Sail vessel VALIS is moving right along.
At 0600 this morning we were 1545nm from the Strait of Juan De Fuca. This evening at 1800, we are 1473 nm away. We have been sailing under the big blue 1.5 oz spinnaker on a heading of 030 doing an average of 6.5 to 7.5 knots with the wind on our right hip at 8-14 knots. The sea state is calm, skies are mostly clear with no threatening cloud cover anywhere on the horizon.
The crew picked today as shower day. The forward water tank is still more than a quarter full. We will run the watermaker tomorrow morning while running the engine to charge the batts. The current battery reading is 12.65v and 75% charged.
Only real news to report is that Sylvain’s thumbed discovered how strong the jaws are on the spinnaker pole…ouch. No major damage but we are all ready to yank off his thumbnail when the time comes
That is all,
s/v VALIS, out…