12:27 AM VALIS time
Well we kept moving pretty well all day after the morning repairs. Tonight we're under reefed main and genoa, beam reaching. The winds are going through cycles of roughly 5 minutes each of dropping off to about 15 knots, then back up to 25-27.I wanted to carry a little more sail to power through the lulls, and just let it slip & live with it through the mini-squalls, but Big Paul outranks Other Paul, so it's a more conservative plan for us. Hopefully in the morning we'll learn that it worked.
The big excitement at the moment comes courtesy of Baltimore Bridge, an 876 foot cargo ship located 12 miles off our starboard bow, heading roughly our way at 22 knots.. Right now we calculate he'll cross in front of us by approximately 5 miles in about 23 minutes. All fine and routine, but the sort of thing you want to keep an eye on. I'll let you know tomorrow how it went.
WHiskey Delta Bravo 2898 VALIS out
Yep, I'm sailing the PacCup again for 2014. We'll be covering over 2,000 miles and two weeks in Paul Elliot's beautiful VALIS, starting in San Francisco Bay and ending up in Kaneohe, Oahu. Our only connection to you will be via a puny satellite connection, so I can't send pics till we hit land, but if it all works right I should be able to update this blog once in a while. I look forward to reading your comments when I get back. Aloha! -Other Paul
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