Batts @ 12.50v, 72% charged…fuel on board, 12 gals in #2 tank, 72 gals in #1 tank, 30 gals in gerry cans for a total of 114 gals of fuel for battery charging and motorsailing. We are 645 nm from the Strait…we’ve made 82 nm since 0600 this morning and 168 nm for the last […]

Batts 12.70v, 73% charged Position 42*58′N 138*27′W…Hdg 045*m…SOG 7.5 knots…winds 18 kts from 233*m…sea state moderate, trailing and a heck of a lot better than most of the night. We are 727 nm from the Strait. Made 86 nm since 1800 last night and 177 nm for the past 24 hrs. Some kind of ugly […]

Batts at 12.60v, 78% charged VALIS is at 42*30′N 140*27′W…Hdg 058*m…SOG 8.1 knots…Winds 21 knots from 115*m…Sea state very confused but nothing VALIS can’t handle. Swell mostly off the stbd quarter. Wind wave from everywhere. Gybe point in approx. 7 hours according to the latest GRIB, which for now has us running pretty much along […]

Ahoy VALIS fans… It’s been a lumpy, rocking and rolling last 12 hours. The winds have been steady in the 25 knot range, but the ocean is anything but steady. Waves this way and that…not big, just confused. Actually more than confused, crazy would be a more apt description. But the boat and the crew […]

Batts 12.65 v @ 83% charged…ran engine for 2 hours off tank #2 (5 hours total) Position is 40*53′N 143*28′W…Hdg 032*m…SOG 7.8 knots…winds 24 knots from 147*m 980 nm from the Strait of Juan De Fuca…96 nm since 0600 this AM…another 187 nm for 24 hours. (Can that be right? Yep, double checked the math […]

Batts 12.35v, 61% charged VALIS @ 39*50′N 144*58′W…Hdg 037*m…SOG 7.5 knots…winds 19 knots @ 160*m Sailing wing and wing with a reef in both the main and genoa Following seas with4-6′ swells topped with 1-2′ wind waves. The VALIS crew partied hardy last night. Half way point was reached at 19:45. The festivities began with […]

1168 nm to the Strait of Juan De Fuca for the sailing vessel VALIS. That puts us 13 nm from what we consider our halfway point. Party time in few hours. Get this race fans…VALIS made 96, yes 96 nm since 0600 this morning. That adds up to 163 nm for the past 24 hours. […]

VALIS is 1263 nm from the Strait of Juan De Fuca. We have covered 63 nm since 1800 last night, and 140 nm since this time yesterday morning. We are currently at 37*44′N 148*03′W on a heading of 036*m, doing 7 knots in 16 knots of wind from 153*m. Battery status is 12.50v, 66% charged. […]

VALIS is 1263 nm from the Strait of Juan De Fuca. We have covered 63 nm since 1800 last night, and 140 nm since this time yesterday morning. We are currently at 37*44′N 148*03′W on a heading of 036*m, doing 7 knots in 16 knots of wind from 153*m. Battery status is 12.50v, 66% charged. […]

Ahoy, VALIS here… We’re at 36*59′N 149*17′W…hdg 032*m…SOG 5.8 knots…wind 12 knots on or about our right hip. Batteries at 12.7v, 89% charged. What a day. It started off normal enough. Started the watermaker and the engine to charge the batteries at 07:10, launched the spinnaker at 07:30, switched the fuel tanks from #1 to […]