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August 16, 2012

Aug 16 – Speeding for Home

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 […]

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Aug 15 9:00 PM HST Position Report

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, […]

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999 Miles To Go

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 […]

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