password] Bri44angel
[position] 25 31.483N 158 11.743W
[speed] 5.6 kts
[heading] 355T
[weather] Winds NE 12-16 kts; seas NE 1.5m; 55% cloud cover; bar 1019, falling.
[status] We had a great run the second day out - 145 nm! But, we are starting to get a bit concerned about not being able to make much easting. We have been sailing at an AWA (apparent wind angle) of 60 - fairly comfortable given the conditions - and today, with the seas down a bit more, we brought the AWA up to 55, only to get headed, which means we are now sailing more NNW than the NNE we had been sailing at an AWA of 60! Hopefully this is just a brief wind shift, and we will get back to heading toward the mainland again soon; we really don't want to go to Alaska! And last night there were no more warships about, but there was a war of sorts - between us and the boobies, which are big sea birds, about the size of a large sea gull, that just won't take "No!" for answer when you try to convince them not to land on your bow pulpit or, worse yet, solar panels! Not much we could do about those that wanted to land on on the bow - we had three up there that stayed through the night! - but we could bang a small pike on the solar panel arch and get them to leave or abort a landing attempt on the panels - so, guess what we did most of the night! Not that we are unsympathetic to their desire for a free ride, we just don't like the mess they leave behind, which can seriously degrade the ability of solar panel panels to do their job! But the boobies have all gone (for now), so it's back to the normal routine! "All is well on board!" Thanks for following us on YIT!
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