From Dave via satphone:
1. Position: 51deg 42' N 171deg 51'E
2. COG: 078 True
3. SOG: 8.0 knots
4. Wind: less than 10 knots out of NNE
5. Seas: Negligible, swell 1M N, another swell 1M NW
6. Baro: 1004
7. Clouds: 100% high cloud cover, 10 mile visibility
Projected 24 hour position: 52deg 35'N 175deg 28'E
Projected 48 hour position: 52deg 20'N 179deg 41'E
Entering into the Bering Sea next 24 hours
All on board Ok.
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07/02/2009 | Ken Williams (ken att kensblog dott com)
David: I am part of a group of three private trawlers (Nordhavns) heading from Seattle to Japan via the Aleutians. We're leaving Dutch Harbor on Sunday. Somehow we should arrange it so that we come into VHF range of each other. We're taking our time and plan stops about every 80-100nm along the Aleutians. We monitor 68 at all times. Our boats are: seabird, grey pearl, and my own Sans Souci. Monday we should be to Amnak and not sure after that.
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In case you were confused and thought we were going back in time, I thought I'd explain that the previous three blog posts were just received, but were from several different times over the past week. Apparently the sat phone finally decided to cooperate and connect to the internet.
Scott
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I've been so frustrated at the failure of the sat phone to talk to the computer, that I haven't bothered to try since leaving Kushiro. Just thought I'd take a shot and see what happens.
We are 36 hrs away from arrival at our waypoint which will set us up to pass between the Near Island group and the Rat Island Group of the Aleutian Island Chain, and on into the Bering Sea. From the waypoint, through the pass we've selected into the Bering Sea clear of the islands is about 100 miles total, and will take 12 or more hours, but we look to be set to do the whole thing in daylight, which takes a bit of the edge off.
Once in the Bering sea we'll use a series of relatively short waypoints to cover the 600 miles left (at that point) to Dutch Harbor -- about 4 days. This way we'll stay within 20 miles or so, north of, the various islands as we transit west to east along the top of the chain. This should keep us within 3 hrs or so of some kind of shelter should we need it during the rest of the passage to DH.
The sun comes up about 0200 local time here, and today we had several hours of blue sky and sunshine before being overtaken by a cloud bank which has overcast us ever since. The wind is coming at us from abaft the bean, just about our port quarter, and we've had various sets of sail up to take advantage. Right now we've got just the main up, and it's giving us a bit of a push, and providing some stability without putting a p-vane fish in the water, which would slow us down.
Had a dolphin on the bow a little bit ago, and Craig saw a baby dolphin in company with it. I did poop patrol on the deck which there was still a bit of sun, and opened some of the hatches to air out the cabins on the boat. The Kirk and I bailed out the engine room bilge, which has been collecting condensate -- water hot engine room, cold fuel and raw water plumbing, as well as the hull and freshwater tank all produce condensate -- mixed with a small amount of diesel fuel leaking from the transfer pump plumbing. Later Craig and I, and eventually Jim watched a Tom Selleck cowboy movie, which ate up a bit of the time. Mainly it's a grind with little to break the monotony -- and really we do not want any excitement! really, really do not want any excitement...
So no way to be exact about this, but we should be in DH in 6 days give or take 1/2 a day. And we'll be happy to be there.
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