You know the Alanis Morissette song? It's a great one to scream along with when things in the world aren't quite as you'd like them. Well, we're singing along big time right now! Last night, with just two hundred miles to go, we end up picking up the strongest wind and sea conditions we have had on this entire trip! We know we had asked for wind, but come on!!! Most of the night we had sustained winds of 30-40 knots with gusts blowing way up into the 50's! The seas, whipped by the wind kept growing and growing and growing. We think they have now maxed out at about 12 - 15 feet. Our night and all of today has been roll up one side of a wave and slide down the other with quite a few cross swells hitting us broadside. Not fun!!! We want to be there NOW!!!!! We did make 125 miles yesterday, but sadly, not all of it was in the right direction. We had to change coarse to ride the swells as best we can. The Coast Guard has been making announcements on the VHF for small craft advisories saying the current wind and sea state will remain until sometime tomorrow. It is nice to be back in VHF range for hearing alerts now, but when Glen tried to contact them, they apparently cannot hear us yet. We are safe, although have pulled out our harnesses and tethers for while we are topside. There hasn't been any rain, thankfully, but the deck is getting swept by waves and spray. A couple of our jerry cans were washed over the side, but their lashings held and Glen was able to crawl out (tethered the whole time!) and pull them back on board - didn't lose a drop!

Our game plan has again shifted to try to better deal with the conditions. We are going to head to San Clemente Island - its where the wind and seas are taking us anyhow, and anchor there. We should be able to get there Sunday (tomorrow) morning. We got no sleep last night and probably won't be getting any tonight either. Depending on the conditions at San Clemente Island, we will either stay there Sunday night, get some sleep, and head to Oceanside on Monday (with a hopeful arrival around 4 in the afternoon), or if the anchorage is not tenable or they are bombing, we will just glide past and continue to Oceanside (arriving late Sunday night). As much as we'd like to get to Oceanside, we're thinking a night on the hook so we can get some sleep would be great. We'll send another update tomorrow! Isn't it ironic? Don't ya think?!!!