N, lon 156d 21m W Course 000d mag, speed 5.3 kts. Motoring. It turned out that that mystery tanker just wanted to test some electronics (I know, it seems a little fishy to me too). They asked if we had received some test messages they had sent […]

Position: 33d 23m N, 156d 33m W Course / Speed: 000d magnetic @ 5.5 kts. The bad news is that we’re still motoring. The wind has shifted somewhat, but it is still too light for real sailing. We are continuing north, according to plan. Actually, the current conditions do match the forecast pretty well. The […]

Boat, lat, lon, course, speed, wind direction, windspeed, comment VALIS, 32 06, 156 44, 000, 4.5, 100, 8.5, Bequia, 25 07, 159 29, 340, 8, 095, 15, Casseopeia, 28 17, 153 37, 359, 6.8, 065, 9, Kotuku, 32 51, 156 18, 010, 5.5, 135, 5, Tiki Blue, 32 15, 151 43, 015, 5, 090, 7, […]