SV Three Quarter Time

We left Valdez and motored-sailed non-stop, until we got to Yakutat 55 hours later. A big “Thank You” to Melissa and Kent Sonnek for the delicious wine and SeaSalt Caramel cheesecake! What a great send-off for the next segment of our journey.  No seasickness to report, or really bad weather either. Our only concern was that Sydney still isn't comfortable going “potty” on the boat. This led to not just one, but two beds with accidents on them, thus making it difficult for us to find a comfortable place to sleep during each “shift.” We had to settle on taking turns on the bench seat in the galley (main cabin). These shifts basically consisted of two hours of rest, not really sleep. So while Paul would take watch looking for other ships, debris, etc, I would lay down for two hours, 2.5 if he was able to let me sleep more and vice versa. We would then switch and then he would rest for 2 (+) hours while I kept watch. After a few of these shifts, I was reminded of the m...

To all of you following our misadventures, this is a sad one.  Most of you have realized that our initial launch to cross the Gulf of Alaska has hit a few speed bumps or, if you rather, big waves.  If you were following our progress on the Delorme map, you could probably tell that our progress during our crossing from the Hinchenbrook Narrows was beginning to get rather slow.  Our attempt was severely diminished by the natural current pushing directly on our nose, coupled with the 30 to 35 knots of wind directly on our nose.  There were extreme gusts getting up near the 40's and then there were the waves occasionally coming over the bow and pilot house.  To make matters worse, I had become sea sick for the first time in my life.  All of that is the normal part of the trip and was not the worst of it.  Allow me to back up a few days. The first issue that plagued us was a broken-down truck.  The abridged version is as follows: we borrowed my dads...