Continuing Voyage of the Sailing Vessel Shadowside.

Good day!

At 03:33 this morning the Klingon's attacked from the East. Oops wrong movie!

Another day on the Shadowside. I awoke this morning to an overcast sky. We are sailing along at 6.3 knots on our rout NE toward our turning point for Cape Flattery. About 23:00 today will reach 48-30 N and make our turn for the Cape. Hard to predict yet when we will make landfall at the Cape. Could be Wednesday night. Could be sooner if wind holds up. I will keep you updated. Just put the final set of way points into the chart plotter all the way to PT. The end of the voyage is in sight. At least on the Chart.

Life here continues to be good. Although, crew is getting a little tired. Everyone is in their bunk as soon as their watch is over and some have been seen snoozing on watch.

You can tell we are N of latitude 45. Now need several layers at night to stay warm. At least one trip below during watch to warm up.

It is serprising how fast the days go. And it is quite pleasant watching the sea go by and hearing the sounds of the Shadowside cutting through the water. At night, I have the sensation of flying across the sea. Amazing how vast this ocean is!

Here are some pictures of life at sea.

Best wishes,

Lad

Position Update

Good Morning,

Position:
08/20/16 08:16 HST
46-18 N 138-58 W
SOG 5.6 kn COG 042 M
Wind 10.3 kn @ 275 M
Overcast and Calm
Sailing

Lad

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Sailing Down a Moon Beam

Position Update

Good Morning,

Position:
08/19/16 08:00 HST
44-51 N 140-56 W
SOG 3.1 kn COG 015 M
Wind 4.5 kn @ 000 M
Clear and Calm
Motoring

Lad

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Shadowside Update 8/16

Good Day,

We are now proceeding in light air toward our next Rout Waypoint at 47-15 N and 139-00 W. Sailing in light air with calm sea.

Last night it was Tuna Sliders for dinner. A little later the singing of show tunes was heard from the cockpit.

Today we are working hard to keep the Shadowside moving in the right direction. The crew is also using the light air to take salt water showers and do laundry. Even at sea the details of daily living do not go away.

Here are some boat life pictures.

Have a great day!

Lad

Position Update

Good Morning,

Position:
08/17/16 07:47 HST
43-50 N 142-07 W
SOG 4.6 kn COG 017 M
Wind 6.0 kn @ 114 M
Cloudy and Calm
Sailing

Lad

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Just Another Day

The View from the Helm

Good Day,

Well, I know your getting tired of my "another perfect sailing day posts". However, I just report the sailing conditions, I don't create them. However if I could, I would create just what we have! Here are a couple of pictures from the Shadowside's helm station that tell it all!

Best wishes,

Lad

Position Update

Good Morning,

Position:
08/17/16 07:47 HST
42-54 N 144-35 W
SOG 7.1 kn COG 056 M
Wind 10.3 kn @ 163 M
Clear and Calm
Sailing

Lad

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Boat Life

Well Hello Shadowside Followers,

The skies cleared yesterday evening and we are now clipping along with perfect sailing weather.

We are fortunate to be where we are as there is a big low pressure trough from WA down to the CA coast. There is a boat in front of us that will have to heave to for two or three days before they can approach Cape Flattery, The bad weather should be gone by the time we get there. Its also nice that the Crew is still getting along well. There have been some great conversations during the watches.

We are all settled into the daily rhythm of life aboard. Eating, sleeping and standing watches with a little personal time left over to read and think.

We are all just enjoying this experience as it will soon be over.

We have covered 1563 NM since we left HI with 995.7 NM to go to our landfall at Cape Flattery. Then another 85 NM to Port Townsend. We are anticipating making our landfall sometime next Tuesday or Wednesday.

We celebrated crossing the half-way point with a bottle of champagne and some fine chocolate.

So far, we have encountered one single handed sailor on his way to SF and one large ship that crossed our bow last night about 3 NM away.

Have a great day!

Lad

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Position Update

Good Morning,

Position:
08/16/16 07:51 HST
41-46 N 147-14 W
SOG 5.5 kn COG 055 M
Wind 11.5 @ 055 M
Clear and Calm
Sailing

Lad

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Position Update

Good Morning,

Position:
08/15/16 07:22 HST
40-50 N 150-00 W
SOG 4.0 kn COG 055 M
Wind 11.5 @ 055 M
Clear and Calm
Sailing

Have a great day,

Lad

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