Posted in 2008 - Hawaii to Pacific Northwest on Jun 20th, 2008 11 Comments »
North to Alaska Seattle 2008 Series 18 June 2008 Lat N47.44.23 Lon W132.09.649 It is with deep sorrow that I report to all our loyal followers of the Cutthroat Blog some very sad news that occurred today while still at sea in the North Pacific…a mere 300 miles from the Strait of Juan de Fuca [...]
Posted in 2008 - Hawaii to Pacific Northwest on Jun 18th, 2008 8 Comments »
North to Alaska 2008 Series 18 June 2008 Lat N47.12.675 Lon W133.38.200 Yesterday proved to be a productive day of travel…at least until the evening hours when once again, our captor (the winds/weather) ambushed the Cutthroat without warning and currently holds the brave crew in captivity yet again. No degree of diplomacy appears to influence [...]
Posted in 2008 - Hawaii to Pacific Northwest on Jun 17th, 2008 6 Comments »
North to Alaska 2008 Series 15 June 2008 Lat N46.19.024 Lon W139.56.130 Now that we’re back in the wind…who aboard really remembers that we were becalmed for some 56 hours.  It’s totally amazing how quickly we forget the bad things and become excited about the present and future. After our winds kicked back in, everyone’s [...]
Posted in 2008 - Hawaii to Pacific Northwest 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 [...]
Posted in 2008 - Hawaii to Pacific Northwest 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 [...]
