Boat, lat, lon, course, speed, wind direction, windspeed, comment
VALIS, 38 10, 151 36, 030, 7, 190, 20, Bequia, 32 07, 157 48, 048, 6.5, 130, 12, Cassiopeia, 32 57, 148 07, 057, 6.1, 075, 3, motoring Kotuku, 38 02, 149 45, 025, 7.4, 190, 20, Tiki Blue, 36 43, 146 32, 060, 6, ,,,light and variable winds Tiki J, 36 11, 144 02, 034, 6.2, 090, 7, Jamani, 36 05, 145 58, 062, 5.6, 020, 3, Spellbound, 33 15, 144 39, 050, 6, 055, 7, motoring Medusa, 38 52, 145 01, 050, 9, 190, 10, Nozomi, 33 47, 148 17, 057, 4.6, 000, 0, no wind
No report from Tessa.
Kotuku reported seeing a green flare (not a Perseid meteor) at 8:09 PM HST (I need to verify PM vs AM, presumably PM). Position 37 58N x 149 52W. We believe that this is a Navy signal flare, and not an emergency, but I phoned the report into the USCG Alameda, and USCG Hawaii via conference call. They requested additional information, and I will attempt to contact Kotuku via email and at tomorrow’s SSB net.
Good sailing last night and today. Seas are down and the boat is much more stable. The wind forecast for our approach to Juan de Fuca continues to change daily. None of the GRIB versions look good: nothing but light air. Oh well, we shall see.