Monday, August 4, 2008
Jeff's Log ~ Friday, August 1st, 2008
According to the speed we are going now, it is six and a half days to Kodiak. Position now is 43 33.46N, 176 27.38E. We're cruising along over nine knots with the sails wing and wing. We have the baby jib poled out on the starboard side. The wind is out of the WSW, we are traveling engine. All is well, the food is still good. It's amazing the way people who claim that they can't cook really can! My anticipation is building every day.
Thursday, July 31, 2008
Captain Scott's Log ~ Friday August 1st, 2008
Sent: Friday, August 01, 2008 6:22 AM
1 Aug
As we will cross the date line sometime in the next 48hrs there it will be 2 Aug firsts for us. Thank God for Commanders. Instead of beating into it, we were routed SE. All day the wind dropped, fog increased, it stayed cold, and then we broke out into sunshine. The new wind filled in from the SW and it was a whole new world. Warm. I was wearing 3 layers of heavy stuff and now back to shorts only!!. Wing and wing past 36 hours pointing at Kodiac. 43 22n 175 48e
1 Aug
As we will cross the date line sometime in the next 48hrs there it will be 2 Aug firsts for us. Thank God for Commanders. Instead of beating into it, we were routed SE. All day the wind dropped, fog increased, it stayed cold, and then we broke out into sunshine. The new wind filled in from the SW and it was a whole new world. Warm. I was wearing 3 layers of heavy stuff and now back to shorts only!!. Wing and wing past 36 hours pointing at Kodiac. 43 22n 175 48e
Captain Scott's Log ~ Wednesday, July 30, 2008 7:38 AM
Flat calm yesterday. But 22 kts of wind on the nose past 16 hrs. Reefed main and small #3 jib. The radar backstay mount came apart under the pounding. Commanders has us heading SE to penetrate a series of lows and connecting fronts that extends from Kodiac to Japan. Looks like 24 more hours of S...before we break free. Whale sounds are penetrating the hull but we don’t see them in the poor visibility. 42 59n 168 16 e. The deviation to the SE plus the weather pattern is likely to keep us too far S to get to Dutch Harbor.
Captain Scott's Log ~ Tuesday, July 29, 2008 2:00 PM
Subject: P Dream becalmed
Now 108 hrs of engine time since leaving Japan. Also some sunshine today. Yesterday we motored around a seal. Today we had a pod of dolphins play with us for hours. Never saw this variety before. Orca coloring, small dorsal fin, and very curious. If we stood on the transom, they would collect behind the boat. Nearest land is Kamchatka Pen 580nm away--this extends down from Siberia. The closest Aleutians are 600 away. Commander’s weather has routed us south to be on right side of the next low. We have a swell building from the south which we hope means wind will follow.
Now 108 hrs of engine time since leaving Japan. Also some sunshine today. Yesterday we motored around a seal. Today we had a pod of dolphins play with us for hours. Never saw this variety before. Orca coloring, small dorsal fin, and very curious. If we stood on the transom, they would collect behind the boat. Nearest land is Kamchatka Pen 580nm away--this extends down from Siberia. The closest Aleutians are 600 away. Commander’s weather has routed us south to be on right side of the next low. We have a swell building from the south which we hope means wind will follow.
Captain Scott's Log ~ Monday, July 28, 2008 2:50 PM
Subject: P Dream
43 10n 162 10e 9 days out 1525 miles sailed. Just a couple hundred short of half way to Kodiac. Its been slow and we have more than 80 hours of engine time used. The barometer has risen and the skies cleared as we sit in the middle of a high. As expected--no wind. With the sails down and the boat gently rolling, the starboard D3 broke---that’s one of our rod stays. Neil has drilled out the old fitting to fasten a shackle to it. Then a piece of Kevlar line with is used to replace the rod. A reasonable jury rig that should get us there. Of course it would break at the half way point which gives us few options. We are eating OK. None of Pats truffle creations but every night the plates are scraped clean. The 4 of us take turns. Attempts at scones yielded rocks with the weight equivalent of spent uranium. My last creation was a seafood pasta. The Japanese package of seafood had some English on it. It said “High quality. Good for nonchalance senses."
43 10n 162 10e 9 days out 1525 miles sailed. Just a couple hundred short of half way to Kodiac. Its been slow and we have more than 80 hours of engine time used. The barometer has risen and the skies cleared as we sit in the middle of a high. As expected--no wind. With the sails down and the boat gently rolling, the starboard D3 broke---that’s one of our rod stays. Neil has drilled out the old fitting to fasten a shackle to it. Then a piece of Kevlar line with is used to replace the rod. A reasonable jury rig that should get us there. Of course it would break at the half way point which gives us few options. We are eating OK. None of Pats truffle creations but every night the plates are scraped clean. The 4 of us take turns. Attempts at scones yielded rocks with the weight equivalent of spent uranium. My last creation was a seafood pasta. The Japanese package of seafood had some English on it. It said “High quality. Good for nonchalance senses."
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.
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.
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