We've had a good run over the last 24 hours, making good about 135 miles towards SF. We've only had to motor for an hour or so (which is good because we have been having some weirdness with our prop, possibly something on the shaft), mainly because we've been in what seems like a never ending series of squalls. If you've never experienced a squall before, basically they start late night, and bring an uptick in winds, sea state, and a huge amount of rain. Luckily for us, they also tend to lift us towards our destination (allowing us to sail more directly for SF).

Last night was a long night as we were launching off of the squall induced chop landing sometimes not-so-gracefully with a boat shuddering pound. These are also wet conditions, and I think we've all been getting some 'rain' over our berths. So, we are all definitely a bit more tired today, although spirits are high and we're looking forward to a fancy lunch from Julia using the Mahi Mahi we caught yesterday evening.

Steve's new saying is 'Those are my clean pants!" as he continually tries to change into clean dry clothes, only to end up soaked as water pours into the cockpit.

I had a great time in the middle of the night last night driving in 25kts of wind and rain listening to Jah Warrior Shelter Hi-Fi remix album on the iPod.

Lat 26 06.963'N, Long 153 19.8' W
Wind: 15kts E
Seas: 1-2 M E
Speed: 6kts
Dist to Go: 1708 NM

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