[password] huck8finn
[position] 33 40.248n 142 05.352e
[weather] Easterlies continue for third day. Steady 9-12 kts, ranging from 60 - 160 degrees T. Overcast with mixed cloud types, some sun. A few light showers. Temperature ~70 F.
[speed] 5.0 kts
[heading] 70T
[status] 20190711 1400 UTC, Day 4. Douglas & Morgan, all is well. Outbound Wakayama, Japan. Inbound Port Townsend, WA USA. What excellent sailing. We've rediscovered upwind sailing. For most of the voyage around the Pacific, we've been sailing mostly downwind, with some beam reaching. The few times we've sailed upwind the seas have been large and rough...not fun. But these last few days with moderate seas, with tumbleweed at full sails 24 hours a day, we've been impressed with how well tumbleweed cuts through the waves and squeezes some speed out of so little wind. Of course the seas have to corelate with the wind, smooth seas if light wind, etc.. 4155 miles to go.

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