Saturday, June 30, 2018

SAILING AGAIN

30 June 18
1130 Local, Hawaii
Position: 37' 23 N 153' 16 W

We are sailing again as we head northeast. Not fast but sailing. The winds have been light as we make our way through high pressure. We sail if possible often at only 2.5 to 3 kts of boat speed with wind speeds of 6 to 8 kts.

We have plenty of provisions and still some fresh cabbage, carrots, potatoes, onions and apples. There is also chicken breasts in marinade along with Italian sausages and both refrigerated and pickled eggs. There is also my supply of beer as like vitamins I have one-a-day.

The weather forecast has us continuing on this heading till sometime tomorrow then tacking over heading toward Long Beach for our Customs check-in. Best guess arrival during the week of July 15. Updates as we continue along.

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Wednesday, June 27, 2018

fORWARD PROGRESS

27 June 18
1700 Local, Hawaii
Position: 36' 13 N 157' 23 W

This afternoon finds us motoring along in a no wind zone as we transit part the the Pacific high pressure area. According to weather forecasts we may be motoring for a day or two.

All is well aboard. We actually have sunny sky's this afternoon after several days of fog.

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Sunday, June 24, 2018

PROGRESS CONTINUES

Sunday 24 June 18
2300 Zulu
Position: 36' 48 N 164' 24 W

All is well aboard the good ship Po Oino Roa. Today we are headed due east at the above latitude. Of course that may change when next we check the weather routing program, usually at 0600 and 1800 local time. We are currently in Hawaii's time zone.

We have overcast sky's with some fog.
the water temperature has dropped to 59 degrees and this morning it was a chilly 67 in the cabin. Our wind is south at 14 and we are making 5.5 kts. We sail quite conservatively, today with a triple reef in the main and the headsail partially rolled in. We are just happy to be heading in the correct direction. We'll get there when we get there, almost sounds like a Yogi quote.

No interesting sightings of ships or sea life and we have not encountered the trash island that floats out here somewhere.

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Thursday, June 21, 2018

COLD

Thursday 21 June 18
0100 Zulu
Position: 34' 01 N 167' 36 W

We continue along on the 34 degree latitude line and hope to for another two hundred miles. We have a pleasant north wind of 10 to 12 knots and sailing along at 5.5 to 6 kts on a beam reach.

It has gotten cold for us so used to the tropics. Mid 60's in the cabin, not sure about outside in the cockpit. the water temperature is now down to 63' which influences the cabin temps. We had to dig out long sweat pants, jackets, and most important footwear. Days are not bad but quite chilly in the cockpit during the nighttime watches.

We still have a long way to go but our progress is forward.

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Wednesday, June 20, 2018

ALL'S WELL

20 June 18
2000 Zulu
Position: 34' 10 N 169' 39 W

We continue moving east in very rolly and rocky seas. Wind is from the NE at 18 to 20. Lots of hanging on.

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Friday, June 15, 2018

A GRAY DAY

15 June 18, Friday
Time 0100 Zulu
Position: 29' 51 N 177' 20 W

We have just gybed over to a port tack and a new course of 040 degrees true. Wind is 12 knots out of the WNW. Speed is 4.5 kt. down from the other tack that had us at 6 to 6.5 kts since early this morning.

The weather model has us on this tack till somewhere in the area of 33' north and 175' west, that's about 275 miles away so there will be some changes.

No sun today just a cloudy gray sky. running Miss Perky for the batteries and some engine drive refrigeration.

On passages it seems that there are always some water leaks and usually over the bed. We made a great effort to solve a leaky salon hatch before departing Pohnpei including a new gasket from the hatch manufacturer. I had contacted him to get the correct size. Once received it was installed, as you can guess it leaks. Today I have tried a new to us product called "Stay Afloat" Looks like a tub of very thick axle grease. I guess it's some modern polymer. I smeared it all along where the gasket meets the rim of the hatch, now to see if it works.

That's today update. All is well aboard with Kathy and I and our feline crew of Chica and Lucy

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Thursday, June 14, 2018

THURSDAY 14 JUNE AGAIN

14 June 18, Thursday
Time 2240 Zulu
Position: 19' 42 N 179' 11 W

All is well aboard as having crossed the dateline we get to experience the 14 th of June again.

