Alita

Alubat Ovni 455CC - 50ft aluminium sloop with custom fixed dodger.

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Posted: Thu, 7 Jun 2018 - 13:28

After yesterdays post we started to shake out one reef and through the remains of the night, in intervals of about 3 hours, the others followed. By sunrise we were running under fully cloth, yet the

Posted: Wed, 6 Jun 2018 - 16:26

Correction for earlier post today. Forgot to update the weather part and just noticed... sorry.

Posted: Wed, 6 Jun 2018 - 13:56

It has been another slow day. While being shaken and stired, we have watched the rolling mountains slowly loosing their snow caps and become hills. We tried a few things to aim higher north, but the

Posted: Tue, 5 Jun 2018 - 14:19

after the last entry, we got a new weather forecast. While no major difference at first glance, there was a slight edge to potential nastiness in the second layer of the forecast. What do you make of

Posted: Tue, 5 Jun 2018 - 01:29

I shouldn't have said anything about the reliability of the weather forecast. Today we had the exception of the rule. Instead of 15 to 20 kts from the west as predicted, it is blowing with 25 to

Posted: Sun, 3 Jun 2018 - 13:32

The front came on time, just as predicted. Since we were only skirting the back end, it was mostly rainy and a nice southerly breeze with very little gusts. The wind is now slowly dying and turning

Posted: Sat, 2 Jun 2018 - 13:35

We are in the 40's now and it was a cheerful welcome. We had a wind change of 180°, choppy cross sea and a cold, drizzly night with zero visibility and a stiff breeze from NE. Everything cleared in

Posted: Fri, 1 Jun 2018 - 13:43

Tonight at 4am we crossed our half way latitude. It has been a slow day with lots of motoring and some sleepy sailing, wind permitting. The water is starting to change color from dark blue to a more

Posted: Thu, 31 May 2018 - 13:39

We didn't get a chance to air out the spinacker. The wind died over night. For a long while we could still go at 4 knot speed at a 60° apparent wind angle, hoping to make it to sunrise when the wind

Posted: Wed, 30 May 2018 - 13:11

Thanks for your comments and wishes. Unfortunately we came ill prepared for the unexpected onrush of musical culture in the middle of the ocean. Our playlists didn't include most of the composers we

Posted: Tue, 29 May 2018 - 13:20

After a very slow night, with winds around 5kts, which we managed to sail due to flat calm seas, we are now back to hull speed and 15 knot winds out of ENE. So we successfully transited from one high

Posted: Mon, 28 May 2018 - 13:51

It has been another gorgeous day, bright and sunny to start with and a high cloud cover moving in through out the afternoon. The wind has steadily whispered with 8 to 12 knots from NNE and NE

Posted: Sun, 27 May 2018 - 13:12

After the junk food comment, we had winged beans from the Kauai farmer market for dinner. That's a string bean, which tries to look like a sea weed and tastes like a mixture of bean and asparagus

Posted: Sat, 26 May 2018 - 13:22

Left our anchorage at Hanalei Bay at 3.30pm yesterday and had a good 24 hour run at about 340°T. Wind was in the low 20's from ENE to start with, with a bit of a cross sea chop, but nothing too

Posted: Fri, 25 May 2018 - 08:16

We are planing to leave towards Alaska this afternoon. All preparations are made, the crew is in good spirits and the forecast looks favorable. We have nice easterlies to start with for two days

Posted: Tue, 22 May 2018 - 11:41

Got up very, very early in the morning to evade having to beat into strong trade winds, which usually pick up as soon as the sun comes up in Nawilili. We are now safely at anchor in panoramic Hanalei

Posted: Mon, 14 May 2018 - 13:21

Had a smooth overnight passage to Kauai and are now anchored in Nawiliwili Harbor, where we set base for the next few days to do some land tours.

Posted: Thu, 10 May 2018 - 20:16

Anchored in Kane'ohe Bay, Oahu East. Surprisingly pleasant and calm anchorage despite the trade winds being up. People in the yacht club are very friendly and accomodating.

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