Well to say the least, this has definitely been an adventure for Rob and Ted. Rob hasn't had time to blog and Ted hasn't felt up to it, so I'm stepping in from Hawaii and posting an update.

After a week of foul weather and mishaps (gales, losing the parachute AND drogue) Rob made the decision to abort the crossing and head for Okinawa, having been advised by our weather router that returning to mainland Japan would be too difficult because of wind direction, heavy seas and the Kuroshio current. Then after one day of that and enduring more gale force winds, Rob decided to just head south for Chichi-Jima, which is much closer. They hopefully will arrive tomorrow and Ted will get some relief from his seasickness.

So much for February being a good month to make the crossing.