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
Squally Wet Night
14 July 2015 | 11 40.0'S:169 55.0'W, NE of Apia Western Samoa
John
Last night was a very squally wet night. I think we were passing through a stationary front that runs NW to SE and not much of either S or N but more W to E. Lisa did a great job of avoiding the worst of them and Malo an I did a respectable job until it was my turn to take a nap and Malo just let one of the biggest ones hammer us.Thank goodness we had a double reef from Lisa's shift. Once we got into the middle of it it just poured. It took us two hours before we got out of it.
Today turned out to be a very nice day with winds on the beam at 14-18 knots, lots of sun and only a couple mishaps. The luff bolt rope developed a 6 inch tear right at the number 1 reef batton just as we were reefing for an afternoon squall. Couldn't get it up or down until we were well past the squall so just steered directly into the wind. After the squall passed we had to let it dry out so we tried to avoid any further squalls until after the Pacseanet. It is a real pain to repair while the sail is on and up but we managed a temporary until we get to Christmas Island when we will most likely have to remove the sail pull out the trusty sailright sewing machine and put some real sail cloth on it. Sticky back sail tape is very handy but is definately temporary.
Engines are still trying me. The port engine has been running pretty good until today when it decided to do the fuel starvation act. Something to look at when it gets a little flatter. So on went the starboard engine but it was in constant alarm. Shut it down and went in for a look. Thinking it was the lousy control cable connections we disconneced them and cleaned them. Went down into the engine compartment and be darned if the brand new alternator wasn't loose. Checking it, not only was is loose but the main mounting bolt had come completely out. Took a while to find it but there it was in a scupper hole to drain the engine compartment to the bilge pump. It was stuck down into the scupper hose so that the only thing show was the head of the bolt.
After spending about 4 hours going absolutely the wrong direction yesterday afternoon because of the big squal we still made some decent distance with right at 164 mile in 24 hours. As I write this we are at 11 34S, 169 49W on a course of 040 direct for Christmas Island.
Well that's all for the sailing adventures for today.
John