08 September 2013 | Kitchen Table
06 September 2013 | Admiralty Inlet
06 September 2013 | Mid Pacific
06 September 2013 | Off Oregon coast
06 September 2013 | Neah Bay
05 September 2013 | 47 42.7'N:125 27.6'W, 50nm from Wa entrance
04 September 2013 | 45 44.9'N:127 41.5'W, 197nm from Wa entrance
03 September 2013 | 43 51.3'N:130 07.0'W, 350nm from Wa entrance
02 September 2013 | 42 18.2'N:132 43.2'W, 498nm from Wa
01 September 2013 | 40 47.1'N:135 11.7'W, 636 nm from Wa
31 August 2013 | 40 23'N:138 20'W, 754 nm from Wa
30 August 2013 | 39 42.4'N:141 25.8'W, 882nm from Wa
29 August 2013 | 38 50.3'N:144 27.3'W, 1021nm from Wa
28 August 2013 | 37 18.7'N:146 40.4'W, 1160 nm from Wa
27 August 2013 | 34 41.2'N:148 30.1'W, 1292 nm from Wa
26 August 2013 | 34 11.0'N:150 23.5'W, 1420 nm from Wa
25 August 2013 | 32 25.1'N:152 21.8'W, 1565nm from Wa
24 August 2013 | 27 25.9'N:153 57.0'W, 1706 nm from Wa
23 August 2013 | 27 25.9'N:153 57.0'W, 1893 nm from Wa
23 August 2013 | 24 57.9'N:154 31.8'W, NE of Hawaii
Day 3
15 April 2013
Lillie for DJ/sunny and hot with a calm sea
Day 3
Time: 0048h UTC 16 April 2013
Position: Lat N 17 degrees 56.6 minutes
Long E 118 degrees 54.8 minutes
New course direct to Subic 158 degrees
Speed over ground 7.7 knots
Weather: Sunny and hot
Wind: SE 3 knots
Sea: calm
Crew: Happy
We have changed course directly to Subic headed just off the Capones Islands. That will lead directly into the entrance to Subic. ETA: 0600 UTC 17/4/2013 (Greenwich Mean Time or Zulu time) Enter UTC on any Apple product to see time difference.
First salt water shower!
Although we have a water maker happily producing 200 gallons of water/day, in the heat of a perfect 80+ degree mid day, it is best to hop down to the the swim platform with a bucket and some of Dave’s salt water soap. Since the exhaust outlet is well forward on the starboard side, the water off the transom is clean and sweet. One fills the bucket and hoists it up to the highest step and tips it over for a stream of refreshing salt water. The soap actually works to lather up and rinses off with saltwater as well. A bit of freshwater final rinse from the aft deck hose and air dry sitting on the foredeck. Would love to stop the boat and take a dip but we don’t want to risk losing this amazing weather window.
The South China Sea weather has a reputation for being hard to predict and has been described as volatile. In Dave’s 6 previous crossings he has seen pretty bad conditions, including being chased into Bolinao by a typhoon. So even though we are going 7 knots, we don’t want to dawdle!