Today has witnessed bright sunny skies and moderate winds from the West North West. We have been making 6-8+ knots under spinnaker for most of the day. This has been one of the best sailing days this trip.

There is a lot of kelp floating around out here and we managed to catch some on our rudder and keel. We had a bit of trouble getting it off but we are up to speed again.

We have seen a number of Orca's today about 50 miles off shore and a number of larger whales closer in. We have seen some sea gulls and jet contrails for the first time - so I guess we are finally getting closer to land! We are starting to see more freighters as well.

We are having such a great sail today that we decided we are going to sail the rest of the way to Port Angeles - wind or no wind!!

We look forward to the welcoming party at the Port Angeles dock and the planned party at the Sequim Bay Yacht Club at 6:00 PM Saturday evening. We thank Jean for organizing this and we hope to see you there if at all possible.

Rudy, Terry, Rob and Dave