Jeff's Log ~ Monday, July 28th, 2008

We are now about halfway to Kodiak. I have seen quite a few whale spouts, and one whale got close enough so that I could see the water going over the huge side of his body. It was big and gray in color. Today we saw one little seal all by himself. I took the boat close, and Dave and Neil got some pictures.

No wind today, so we are motoring. One of the rods that support the mast broke when a wave shook the boat. It looks like it had been cracked for a while. Neil went up the mast, and we both worked for a couple of hours to rig a piece of high strength spectra line to take its place. I think that it is a good repair. We drilled the adjusting sleeve and put a shackle through it so that the line can be tensioned. That should hold until we get to Alaska. Scott made spaghetti with shrimp sauce for dinner. It was really good.