present position 12deg 53.8' N, 179deg 35.1' E, COG 065, SOG 3.8 kts

estimated position in 24hrs 13deg 34.8'N 178deg 49.5' W

baro 29.74, 24 hr range 29.68 - .80

wind ENE 20-22kts, 24 hr range 17-23

seas 3-4m

cloud cover 15% cumulus

summary: Worsening short seas with corresponding decrease in forward progress


1372 nm to Hawaii -- two weeks at 4kts (if we can maintain that). Some watches are better than others, hanging in the 5s even;
while others, like the one just past, only sees 4kts sometimes.

My friend Craig, sometime on the last leg (N. Japan to SE Alaska) of our 2009 North Pacific transit in DavidEllis, wrote a poem about
"wind and fog (or was it wind and rain?), all I see is wind and fog/rain"... while we're not seeing much of fog or rain, we are doing a
roller coaster of seas frequently equivalent to that we saw in the Gulf of Alaska -- only there it was a 3-day crossing; we're into our
sixth day here, with two weeks!!! to go. thank goodness for the paravane stablizers.

Shearwater's crew is making appropriate preparations for transit of the
Einsteinian Space-Time yestermorrow just ahead at Dateline -- take that Future Girl!
I sure hope the Krespy Kreme shop has fresh chocolate donuts.