Postscript [ Bill made a great lasagna and salad for dinner last night. Last night's book showed that we had dolphins off our bow near Coquille Oregon. ]
We are making fairly good time averaging about 6.6 knots speed over ground. I came on watch at midnight and the swells have gotten large. We're about 25 miles north of Coos Bay, Oregon. I don't know much about Coos Bay other than it's favorite son, Steve Prefontaine. I always remember his quote, "To give anything less than your best, is to sacrifice the gift."
By noon we shifted course to 180o due south! Bill made grilled cheese for lunch.
At 1425 we heard a call from the U.S. Coast Guard of a vessel in distress 10 miles west of us. The vessel's engine was having trouble. We responded to the Coast Guard's call that we could assist if needed. They responded that the vessel's captain wanted to be towed back to Lincoln City Oregon rather then the closer harbor of Coos Bay. We notified them that we were not going backwards to help in the assist.
Winds were light through the day, not enough to sail so we gently motored all through the day.
The light winds and the slow motoring was great for whale watching, because they tended to stay some distance away from the boat.
Hamburgers for dinner tonight, they were very good.
My last log entry and plotted fix before hitting the sack at 8:00pm showed we were 6.5 hours from California and Oregon boarder.
May 31th Day 5.
When I came on shift we'd just entered California's waters. Still no winds at 25 miles off shore. made a list of the things to do for the next day. We checked the oil, added some to the engine. We checked the transmission fluid, engine mounts, through holes valves, bilge, changed fuel tanks, cleaned up, and had everyone shower and ready for the coming day.
We set the main and the stay sail and made way at about 4.5 knots average. Paul was burning through the paperbacks when he was off watch.
At one point while I was on watch the whales got a little too close. if you look closely in the photo below you'll see the whale (darker colored water less then 4 feet from the boat).
My watch ended, for the day. Once again Bill set me up with his espresso and biscuit.
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