Good morning from VALIS! Time: 7:00AM, June 2 Position: 48d 18.6m N, 125d, 15.5m W Course: 220d Magnetic, Speed: 4.2 kts
Motoring in very light wind.
The VALIS crew had a nice, but noisy, night. We motored out the Strait, and early this morning passed Tattosh Island and buoy R2, entering the great Pacific. As we headed southwest, a tug hailed us on VHF, as a courtesy wanting to make sure we were aware that they were towing a barge on a 300 ft cable. That was nice of them, but we weren’t going to be getting that close in any case, especially since the three vertical white lights on the tug indicated “long tow”.
We are now about 20 miles offshore, the wind is nonexistant, and the swells are about six feet. We continue to motor, since in a few hours the wind should pick up, starting a bit further offshore.
The crew is adjusting to our watch schedule:
9:00 – 10:30 PM : Rich and Lee 10:30 – midnight: Lee and Paul midnight – 1:30: Paul and Jim 1:30 – 3:00AM: Jim and Rich 3:00 – 4:30: Rich and Lee 4:30 – 6:00: Lee and Paul 6:00 – 7:30 Paul and Jim 7:30 – 9:00: Jim and Rich
That doesn’t give us much sleep, and once the crew are more familiar and comfortable we may make some adjustments. During the day we plan to have “honor system” watches.
That’s it for now, Paul / VALIS