[password] silvermom
[position] 48 06.381N 122 46.482W
[status] Second Wind is back in Washington after her six year adventure!
Katelinn welcomed us to the dock at Port Townsend. We?ll be here a few
days, after that TBD. By early October we will complete the journey by
returning to our home port of Anacortes.
[heading] 92T
[speed] 0k
[weather] Wind light and variable. Sea rippled, though there were tidal
rips off of Point Wilson. Baro 1016, a decrease of 5 mb in 24 hours. Cloud
100% with fog.

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[password] ninkea14
[position] 07 53.8S 167 25.0W
[weather] Squalls about, some sun, winds ENE 10k, sailing with spinnaker and poled headsail 6k

[password] ninkea14
[position] 07 16.0S 166 00.1W
[weather] Sunny, hot, hot & hot! Winds E 5k, spinnaker and poled headsail 4k

[password] ninkea14
[position] 06 15.1S 164 04.2W
[weather] Wall to wall blue wind E 10-15k, Broad reach 6k
[status] Day 36...The last few days have been glorious, weather wise. Sun shining, clear skies at night. And now the swell is finally abating. 5 weeks down, 3 weeks to go? We believe we have another 18/19 days left. About 2800 nm to Bundaberg Australia. That first drink at the pub/bar will be soooo good! That is, if said bar/pub is open!!
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[password] silvermom
[position] 48 54.511N 125 06.583W
[status] We?re anchored at Marble Cove in Barkley Sound, 280 miles from our
previous anchorage. 36 hours of predicted wind turned out to be just 12 so
we ended up using more fuel than we planned, but we?re still glad we chose
this route. We wanted to be on the wild side, and Barkley Sound has many
special memories for our family. We?ll rest here tomorrow then probably
head to Washington without another stop.
[heading] 240M
[speed] 0k

[password] ninkea14
[position] 05 15.2S 161 34.6W
[weather] Wall to wall blue, winds E10k, Sailing wing-on-wing with double reefed main and full headsail 6.5k

[password] ninkea14
[position] 04 09.6S 159 34.6W
[weather] Sunny with a few heavy clouds, light winds E10, Spinnaker 5k
[status] Day 34...It's has been a challenging day in terms of finding the balance between nursing the rig, keeping wind in the sails, staying close to our course and avoid the windless sails to flop and bang with every toss of the wave. All morning we were working with sail configuration and course change. I am confident we will get there. Otherwise, the temperature is warming up, and it's now comfy to wear shorts and t-shirts during the day.

[password] Ridingmore
[position] 15 48.176S 146 9.092W
[weather] Lovely!
[status] After a quick night at the eastern pass of Toau, we headed a little further west to catch up with SV Windchase, before they depart for the Society Islands. Also found some surf to enjoy, some beaches to run around on, and some nice snorkelling!
Hugs from Team Patea!

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[password] silvermom
[position] 50 06.62N 128 10.50W
[status] Since we're sailors we opted for sailing, and went down the west coast of Vancouver Island. We had a great overnight run last night; it felt wonderful to be back in some wind and swells. Unfortunately, the predicted N20k for today did not materialize, so the giddiness was shortlived. We're now motoring again! On the bright side, we found summer. We haven't been this warm, or seen a big blue sky or stars at night, since late May.
[heading] 125T
[speed] 5k