Aft Head

Tuesday 28 June 2022

Pleasant night. First without the odd shower. Fast and easy nearly all day. However, early morning wind and sea began bringing water over deck toward Jan's dorade vent so Don & Marie shortened sail to prevent recurrence of soppy pillow. Unaccountably, Jan, when awakened by a cold shower in the face, gets a trifle grumpy.

Temperatures slowly falling. Expect drop of a degree Celsius a day to eleven or twelve before landfall. Sitka, located above fifty seven degrees latitude, is further north than Glasgow, Moscow and all of Ireland. Temps will warm somewhat as we move south toward Seattle, but West Coast tends to be cool in summer. As far south as San Francisco jackets are often necessary on August and September afternoons.

As map shows, still not fetching Sitka, but slowly arcing more eastward skirting Northeast Pacific high. Expect motoring through convergence dead zone in a couple days then northwest wind should allow more direct course (he opined hopefully). Although slightly more sportiness may be encountered for short periods, generally moderate conditions will prevail all the way to landfall. For those who've watched gale force winds, mountainous seas and ice on the Most Dangerous Catch on telly, that's winter. This is summer. We don't do winter. Slower than expected first several days may make nine July ETA a bit optimistic. Maybe tenth. Once in Alaska, few if any overnights.

No maintenance capers for once. Having a mellow day somebody didn't rouse himself to search for aft head rebuild items. Habitually lazy crew, who has volunteered to do battle with the thing, got a reprieve. Perhaps tomorrow we'll be back to two-holing.

Jack & Jan