1 June 2018
1145 Local Time
Position: 27'18 N 161'10 E
Our winds finally shifted to the ESE yesterday allowing us to make a right hand turn to the east. Our course is now 060' true as we make our way toward Southern Calif. rather than Alaska. Eventually we will turn further east. Our wind is light 10 kts. with boat speed of 4 to 5 kts.
Shortly after sending out yesterdays update we saw a ship. At least our electronic devices did. The AIS showed the ship to be 18 miles away and on a crossing course that after over an hour from then would cross our path by about 1/2 mile. We finally had a visual and radar contact of when it was about 8 miles away. Eventually the ship crossed our intended path about 2 miles off our bow. We continue to be dazzled by this electronic gadgetry.
Kathy has just made another sighting, an Albatross circling about.
All is well aboard as we make our way along.
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Thursday, May 31, 2018
Wednesday, May 30, 2018
UPDATE END OF DAY 10
31 May 2018
1200 local Time
Position: 25' 48 N 160' 26 E
All is well on the good ship Po oino Roa. Sailing along at 5.5 kts. in 12-14 kts of wind and following along on our proposed route. We have blue sky's, bluer water, white puffy clouds and the crew is happy. We see very little sea life an occasional bird and now and then a flying fish skitter across the water.
Just Living the Dream!
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1200 local Time
Position: 25' 48 N 160' 26 E
All is well on the good ship Po oino Roa. Sailing along at 5.5 kts. in 12-14 kts of wind and following along on our proposed route. We have blue sky's, bluer water, white puffy clouds and the crew is happy. We see very little sea life an occasional bird and now and then a flying fish skitter across the water.
Just Living the Dream!
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Monday, May 28, 2018
UPDATE START OF DAY 9
29 May 2018
1400 Local Time
Position: 22' 15 N 159' 26 E
We just continue to sail along in mostly 13 to 18 kt. winds on a close reach. A few squalls during the night usually on Kathy's watch. We are now enjoying a full moon. We saw one ship on day 2 but nothing since then.
As expected on a vessel on passage there are minor breakage's. I need to replace a failed saloon fan. Yesterday while shaking out a reef a line jammed requiring me to remove the end of the boom to free the line caught in the sheave. When these occur I often fail in blog updates as it cuts into sleep time.
Our current position puts us at the latitude of Hawaii but 2300 further west. We continue along heading north and east till several hundred miles north of Hawaii and then east back home.
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1400 Local Time
Position: 22' 15 N 159' 26 E
We just continue to sail along in mostly 13 to 18 kt. winds on a close reach. A few squalls during the night usually on Kathy's watch. We are now enjoying a full moon. We saw one ship on day 2 but nothing since then.
As expected on a vessel on passage there are minor breakage's. I need to replace a failed saloon fan. Yesterday while shaking out a reef a line jammed requiring me to remove the end of the boom to free the line caught in the sheave. When these occur I often fail in blog updates as it cuts into sleep time.
Our current position puts us at the latitude of Hawaii but 2300 further west. We continue along heading north and east till several hundred miles north of Hawaii and then east back home.
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Thursday, May 24, 2018
UPDATE DAY 5
25 May 2018
1430 Local Time
Position: 14' 23 N 157' 52 E
More enjoyable sailing. Wind is from the NE at 14 kts and we continue to progress mainly north. We just had a squall to wash the enclosure windows off and I have finished talking on the Pacific Seafarers net, giving our position and weather information.
The wind was quite calm overnight and with calm seas I fixed ham and egg burritos for breakfast instead of cereal.
All is well aboard and we are enjoying the sailing.
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1430 Local Time
Position: 14' 23 N 157' 52 E
More enjoyable sailing. Wind is from the NE at 14 kts and we continue to progress mainly north. We just had a squall to wash the enclosure windows off and I have finished talking on the Pacific Seafarers net, giving our position and weather information.
The wind was quite calm overnight and with calm seas I fixed ham and egg burritos for breakfast instead of cereal.
All is well aboard and we are enjoying the sailing.
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Wednesday, May 23, 2018
UPDATE DAY 4
24 May 2018
1300 Local Time
Position: 12' 29 N 157' 59 E
We are sailing along at 5.8 to 6.1 kts. the wind is from the ENE at 11 to 14 kts. We have settled into the passage and so have the cats. We are happy with our progress as we still are traveling mostly due north from Pohnpei. According to the Predict Wind routing app we are trying now to start to make more easting. We do not really have a set waypoint that we are aiming for but update the routing app twice a day and try to then follow the projected course.
