password] Bri44angel
[position] 40 07.100N 166 02.252W
[speed] 5.1 kts
[heading] 065T
[weather] Winds N/NNE 5-7 kts; seas NE 1.5m; 100% cloud cover; bar 1026.27, steady.
[status] "Ready about?" "Are you kidding? Of course we're ready!" "Helm's alee!" And with that, at 0730 local (Hawaii) time this morning, we tacked back eastward. We were then at 39 54N 166 32W. We are "motor sailing" now - well, we are under way using the engine, but with such light and variable winds, there isn't a lot of sailing going on right now - genoa is furled but main is up - hopefully soon, within a day or so, we will find some southerly wind to resume sailing. And, in the meantime, since we are finally heading in the right direction again, we can find something else to carp about - like, when will we ever see the sun again? Its been days! Our friends at Gulf Harbor Radio called this cloudiness associated with high pressure cells "anti-cyclonic gloom" - and it is gloomy! On the bright side, we will be ready for fall and winter in the northwest, after spending lo these many past years in almost perpetual sunshine - gotta get over that! And one final thought for today - with all of this heavy weather avoidance we have doing as of late, we added over 500 nm to our projected route home - from 2700 nm and change to 3200 nm and change; we should still get home in August, barring any further major delays! Today, indeed, "All is well on board!" Thanks for following us on YIT!
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