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, […]