I can't believe I missed the opportunity for a Seinfeld reference yesterday morning, so this morning's title is an attempt to make up for it...

In response to the question on whether all the trash we're seeing might be related to the tsunami in Japan, we can't really say. For the most part, we've been seeing what looks like run-of-the-mill bits of garbage (generally less than 6x6 inches) and fishing gear (ball/floats, lines, nets). Medusa, one of the other boats returning, is to our NW and alluded to debris of Japanese origin during position reporting last night on the radio...they didn't elaborate on what drove them to that conclusion.

More generally, I wonder if y'all can tell that I'm sending blogs from two different apps? This is via SailMail over SSB, and the photos are uploaded via Xgate over Iridium (Scott: tell me when I've exceeded your budget!) since SailMail won't allow image attachments. The ship's laptop is generally used for SSB, while I'm using my laptop to download and view GRIB (wind, baro pressure) via Expedition routing software. It leaves me wondering what it looks like on the receiving end since I can't see the blog posts. Anyhoo...

We're plodding under motor towards my newly (yet again) revised waypoint of 38N/140W. I admit its like measuring with a micrometer and cutting with a chainsaw, but I don't want to push the southern edge of the high too soon or we'll end up with 10 knots on the nose. So hopefully our slightly more north course will keep us in the light/crappy wind until the new wind builds from more like NE. The decision then will be when to punch right on port tack with the expectation of being lifted to SF as we sail east. Vince has observed that I'm always worked up about something!