Position and Weather Report

Position: Lat: 43 deg 51.3" Long: 130 deg 07.0 "

Predicted 24h position: Lat: 44deg 40.3" Long: 127deg 01.9 "

COG: 076 deg SOG: 6.5kts

Baro: 1007mb 24h range:1006-1008mb Wind: SW 15 kts 24h range:13-28kts Waves WSW 2 M Sails furled Present gph 2.5

Clouds:60% cumulus frequent squalls

Summary: Feel a bit like a storm chaser. Yesterday was much better but this morning we had 25+kts on the beam with uncomfortable roll. This afternoon is much improved with 12-18 kts on our port quarter. I see from GRIB files that the low persists. Lee, when would you turn North with the current prediction? I think we've had enough fun with this unnamed but persistant low pressure system! Thanks!

24h summary Fuel used:60g Gal/hr2.5 Fuel at destination:1092g Distance made good:147nm Ave. Speed:6.1kts MPG:2.5 Fuel remaining:1248g Max range:3058nm Range to Destination:382nm Reserve Range:2676

Well, we keep trying to point North to head directly to the entrance to the Strait only to be rebuffed by the persistant low pressure system. Yesterday afternoon and evening were pretty good but this morning we had winds above 25 kts directly on the beam which made for an uncomfortable ride. So we are back to an Eastward heading with hopes that winds will be favorable by tomorrow or Thursday to make our final ocean passage up the coast. On this heading the conditions are great and predictions are that it will weaken significantly. (have you heard that before?)

Everything else on board is great. I won again at our daily hearts game and now have a big target firmly planted mid forehead. (beginner's luck) Sighting of the day was an ocean sunfish swimming sideways with its floppy pectoral fins breaking the surface. Still waiting for signs of albacore before a final full court press. Wish we had canning equipment although I might have to sell the boat immediately on arrival if we turned the saloon into a slime line and the aft stateroom into a fish hold.

Everybody is in great spirits and we will likely barbecue tonight and maybe watch a movie. Our celestial is getting marginally better although we are still +/- 5-10 miles from the GPS but that may not be too bad with the conditions we have been working with. We can certainly locate ourselves in the North Pacific. (just joking)

Hope to have a better ETA by tomorrow.