Seems that pearshapedness prevails, at least as far as Amchitka goes. To hit the centre of the barn door, we need to track 030M but current, wind and sea state only allow us about 015 – 020M. This means we will make landfall some 70 – 90 miles west of the pass and have to fight our way into the teeth of the easterlies in front of the low developing to the west. Poo! I have the engine running, full sail just at the point of stall, squeezing every inch of height we can get while the wind is soft. We may well have to do a Cook and park while it all blows through. No word from anyone re Adak entry yet, but we may well need to go in there for fuel.
Kimbra – agree with you, Tom and the other naysayers. We’ll go without a rifle – you can carry the oxo cubes and I’ll push the wheelbarrow with the pepper spray, McQ can be the advance Party – did I really say that?. And yes, ski masks (3 better than 1) but better still windsurfer helmets with visor – unlikely in Anchorage! May be a fisho equivalent in Dutch – will advise. Cd you please buy 3 metal half litre camping water bottles for hotties, hand warmers etc – they’ll need reasonably heatproof tops and the wider the top the better for dekettling into. Thanks re fleece.
Carla – thanks – thought it must be ice! And it certainly looked like bushfire smoke. We must be in some sort of propagation hole unless there’s a bug in the calculator – unheard of in Jim Corenman’s stuff, so I’ll go for the hole. The whole thing went red as we crossed 43 degrees.
Pascal – probably too late but if you do ring our satphone, please keep ringing back until someone answers. The person who hears it first will be in their bunk, the phone is sequestered in driest possible spot and awkward to get at …. but someone will get there eventually. Don’t leave a voice message – we’ll never get it. I’ll try your cell after this. We’re not in Dutch yet – I’d say about 10 days from here, all things considered.
The logs ramblings can be cryptic, so we have added: