July 6th

July 6 1915 hrs. Position N 30.58 / W 158.51
Not much to report today. The wind finally backed off a bit by this afternoon so the seas settled a bit. It made for much smoother sailing. We've been running with a double reef in the main and adjusting the jib on the roller furling as needed. Today we were able to shake one reef from the main and fly the full jib. Much smoother sailing and we were still moving along at at 6.5 to 7 knots. The wind has picked back up a bit this evening, blowing about 18 knots.
We've been getting little squalls a couple times a night. Small rain showers with the winds building to about 30 knots or so. Not terrible, just gets bouncier for a while. Routine was pretty lazy today, read, nap, cook, eat, repeat. We are listening in on the Pacific Seafarers Net and there is one boat about a day or so ahead of us and a little east of us. He is heading to Alaska. So far we haven't heard him say anything about debris sightings but we are glad to have someone up there so maybe we get a better idea of when we might start seeing stuff. Nothing else to report from this end. Still sailing, still pointing due north. Only about another 600 miles before we look and making a right turn. :)

Paul