43.58 N
144.09 W
122 NM - 864 to go! If we are very fortunate, we will arrive in Sitka in a week.
The sea is 12 degrees today. The water in our tanks is teeth stinging cold. The air temperature in the cabin this morning was 16 degrees and humid - clammy. We fired up the diesel heater and we are now warm, dry and toasty. Outside the seas and skies are pewter grey and misty. A cold wind blows 15 - 20 out of the west and we are beam reaching across the waves at 5.5 knots. It's bumpy as the waves pile into our side and skew the boat. Ka'sala comes back to her course quickly. We have had to fall off our track to 050 T, but we are still making good northing. The winds are supposed to calm down later today and with it, hopefully the seas. Then we will be able to close reach to regain our track of 020.
Yesterday we crossed the shipping highway between LA and Asia. Several enormous ships passed us by, one coming within 2 miles of us. We hailed them on the VHF and they assured us that they could see our AIS and confirmed the distance they would pass us by. We never did see or hear them because of the misty conditions. No wildlife to be seen or heard.
Now that we are warm, we are comfortable, and our books and films continue to amuse us. Today I will try to make a spaghetti sauce to use up some of the withered veggies. We are both looking forward to Sitka. I am counting down the days to Alaska Amber on tap!
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