We departed Guam at 1200 yesterday. Today's Position Report is: April 4, 2110 (local), 2230 Z 16degrees08N/144degrees51E Bearing 10 M/ 8.5 knts Baro 1016 Wind NE 15knts/Wave primary NE 6' w/ 10+ sec interval/secondary wave ENE 2-4' Sky mostly blue, partly cloudy Omni Bob tells us that by Wednesday we will have to hunker down somewhere to avoid weather. We will keep you informed as to our...
Arrival in Guam Monday, March 29, 2110 (Sunday in US) – 1330 Guam Time 13degree22N/144degrees39E 7521nm logged since departing Seattle We arrived in Guam mid-day on Monday. A US Coast Guard Cutter (named The Washington) was patrolling the entrance to Apra Harbor. Don had a conversation with them on the VHF and they asked if they could do a courtesy boarding; we said “yes”. Four young Coast Guard men, with a young woman in command,...
Saturday March 27 (Friday in US) – 0700 GMT 10degrees N/151degrees 23E Wind E25 knots/ Wave NE 2-3 meters Bearing 295M 7521nm logged since departing Seattle We are about halfway to Guam. We departed Pohnpei Thursday morning at 0900 FSM time (GMT + 11hrs/a day later than Seattle). The Naiad heat exchanger is on and doing its job after 3 full flushings of new oil to get the sea water out of the system....