The 30+kt winds finally gave up in the early morning hours, the big swells have become smaller and the current wind is less than 8 kts–we are motoring and grateful that we carefully monitored our fuel useage over the past 2500+ nautical miles. We are wondering how the Erikson 32 “Thelonious” fared in the gale–Christian Williams from California Yacht Club and hope he is okay.
We still have some food–however, the can opener is getting more useage and proving to be useful. We have been making more water with the R.O. device and are tidying up the boat a bit. So much got wet in the stormy weather over the past 5 days. Dolphins have been fun to watch and our trusty Albatross continues to hang with us now for over 700 miles. He’s a very big bird. We are tired but relieved to get through that gale. We are now wondering how our sea legs are going to act on the dock when we arrive in Santa Barbara Sunday. We’ll probably be falling down. It will have been 22 days on the boat at sea by then. What an awesome trip!