Friday, May 8, 2015

Oregon Offshore Update 2

It is Friday at about 3 pm. Things are still moving slowly here on Turnagain. The wind is back, though only at 4-6kts right now, and with it spirits are high. We have been "crossing tacks" with Cool Change, while Velocity and Thirsty are in the mix as well. Ion attempted to do their disappearing trick over night, but we found them (well out to sea from our position).

The crew is getting on very well here with everyone jumping to participate in chores and tasks onboard. Onboard systems are working well, and we are running the watermaker as i write this. We have still no bites on the lures, but have not tried the Kit-Kat wrapper. I am sure we will shortly.

With the light winds, many small tasks are getting completed on the boat and there will be more blogs to follow.

T

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dinner time on Turnagain

The crew enjoying a quiet evening racing!! ;)

Not Quite Volvo but....

Crossing at 12.5 knots.... Ops wrong decimal point. 1.25kts and Cool Change crosses in front of Turnagain.

Oregon Offshore - Where is the wind?

After an excellent start the the race with 12-20kts from the north west, we made great time up the course. Then...... We sailed into a bit of a hole and drifted for many hours. The crew searched the boat high and low for bad luck items (upside down cans, and Bananas). We ate the remaining banana!!! In the 5 hours after that feast, we have had 1-2kts from the east veering to 1-3kts NorthWest.

The weather people are telling us the NW winds should be building to 8-10kts as the day goes on.

As documented in the photo, the Turnagain fishing derby has been in full swing with no bites recorded yet. More updates shortly.

Tuesday, May 5, 2015

light winds out of the straight

Leaving Victoria early on Saturday May 2, we had very light winds for the entire straight. This meant motoring all the way to Duntze Rk. We saw some grey whales which Catherine fully documented ;)

As we rounded Duntze, the westerly started to fill in and we put out the sails. The rest of the sail down was perfect with winds ranging from 12-25kts from the W-NW.

More updates to follow.

It is awesome to be back offshore again. :D