Adventures of Orcinius

11 September 2015 | HOME - Vancouver WA
24 August 2015 | 46 11.4'N:123 51.4'W, Port of Astoria Marina
22 August 2015 | 46 42.0'N:132 09,4'W, 330 West of CR Bouy, Astoria
21 August 2015 | 46 41.8'N:136 13.8'W, 500 West of Astoria
20 August 2015 | 46 22.82'N:140 28.00'W, East end of High
20 August 2015 | 46 22.80'N:140 28.32'W, Middle of High Same as Fish
20 August 2015 | 46 22.79'N:140 28.57'W, Middle of High
20 August 2015 | 46 22.7'N:140 30.2'W, 675 Miles West of CR
20 August 2015 | 45 57.6'N:144 54.0'W, East End of the High
18 August 2015 | 44 38.2'N:147 57.0'W, 1000 NM to Astoria
18 August 2015 | 43 31.0'N:150 28.0'W, 1126 NM to Astoria
17 August 2015 | 41 40.1'N:153 00.1'W, 1200 miles West of Astoria
16 August 2015 | 39 30.1'N:154 53.1'W, West end of the North Pacific High
15 August 2015 | 37 34.5'N:156 00.0'W, 1011 North of Oahu
15 August 2015 | 37 04.5'N:156 23.0'W, 983 North of Oahu
14 August 2015 | 34 12.3'N:157 26.1'W, 800 North of Oahu
13 August 2015 | 31 50.0'N:158 06.5'W, 650 North of Oahu
12 August 2015 | 29 02.0'N:158 51.0'W, 330 North of Oahu
11 August 2015 | 26 32.0'N:158 59.0'W, 330 North of Oahu
09 August 2015 | 23 44.1'N:158 49.4'W, 140 N of Oahu

Solid Wind from Astern

15 May 2014 | 30 5.43'S:178 30.45'E, 380 Miles from Minerva
John
We are on the downhill side of our journey to Minerva. We passed the halfway point just before sunset so we celebrated the accomplishment with a sundowner.

So as we planned, and based on the GRIB files we have tried to keep our speed around 5 knots so as not to rush into some much heavier winds and seas near Minerva and then Fiji. We are cruising along and taking it easy. Normally with 16-20 knots of wind we could be doing at least 8 knots but no sense in running into crap. It is also a little harder to catch some shuteye with the heavier seas. Not that the seas are bad, by all means they aren't it just becomes a little noisier. For instance, the bigger swells come about every 10-13 swell. The average swell is averaging 2.5 meters but the bigger ones are pushing 4 meters. When they come along the wind chop on the top has a tendancy to slap the bottom of the wing deck and make a big banging sould... not so good for rem sleep. So most of the night or nap time become more of a cat nap time.

We have had the lines out since we cleared Auckland bay area but have not had even a small catch. Water is getting warmer, in the high 70's or lo 80's so they should start showing up. We had some really good spagetti the other night that Lisa fixed and then tonight we had the left overs and there is still more. Only gets better with age.

And for the first time in several months I finally got the dual gen wind/water generator in the water to try and get some free power for the batteries. I think we might have damaged the battery isolator with the incorrect wiring of the starboard engine so am not feeding the charge current through to all the batteries like it should. Tonight I wired the gual gen directly to the #3 battery bank which is the electronics bank and it seem to be putting a steady stream of current back into the bank. We are just a little too far south to alow our solar panels to have the right angle to make them efficient so they are only producing power for about 7 hours a day but when they are it is a tremendous boost.

Ok so that is all for tonight. Cheers and will blog again tomorrow.

John
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Vessel Name: ORCINIUS
Vessel Make/Model: Lagoon 440
Hailing Port: Vancouver, Washington
Crew: John LeDoux & Lisa Danger
About:
Sailing since the mid 90's. Prior to this trip, 4 sailing adventures from Vancouver WA to the San Juan and Gulf Islands in the Straits of Juan de Fuca. Bought ORCINIUS in West Palm Beach Fl in April 2010. Sailed her South through the Panama Canal and back up the West coast to home port. [...]
Extra: Lisa is the real captain. I have never been at the helm when docking or anchoring, she has a great touch to docking.
Home Page: www.orcinius.com

Who: John LeDoux & Lisa Danger
Port: Vancouver, Washington