29.53N
154.38W
121 NM covered, 1817 to go!
Even though we have only completed day 4, the days are beginning to blend together and the routines are seeming normal. In the last 24 hours we have continued with 15 knots from the southeast, sailing on a beam reach on 045 true at 6 knots. That could change in the next 24 hours as a front coming from the west may overtake us, bringing lighter, more northerly winds. So far we have managed to stay ahead of the front but the barometer is slowly dropping which is not a good sign. We wish we could be a few degrees farther east at the moment so we could continue traveling northeast with the high. We will just take it one day at a time. So we download weather faxes and grib wind reports and trim the sails and wait to see the outcome. The last couple days have been overcast and humid, but cooler. The sky is grey and the seas are grey. We've had regular rain showers - all associated with the slow moving front.
Our spirits are good, we are comfortable and we are on our way home!
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