Having gone far south to lessen the impact of the storm that was to our north we are back to heading mostly east. We managed the heavy weather as we had perhaps 18 hours with wind above 25 kts and 12 of those hours in the 35 to 40 ki range. It would have been more pleasant to have hove to but without the staysail that was not an option. We used just a triple reefed main and changed to a 3 hour watch scheduled to experience the fun.

Now that the stormy weather has gone through we have no wind though we still get the big rolly seas. Our hope was during the no wind period to try to repair the jammed staysail but it's just to lumpy bumpy.

The forecast calls for wind later this afternoon, until then we are under Miss Perk's power making 2.5 to 3 kts trying to conserve fuel.

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Tuesday, June 12, 2018

MOVING ALONG

13 June 18, Wednesday
Time 0930 Zulu
Position: 30' 06 N 178' 20 E
All is well aboard. We are now headed more east after zig zaging SE in the hopes of avoiding some heavy weather to our north. It appears we will still deal with 30 knot winds but hope for not much more than that. We have encountered a problem with the furler for the stay sail and it may be out of commission for the rest of the passage, with very calm weather we may be able to fix it. Time will tell.
Today it's 100% clouds, and wind in the 10 knot range.

Next update after the weather system goes by.

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Saturday, June 9, 2018

RAIN AND SLOPPY SEAS

10 June 18, Sunday
Time 0300Z
Position: 32'05 N 172'54 E

All is well as we now sail along a bit south of east. We have finally gotten some sun after the last couple of days of 100% cloud and sporadic light rain. We were especially glad to have our full enclosure during the rain. The cockpit stays warm and dry. Cabin temps during the dsy are low 80's, the water is 74. The wind has been variable with some squally winds now and then. At present the wind is steady from the south at 10 to 12 and we are making 5 kts.

We have just foraged into both our freezer and refrigerator. We still have cabbage, some peppers and the main treasure a bag of apples and a stash of 9 bags of tortillas. In the freezer several packages of sliced turkey and ham. We are eating well.

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Thursday, June 7, 2018

PO'S WILD RIDE

8 June 2018
0045 GMT
Position: 32' 55 N 169' 07 E

All is well aboard but seat belts could have been useful during the last 24 hours.

Since noon yesterday when I finished working on Miss Perky, that will be another story, the wind has gone from SW at 10 to 15 and just below 20 Knots to above 20. Our sail plan has gone from full main and genoa to double reefed main with rolled in genoa. Boat speeds went to the high 7's and occasional 8 Knots. At 0430 this morning we tucked in another reef. After a bit we dropped the main altogether and are now with staysail only, with speeds still in the 6 knot range.

Next is some more weather checking.

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Monday, June 4, 2018

UPDATE END OF DAY 15

6 June 2018
0100 GMT
Position:32' 24 N 165' 03 E

I have gone to GMT or Zulu time as I have no idea of local time. I do know that with the clocks still on Pohnpei time the sun comes up at 0445. We will set clocks ahead one hour and see what happens.

We continue north and a bit east. If the weather routing and gribs hold true to their forecast we will be heading due east sometime tomorrow.

We have sighted a few whales, unknown what type, the last few days and now have a Boobie bird that occasionally sits on the bow pulpit.

The sailing is great and all is well aboard.

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Saturday, June 2, 2018

UPDATE START OF DAY 14

3 June 2018
1200 Local Time
Position: 29'21 N 163'41 E

Sailing along in light winds on a course of 050 degrees or northeast as we head for a point of 34 degrees latitude and 166 degrees longitude. That's still 1600 miles west of Hawaii and that line would leave us 700 north if the islands.

I did not know what sort of weather to expect as we made this passage but thought that perhaps we would have a bit more wind. We have less than 10 knots lots of the time but we continue to sail.

We do run the engine daily for batteries and the engine drive refrigeration systems. We also run it during our water making time every 3 days. The water maker uses AC from the inverter and we make 20 gals/hr. To check fuel consumption I poured some fuel from on deck today and we are using .6/hr. With that in mind we do have plenty aboard and could even run Miss Perky for propulsion for a couple of days if necessary. Our plan is to sail.

The temperatures are cooling to mid 80's in the cabin during the day, the water is 79. We are hoping that being able to turn at 34 degrees north it won't get to cold.

All is well aboard.

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