We’re just 200 yards from the Newport bridge.
It’s a good thing we left bread crumbs so Lady Washington and Hawiian Chieftain could find their way from Coos Bay to Newport.
There’s a good weather window to make the 72 hour trip to Anacortes tomorrow am. Moorage here in Charleston makes sense at $20 a night.
We burned 508 gallons in 83 hours since fueling at Morro Bay. We burned .87 gpm which is better than the 1gpm we had expected. Diesel here in Charleston was $4.04 a gallon is is probably the best we’ll find.
An impressive app for $5.99. One price pays for the app on your iPhone and iPad.
The app is customizable. I’ve set mine to show; wind, wave heights, and pressure.
When combined with Wunderground marine forecasts it is the bomb.
Info via the PocketGrib site:
With PocketGrib you can download, view and analyse global weather data.
Wind, preciptation, pressure, temperature and wave data extracted from GRIB files are displayed through our simple interface.
Perfect for sailors (both sailing and in the pub), windsurfers, outdoor enthusiasts…
Features
- Choose your map location and have weather information overlaid
- Mapped weather can be animated
- Weather can be viewed as a meteogram (graph) or raw data
- Configurable download to minimise file sizes (great for roaming)
- GRIB files can be downloaded to your PC via iTunes
- Displays online or offline
Pocket Grib downloads and displays the following weather types:
- Wind speed and direction (10 m above mean sea level)
- Precipitation (rain, snow etc)
- Pressure
- Air temperature
- Waves
- Cloud cover
- Relative humidity
- CAPE (Convective Atmospheric Potential Energy)
Direct download of GRIB data from NOAA’s GFS (Global Forecast System) model
- Forecasts up to 8 days
- Data steps: 3hr, 6hr, 12hr
- Worldwide Coverage
- Resolution: 0.5°, 1°, 2°
- Data updated 4 times a day (every 6 hours)
We’re headed for the protection of Santa Cruz, about 60 miles S of San Francisco.
http://www.wunderground.com/MAR/PZ/570.html
We’re having a wrench modified to make the installation work.
Will provided updates when we’re underway later today.
This new starter and solenoid will arrive tomorrow and hopefully get us up and running. We had breakfast at 0500 and were ready to leave.
Such is the way of boating.
The weather is forecasted to lay down tomorrow. We’re planning on being underway by 0600 and are hoping to make at least Eureka by Wednesday.
Grand Journey burned 7.2 gph. That’s just a tad less than the 7.5 we planned on.
We’ll BBQ tonight with dock partners from Seattle, who are here hiding from the weather.
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We’re currently in Morro Bay, 270 nm North of San Diego waiting for good weather. The run last night saw winds to 25kts and we found a few unsecured items.
You may remember I was “stuck” in Morro Bay last October on the Mavaric delivery.
Gale Warning in effect from Friday afternoon through Saturday afternoon
Waters From Pt. Piedras Blancas To Pt. Arguello And Westward 60 Nm-
Tonight
NW winds 15 to 20 kt with local gusts to 25 kt…becoming 10 to 15 kt with gusts to 20 kt after midnight. Wind waves 2 to 4 ft. NW swell 5 to 7 ft at 10 seconds.
Fri
NW winds 15 to 25 kt with gusts to 35 kt. Combined seas 8 to 11 ft dominant period 10 seconds.
Fri Night
NW winds 25 to 30 kt with gusts to 40 kt…becoming 15 to 25 kt with gusts to 35 kt after midnight. Combined seas 10 to 13 ft dominant period 10 seconds.
Sat
NW winds 15 to 25 kt with gusts to 35 kt…becoming 15 to 20 kt with local gusts to 25 kt by the afternoon. Combined seas 9 to 12 ft.
Sat Night
NW winds 15 to 25 kt with gusts to 30 kt…becoming 10 to 20 kt after midnight. Combined seas 9 to 12 ft. Patchy fog after midnight.
Sun
NW winds 5 to 15 kt…becoming 15 to 20 kt in the afternoon. Wind waves 1 to 3 ft. NW swell 7 to 9 ft. Patchy fog in the Morning.
Sun Night
NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Wind waves 2 to 3 ft. NW swell 6 to 8 ft.
Mon
NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Wind waves 2 to 3 ft. NW swell 5 to 7 ft.
Tue
NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Combined seas 7 to 9 ft.
