The transbac

[Philpott]

Sat, Jul 15, 6:46 PM (22 hours ago)
to A, kathleensanders, A, A, Stephen, bhackemer, crowponies, andrewquanci

Saturday
July 15
Day 0 6pm

Left Hanalei this morning at 10am (thanks Greg!). 50 miles out as I write this.
Wind 11k-14k out of the NE (so we are not getting much Easting... mostly headed north to the land of the walrus).
Looks like we will have these mild winds for the next few days (avoiding the 20k+ coming to Hawaii in a few days as the remnants of a "tropical" passes thru).

Several of us left today... Alex on is Tartan 41 Reverie (he is in sight at the moment), Gary on his Westsail 32 Elizabeth Ann, and Sean and Kim on their J120 Jamani (Sean and Kim left early this morning so well ahead of us). Partings are such sweet sorrow...

Crew (Mary my wife, and Jeff and Glenn - good friends) are settling in to the 2 hrs on and 6 hrs off watch schedule... and learning to live "on a tilt" (eating, toilet, etc).

Will crew want to eat tonight? Or let their stomachs settle a day? We'll know soon...

Cheers,
Jim Q

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Sun 7/16 All good aboard Reverie, Pelagic coping ok, sailing close to Green Buffalo.

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7/17 Mon - all ok on Reverie, a bit slower going, Pelagic tiller wand not working. I have spare but saving it for later, can sail upwind without it

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Mon, Jul 17, 10:02 PM (12 hours ago)
to A, kathleensanders, A, A, Stephen, bhackemer, crowponies, Andrew

Monday
July 17
Day 2 6pm

330 miles out of Hanalei... 140 miles in the last 24 hours. Wind 11k-15k (so a bit light with an occasional 20k squall ish thing). Making decent easting.

Bumpy... bump...

Tortellini with marinara sauce for dinner with a can of peas thrown in.

Swan Fun passed to leeward on the way to KKMI (much faster then us up wind so he blew by us)... Reveries just beyond AIS range... we did talk to both of them this afternoon just shooting the breeze (though Reverie has some autopilot challenges).

Weather looking mild and steady for the next 2 days (hopefully not too mild so we can make good miles).

Saw two pods of dolphins (hundreds).

Cheers,
Jim, Mary, Glenn and Jeff

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Sunday
July 16
Day 1 6pm

200 miles out of Hanalei... 150 miles in the last 24 hours. Wind 11k-20k and gradually lifting us.
Bumpy... though we managed to have our first real dinner tonight (mac and cheese, with string beans and chicken).

Close (5 miles) to Alex on Reverie (Tartan 41) who we chatted with about his fighting off the boobies that have been defecating on his winches.

Weather looking mild and steady for the next 2-3 days - before it goes "quiet" as we approach a wide elongated high (which might mean long 600 mile motor... but its still early).

Its going to be windy in Hawaii in the next few days as a tropical depression collapses as it reaches the islands (why we were quick to exit stage left).

Cheers,
Jim, Mary, Glenn and Jeff

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Looking for the Transbac tracker? Here it is: https://www.jibeset.net/gpswatch.php...7817093_NORMAL

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Alexander Benderskii (via inReach)
Thu, Jul 20, 5:15 PM (1 day ago)
to ssspol23

7/20 Thur - skipper ok, but engine sprung a leak (fuel hose), spent a few hrs trying to patch it up. Rainbow in the morning, raining all day.

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Alexander Benderskii (via inReach)
6:14 PM (29 minutes ago)
to ssspol23

Fri 7/21 - all ok onboard Reverie, trying to work my way North to (hopefully) more favorable winds

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Alexander Benderskii (via inReach)
3:52 PM (1 hour ago)
to ssspol23

Sun 7/23 - all good aboard Reverie, many squalls last night and somewhat bumpy upwind sailing today

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Gregory Ashby (via inReach)
5:39 PM (44 minutes ago)
to me

Perplexity is sailing nicely at 6.5 kt average. Appetites are getting better.
Variable wind daytime and a few squalls at night.