Saturday 6th July 2013
Drifting overnight and into morning – up at dawn slight land breeze making 2.4 kt. In contact with Tofino Traffic Control – keeping ships advised of my drifting 4 n.mi. N of the shipping lanes and S of Bamfield. Significant fog, seas are still big, well over 2 meters from the W. Several cruise ships have passed by over the day.
1pm Finally managed to get underway in a W wind – weak sun showing through the fog, Poled out genoa. Making 3.1 kt. Genoa slightly ripped near the clew – presumably the result of flogging in little wind – had noticed a tiny hole in that area in the last few days.
4pm Fog lifted to give clear sky but fog still visible on Washington coast – Cape Flattery in sight above the fog. Light winds all afternoon only making 2 – 3 kt – dying by 7 pm. For the rest of the evening and in to the night struggling to keep the boat heading on course in almost no wind. Trying to maintain position roughly 2 n.mi. from both shore and shipping lanes – very, very difficult in these circumstances.
Very little sleep overnight – what I got was had sitting at the chart table – in short snatches with an alarm set.
Forecast for Sunday is a repeat of Saturday with very little wind – likelihood of getting to Victoria Sunday diminishing fast.
I understand that my AIS position is now available and you can follow Nereida on the marinetraffic.com website.
24hr DMG to 2300GMT (4 pm PDT): 32n.mi.; Strait of Juan de Fuca: 15n.mi; Victoria: 74n.mi.
From: KC2IOV/MM by HF radio. Transcribed by Rick, VE7TK, Victoria, BC (Many thanks to Don, VE6JY, for the internet receiver connection) via Ham Radio for posting
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