password] Bri44angel
[position] 39 12.100N 165 14.252W
[speed] 5.0 kts
[heading] 310T
[weather] Winds NNE 15-20 kts; seas NNE 2m; 100% cloud cover; bar 1028.35, falling.
[status] In short order we should be tacking back eastward, either later today, or (weather router's recommendation) tomorrow morning; either choice okay as far as positioning ourselves with favorable winds on the west/north side of the high as it moves first SSE (towards us) and then NNE. Couldn't tack right now, in any event, as we have a cargo ship about 35 nm behind us, and heading our way; if we tack now, we will be heading toward his track, and if we keep going WNW we are moving away from it. Seems we are playing on the freeway here, for ships going between San Francisco and Asia - there have been quite a few in the past several days, but none approaching as close as the Andromeda Leader is now. Thank heaven for AIS! Anxious to be heading back in the direction of Washington, attitudes about this routing debacle notwithstanding "All is well on board!" Thanks for following us on YIT!
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