I am running out of adjectives to describe how nice it is out here right now. We are sailing with the big bird kite up doing 8 knots in 15 kts out of the south heading right towards the north end of Vancouver island. I couldn't script anything better for this moment. Tomorrow who knows. Today began with the discovery of a 10" flying fish in the head. It appears it landed on deck in the wee hours of the morning where it left a tell tale trail of scales and flopped around and fell into the open hatch. Saw another outboard tank and a large truck tire float by today along with seeing a bunch of fulmars.
We caught an albacore that Matt served as sushi with wasabi and soy for lunch and poke style for happy hour. Had a round of sea showers with the still 72 degree water, before too long it should dip into the mid 60s. Matt also went for some underwater video with the GoPro that turned out cool. You can see the rudder, saildrive, keel and bow while sailing along at 8 knots. Troops are doing well but we are starting to ration crackers even though Matt said I had a trunkfull before leaving on this trip. Tonight we switch to PDT as the watches are getting out of sync with the daylight. Cheers, Al.
1730 HST position 39 49N 147 28W, speed 8 kt, course 020M, DTF 1102, winds south @ 15kts
Go The Bird!
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