SF-SD Day 7

It is 2.30 AM and we've been having a very good sail, covering 63 miles since noon. We've been sailing with jib only on a broad reach most of the day through a lumpy sea and under a clear sky. At present we are 68 miles west of the southern tip of Clemente Island, the southern most of the Channel islands, and very close to the latitude of San Diego, which is 125 miles away. I have shortened the sail to quiet down the boat for the night. We expect to be forced to heave to in a few hours as the next bout of strong southerly winds sweep through the area.

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At 3.30 AM the wind backed enough to where we would have to sail hard to the wind, which requires the mainsail, so I raised it and soon the boat was happily making 4.5 kt. But by an hour later the wind had backed such that we were headed ENE, toward the northern end of Clemente Island. Because we wanted to stay well clear of these islands I hove to. We are still hove to at noon and do not expect another opportunity to sail for about 7 hours.

Arnold and I are not concerned because we've got 2 days in which to position ourselves for the final run into San Diego on Saturday, 3 days from now. Maybe we'll watch a movie.

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