Howdy yawl, The weather is beautiful. Wish you were here. For those celestial navigators. Can we determine our longitude by noting our local GMT of the sunrise or sunset, say within 12 miles? If our progress continues we may be entering the Golden Gate during the America's Cup Series in the 45 foot catamarans. That could be problematic in getting directly to Coyote Point. TIKI J is a wonderful self contained vessel for which we are very grateful. She was prepared well, and has been maintained in first class condition. Her energy sources come from a finite amount of fuel that must be conserved and a small amount of solar energy. Brad has been very careful to be sure we get across the north pacific high which has very little wind. Right now we our heading 16 degrees north of the rhumb line to set up a port reach to SF on 40 degrees latitude. In other words we have a plan and are taking care of our little ship the best we know how. Now, why can't this be done on the good ship Mother Earth? Right now we are seeing pieces of plastic, styrofoam, polyethelene,rope and nets, buoys, floats, and fence gates every fifty yards. Surprisingly an equal amount of trash passes on the starboard side as the port side. As large as they are, the oceans can still be trashed which will eventually impact us all. Sea yawl, TROM