[p]Fluenta2014
[pos] 46 10.4N 174 31.9W
[sp]6.0
[h]355T
[w]TWS 22 TWD 095T Baro 1001.3 Sea Temp 11.1C. Air temp 11C. Low overcast and drizzle/rain. ESE wind wave and swells - short period mostly less than 2m but a few bigger steep ones.
[s] Sailing since last night making good progress straight towards Dutch Harbor with the settled seas - boat speeds from 7 to 8.5 kts. Less so this afternoon as the steep waves picked up and the wind strengthened to about 28 kts. We have turned downwind a bit to get a more comfortable angle to the waves as well as down to a heavily reefed main and staysail. The low to our west should keep moving north east ahead of us giving us some SW winds tomorrow to push us all the way towards Dutch Harbour. Less than 500 nm to the Umnak Pass (where we intend to pass through to the Bering Sea and then it is about 95nm to Dutch Harbor). No fishing today. Pretty cool watching the albatross swooping down the wave troughs though.
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