32.34 N
148.44 W
76 NM to the good - 1567 to go to Sitka
We've been at sea a week now, though it seems to me like we have been here for a very long time. We started off with great winds and speeds and have slowed right down. We are motoring and have been doing so since yesterday afternoon. We found ourselves with no wind and decided to take the gamble to catch them where they were predicted to be. The seas have been rolly but not high. We have passed in and out of fog and sunshine. The water temperature has dropped to 20 degrees, but the air is warm, and we are beginning to pick up light winds coming from the southeast. These are what we need to sail north. Doug has decided we shall use the drifter to try to make as much northing as we can with 10 knots of wind or less behind us. We are fine to take it slower (though frustrating) because we have plenty of water and plenty of food. As for diesel consumption - we have about 5 days worth aboard and we will have used one of those days.
With the engine on we are enjoying things like totally charged batteries, which means, in turn, a cold fridge, being able to use all our electronic toys, watch movies, have hot water. On the negative side, our hearing has dulled with the consistent throb of the engine. Learning how to be patient may be good for us!
We are starting to notice more and more trash in the ocean. We can't stick our head out without seeing a piece of plastic float by. It may be the size of a quarter, or as big as a crate, or a pop bottle. I hate to think where all this stuff comes to rest because it sure doesn't sink!
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Good to hear your making way. Sad to hear about the plastic.
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