Posted in North to Alaska (Seattle) 2008, Underway on Jun 15th, 2008 6 Comments »
North to Alaska 2008 Series
15 June 2008
Lat N44.27.648
Lon W140.47.513
After taking a 56 hour hiatus, the winds finally returned to us late yesterday afternoon pushing Cutthroat along at a pleasant 6 - 7 knots with our trusty genyker (big ass sail) flying. Everyone aboard is much relieved! These winds weren’t anywhere on yesterdays GRIB files either. [...]
Posted in North to Alaska (Seattle) 2008, Underway on Jun 14th, 2008 4 Comments »
North to Seattle 2008 Series
13 June 2008
Lat N 43.14.582
Lon W 143.08.207
We haven’t seen boat speeds over 3 knots since 10 AM yesterday. Part of that is because we got into the center of a high pressure area as we were in the process of deciding where to make landfall - Seattle or San Diego. The [...]
Posted in North to Alaska (Seattle) 2008, Underway on Jun 13th, 2008 9 Comments »
North to Seattle 2008 Series
12 June 2008
Lat N 42.57.756
Lon W 144.11.208
Being on a boat the watch is very important, there are no electronics(that we can afford) that can substitute for the ability of a person at the helm observing all around the boat. The watch person must be observant of all and be able to [...]
Posted in North to Alaska (Seattle) 2008, Underway on Jun 12th, 2008 8 Comments »
North to Seattle 2008 Series
11 June 2008
Lat N 42.20.478
Lon W 146.10.772
Yes, we’re still headed for Seattle…no change there. The wind gods are cooperating and while we haven’t had a lot of wind for the past 3 days, we have managed to keep the Genyker (the big ass sail) up for three plus days with [...]
Posted in North to Alaska (Seattle) 2008, Underway on Jun 11th, 2008 6 Comments »
North to Seattle 2008 Series
10 June 2008
Lat N 40.34.034
Lon W 148..40.381
Last night was a good one. Very calm seas and constant winds at less than 10 knots are allowing us to keep the Genyker flying and maintaining a steady speed of over 6 knots. There are two highs northeast of us that are [...]
