Ahoy VALIS Fans… We are 7 nm west of Race Rocks, which means another 23 miles after that and VALIS will be home in Friday Harbor. Without getting all sentimental and stuff, let’s just say it has been an honor and a pleasure to be trusted to bring the sailing vessel, VALIS, back to her […]

Entered the Strait of Juan De Fuca at 11:22 HST. Tiki Drummer and the entrie cast…Travel Tiger, Sponge Bob, Fred the Turtle, Barbie and Tiki’s girlfriend…put on quite a show. We launch the VALIS drone and video’d the performance. Then the wine came out…now the crew is casting their eyes toward the bottle of rubbing […]

First off…the subject line was left off the last transmission…it was the Aug15 AM Log. This adendum is to announce that we spotted our first humpback whale at 08:08 HST. It was approx. 75 yards off our starboard quarter moving south. Nice fluke wave as the giant animal swam away. VALIS, out…

We are close VALIS fans…like 25 nm to the Strait, 93 nm to Friday Harbor. Mountains off to the right. A swarm of fishing boats and tonnage in front of us. We have at least 12 targets on our AIS screen. The alarm is keeping us well advised of vessels near rather than far. None […]