Saturday, June 17th Time: 1200 local (1900 UTC)
Position: 35’21 N 126’24 W
260 miles West South West of San Francisco Days run: 235miles (noon –
noon)
Boat speed: 10kts Course 285T
Weather: Sunny and clear Wind: 22kts out of 050’T
News:
Timoneer continues on a Westerly course as we cross the band of Northerly
breeze paralleling the Pacific coast of the states. I think we beat the
worst of it although it has been blowing 22-29kts solid for the last 24
hours from the North while the predominate ocean swell is right out of the
West. We could easily get the boat speed up to 12-13kts but at that speed
were going over one wave and right through the next. Tried it for awhile
and there was a lot of water flying around along with the occasional crew
member down below. At ten knots the bow just has enough time to rise
before the next wave resulting in a much smoother ride. We are making
pretty good progress and hope to be in lighter breeze by tomorrow.
John