Date: 08/20
Noon to noon run: NMTime of position: 20:00
Lat/Lon: 34 51.33'N deg 158 deg 39.15'W
Course: 305 - 320 deg Mag
Current Speed: 5.0 - 5.5
Next Waypoint: 39 deg 00.00'N; 156 deg 00.00'W
Mid North Pacific, North and slightly east of Oahu
328 NM distance
Synopsis: We sailed into a mini hi pressure zone late
yesterday afternoon, but that's Ok because we were running the engine to make
water anyway, which meant we were motoring anyway. Taking advantage of that we
headed about 20-30 degrees magnetic and motored all night in light to
nonexistent winds. Sometime between midnight and 3AM we entered a small low
pressure zone that we finally exited about 6AM this morning. But not before a
couple of rain showers which rinsed the boat nicely.
The 48 and 96 hour surface forecasts look much better
today than they had in a few days, meaning that both highs and their associated
winds appear much more favorable for when we should be in passing through the
area. That said we will always keep a close eye on the ever changing conditions
while out here. In the mean time we continue to make our way north, sometimes
slightly east of north, sometimes due north, and sometimes, like now, even
slightly west of north. The main thing is to keep moving north and not get
sucked into the idea of heading toward the coast too early. What's at risk in
heading east is when (not if) the high establishes itself off the coast we
would have no choice but to make landfall near what ever latitude we could and
beat our way up the coast. - Oh Boy!
I forgot to mention a couple of days ago that Dick made
brownies. We kidded him about being Canadian and with the decriminalization of
pot north of the 49th parallel they should be Alice B Tokalas (sp?) brownies.
But, of course, they weren't. What they were - was delicious!
Cheers, John
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