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August 19, 2012

Great Progress Today

Sunday, Aug 19, 7:15 PM PDT Lat 47d 26m N, Lon 133d 56m W. Course 055d mag, Speed 6.9 kts As of midnight last night I was just about ready to start motoring again. The wind had dropped, and we were barely ghosting along. But, as usually happens, things changed. The wind picked up and […]

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Aug 18, 9:00 PM HST Position Report

Boat, lat, lon, course, speed, wind direction, windspeed, comment VALIS, 46 48, 13, ETA Friday Hbr Weds (?) Bequia, 37 47, 143 36, 018, 8.2, 260, 14.5, Cassiopeia, 35 36, 134 31, 057, 5.1, 170, 3, motoring Kotuku, 46 42, 136 42, 068, 5.2, 015, 5, Tiki Blue, 37 28, 129 58, 070, 6.4, 270, […]

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500 Miles to the Strait

This evening, after a dinner of tuna, rice, and salad, we passed the 500-mile distance to the Strait of Juan de Fuca. The Tiki Drummer let everyone know with his musical announcement, and there was much clapping and dancing among the crew. We’re getting close! Today we encountered light air that pretty quickly dropped below […]

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