[p]Fluenta2014
[pos] 54 39.7N 165 20.5W
[sp] 5.1
[h]035T
[w]TWS 6.7 TWD175T Baro 1021.0 Sea Temp 11C. Air temp 9C. Low overcast. A slight NW swell.
[s] After a nice visit to Dutch Harbor we are underway again with a freezer and fridge full of fish we received as gifts. A great time out shooting and fishing with our new friends. We motored for a few hours today and then for most of the day close hauled or close reaching in a relaxing 4 to 8 kts of wind. Just passed and slightly passed through a fleet of 16 fishing ships ranging from 90 to 200' long. So much easier here where the fishing ships have AIS and will talk to us on the radio (and are really friendly even though we are wandering on a varying course following the wind close to their operations).
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The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sails.