Brian, glad you're home and safe. Ca
n't thank you enough for your mid ocean texts. Made my day. cheers, Peter
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Brian, glad you're home and safe. Ca
n't thank you enough for your mid ocean texts. Made my day. cheers, Peter
Brian, you devil, it looks like you made a straight beeline home. Some day I'll tell you what you missed up at 41N!
Nice going and a grand time at Nawiliwili with you all.
Christian
Thelonious
Brian,
Welcome home to you and MARIS. A most excellent passage.
~sleddog
Thanks all, it is wonderful to be home again, though I do miss those Hawaiian waters. The passage was much more pleasant than I had expected.
The stats:
Time en route: 22 days
Average VMG: 4 kts
Fuel used: 14 gallons
Fresh water used: 30 gallons
Hours motoring: 21
Highest latitude: 37˚47'
The weather was crazy. Crazy nice for the most part and crazy in that we were able to make easting pretty much from day one. Big header about a 1/3 of the way that forced us N-NW for 24 hours before tacking south again. The wind regained its senses 12 hours later and we were again reaching E-NE. The highest we went was around North Farallon Island. 1 night spent becalmed and rolling around, too much debris in the water to motor at night in that area. 1 giant steel submerged mooring ball cleaved by Maris' bow. No significant breakages or wear that I am aware of. Worst weather were conditions almost exactly like those at the start of the race in almost exactly the same area; the last 200 or so miles from the coast. Lots of storms and lightening in that home stretch, very confused seas.
Brian
Screenshot from the tracker:
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Nice work, Brian.
Good to see you and Maris home after what appears to be an interesting and fast passage.
Fair Winds for the future, Ken
Welcome home, Brian! Glad the weather was mostly pleasant. It looked like you had to dodge a few hurricanes.
Carliane