Washington Bound

Hi All - John is now on his way heading home to Bellingham, WA.  The trip should take 16-20 days so he should get here around the end of August or early Sept.  I have been in Bellingham for a few weeks getting ready to move into our house.

Date: 08/14

Time of position: 19:00
Lat/Lon: 22 31.36'N deg 158 deg 32.95'W
Course: 340 deg
Bearing to waypoint: 353
Current Speed: 7.0-7.5kt
Next Waypoint: 32 deg 59.00'N; 157 deg 43.00'W
                   Mid North Pacific, due North of Oahu
                   622NM distance

Synopsis:  Onboard for this passage are Richard (Dick) Towson and Scott Saulovich. We met Dick and his wife, Anne, at Santa Catalina while on our way to San Diego in October of 2012. They have a lovely sailboat named Full & By. Scott was with me when September of 2008 when we sailed Music back to Alameda, CA from Oahu, after the Pacific Cup race.

We cleared the channel to Ko Olina marina, just north of Barber's Point, Oahu, at about 7AM Hawaii time this morning. By 10:30 were abeam of Oahu's western most point. Eight nautical miles later we cleared the island completely.

By about 4PM we passed Kauai's north coast, with it being about 70NM leeward of us. With that, for all practical purposes we are now north of the major Hawaiian Islands. Let's hope we keep it that way.

The course I've plotted is 2500NM in length and starts near the Ko Olina Marina and ends near Cape Flattery WA, near the entrance to the Straight of Juan de Fuca. Once in the straits we still have some distance to go to get to Bellingham.