We have had sunny sky's and no squalls of late. We are getting good solar power for the batteries though we run Miss Perky for 1/2 hour twice a day for our additional engine drive refrigeration.
Miss Perky was a bit reluctant to start yesterday and we have discovered some water in the port fuel filter bowl. A few days ago Kathy had noticed that the fill cap on the port tank was a bit loose. I have just drained water from the filter bowl and we will continue to check on it.
All is well aboard.
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1300 Local Time
Position: 12' 29 N 157' 59 E
We are sailing along at 5.8 to 6.1 kts. the wind is from the ENE at 11 to 14 kts. We have settled into the passage and so have the cats. We are happy with our progress as we still are traveling mostly due north from Pohnpei. According to the Predict Wind routing app we are trying now to start to make more easting. We do not really have a set waypoint that we are aiming for but update the routing app twice a day and try to then follow the projected course.
We have had sunny sky's and no squalls of late. We are getting good solar power for the batteries though we run Miss Perky for 1/2 hour twice a day for our additional engine drive refrigeration.
Miss Perky was a bit reluctant to start yesterday and we have discovered some water in the port fuel filter bowl. A few days ago Kathy had noticed that the fill cap on the port tank was a bit loose. I have just drained water from the filter bowl and we will continue to check on it.
All is well aboard.
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Monday, May 21, 2018
UPDATE DAY 2
22 May 2018
1330 Local Time
Position: 08' 55 N 158' 26 E
We managed to get away from the customs dock in Pohnpei at 1130 hrs. yesterday, motored out of the pass, hoisted sails and we were off. Now abit more than 24 hrs. later we are beginning to get into a routine though getting used to the 6 hr. on and 6 off watches takes a few days. the sailing has been great after 9 months in the marina. At least for Kathy and I our newest 4 legged crew spends her time hiding and the older one had a bout of Mal de Mer but is doing fine now though mostly sleeping.
Our winds have been consistent from the NNE from 7 to 15 knots. We have only had two squalls and both during daytime ours. The new equipment we recently installed is working great. Allis well aboard.
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1330 Local Time
Position: 08' 55 N 158' 26 E
We managed to get away from the customs dock in Pohnpei at 1130 hrs. yesterday, motored out of the pass, hoisted sails and we were off. Now abit more than 24 hrs. later we are beginning to get into a routine though getting used to the 6 hr. on and 6 off watches takes a few days. the sailing has been great after 9 months in the marina. At least for Kathy and I our newest 4 legged crew spends her time hiding and the older one had a bout of Mal de Mer but is doing fine now though mostly sleeping.
Our winds have been consistent from the NNE from 7 to 15 knots. We have only had two squalls and both during daytime ours. The new equipment we recently installed is working great. Allis well aboard.
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Saturday, May 19, 2018
DEPARTING POHNPEI
20 May 2018
Pohnpei, Micronesia
Today has been very busy preparing for departure tomorrow. The dinghy has been hoisted on deck and secured. Final fueling and provisioning finished. Earlier in the week I cleaned the bottom and the propeller along with fluid changes for Miss Perky. We also had hoisted the main sail and rolled out both handsails to check them.
We have been on a constant weather watch for the last week. Tomorrow was our chosen day though it now appears that the wind will be a bit lighter than forecast earlier in the week. The direction is good and as we're ready there is no sense in waiting. Our course for the first 1500 miles or so is East of North and though lite the we should be able to sail in that direction. Wind speeds are forecast to increase as we move north though still less than 20 kts. Of course that is only the forcast not what we will actually have.
We will be using the PredictWind offshore app for weather routing. It has come highly recommended by others, we'll see.
I do plan on doing updates as we make our way.
We hope to be back in Newport the first part of July
Pohnpei, Micronesia
Today has been very busy preparing for departure tomorrow. The dinghy has been hoisted on deck and secured. Final fueling and provisioning finished. Earlier in the week I cleaned the bottom and the propeller along with fluid changes for Miss Perky. We also had hoisted the main sail and rolled out both handsails to check them.
We have been on a constant weather watch for the last week. Tomorrow was our chosen day though it now appears that the wind will be a bit lighter than forecast earlier in the week. The direction is good and as we're ready there is no sense in waiting. Our course for the first 1500 miles or so is East of North and though lite the we should be able to sail in that direction. Wind speeds are forecast to increase as we move north though still less than 20 kts. Of course that is only the forcast not what we will actually have.
We will be using the PredictWind offshore app for weather routing. It has come highly recommended by others, we'll see.
I do plan on doing updates as we make our way.
We hope to be back in Newport the first part of July
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