[password] silvermom
[position] 39 34.97N 154 17.88W
[status] The wind behaved as predicted so we are indeed still upwind but on a better course (and not even bashing much). It's gotten quite cold already for us tropical wimps, so the thought of another 1000 miles north makes us shudder! We've added layers of clothes and blankets, and turned the heater on for a bit this morning. This is Day 7 of cloud cover (good thing we're not navigating by sextant), but even without sunshine the enclosed cockpit is a reasonably good solarium during the day. We've passed the half-way point and will have a celebratory meal tonight.
Addendum: This report is from Friday 5 June USA. We're having trouble with SSB transmission so it may not have been posted.
[heading] 330T
[speed] 5k
[weather] Wind NNE 13k. Sea NNE 2.0m swell with wind wave chop. Baro 1030 mb and steady. Cloud 100% (low cloud and fog).
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Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails.