Monday, Sept 18th Time: 1200 Alaska Time (2200 UTC)
Position: 39’43 N 124’23 W
15 miles North West of Laguna Point, California Days run: 293 miles (noon – noon)
Boat speed:12.0 kts Course 163 T
Weather: Overcast, fog Wind: 20 kts out of 330’T
News:
Sunday after lunch the Southerly headwinds we were experiencing dropped to light and variable. Over the course of the next few hours the sea state flattened to a glassy calm with a long swell from the South West. Pleasant motoring conditions with the night watch hours spent going in and out of fog banks. One minute it was completely clear, ten minutes later you couldn’t see the bow. By 0500 the fog was here to stay and continues as I write this noon report. On the wildlife side of things we still see the occasional whale and there was an enormous pod of Pacific White-sided Dolphins that stayed with the boat for 25 minutes playing in the wake. Weather permitting we should be entering San Francisco harbor early Tuesday morning.
John