no recent blog postings as hf propagation has been very poor. we have been having good winds for the past couple of days, buit our luck just abandoned us, 340 miles off the washington coast. that's why I'm on the computer in the dead of night - trying to get a connection to pull down weather gribs. we got excited a couple of days ago - believing our gps was lying - when we spotted a good ol' Georgia Strait type log and a seal. not sure what they were doing 600 miles out to sea, but we were on the high alert for land, just in case. cheers, team mulan