We have now been at sea for three weeks. This is about how long we expected the trip to take, but we obviously aren’t there yet. We are now about 530 miles to go. It’s nice to see the number get smaller.
Last night we had some sort of front go through with winds in the 45 knot range with gusts in the low 50 knots. This is more wind that I have ever been in before and have no desire to see again. It’s best described as a “roar”. While it was a lot of fun taking and furling the main during this, it went well and we slowed down. Acacia handled it very well. We never felt there was a problem with the boat or our safety. Acacia is really designed to cross oceans. That said, it was quite an experience.
The weather today has been very nice. Steady wind from the right direction and sunshine. It’s not as warm as Hawaii, but it was nice let our foul weather gear dry out. The experience of having put put on damp have foul weather gear to out outside in the rain can’t quite be described.
Our current position is 42 42.2 N, 134 20.9 W.
A change of plans to announce. We had originally intended to head to Vancouver where Acacia would stay for the winter. Unfortunately, we were not able to find a slip for her. Instead she will be spending the winter in Seattle. We currently plan to head to Seattle once we get out of the Pacific ocean into the strait of Juan de Fucca. We will first stop at Neah Bay just inside the strait and refuel and get some fresh food.
Bob
