Waiting to get Pasted

The next storm that will hit us is a big one. In preparation for this, we have altered course to almost due west to gain more mileage from shore. We are in the most danger from land, not from the winds and seas. We, and Columbine, can take some pretty harsh weather. But not when we are against a shoreline. So we now have about 200nm sea room off the Oregon coast, with more being made right now, and are fully prepared for this next pounding. Hopefully the winds will cooperate after this and let us sail into the Strait.

Conditions onboard are great - it is warm and dry inside, with no real indication of the winds and seas howling outside. Cynthia is restitching the poor shredded yankee jib. I have been entering all our logbook data into the computer. As of our last entry, we have sailed 4572nm from Papeete, Tahiti, and are on Day 39 . Our average speed for the entire trip is 4.84 kts. That's almost a knot faster than the trip south, where we averaged only 4.18 kts. And this was mostly upwind!

Our current data is:
Date/Time: 10/1 137pm PDT
Position: 41D 55.7N, 128D 36.4W
COG/SOG: 282T @ 4.2 kts
Wind: N 10-15 kts
Seas: N 10-15 ft
Sky: 50% Cloud coverage