Position: 11 degrees, 32 minutes north; 148 degrees, 38 minutes west 135 nm day (current assisted)

Wow, has it been a tuna fest on board Charisma. A nice change from our pre-prepared meals. Tonight was the fourth night in a row and we had tuna sashimi on a bed of couscous and peas with wasabi soy drizzled over. Really good. That tuna just melts in your mouth it’s so nice.

Today was a beautiful trade wind kinda day. Just blue skies, blue water and puffy white clouds. About 12 knots of wind and pretty flat seas rounded out a very comfortable day. The only problem is that the wind is coming from the north. Very unusual. Probably due to some combination of the tropical storm to the north of us and some of the lows hanging around the area. At any rate, we’re pointing 50 degrees to the wind and with the north wind, that means our heading is about 310 degrees – except it’s not. We also have a 1 to 1 ½ knot current boosting us to the northwest, which means our best course right now is more like 295/300. As I look on the chart, this has us missing Hawaii to the south. I’m hoping the winds shift into the east in the next day as that’s more normal AND it lets us point up toward Hawaii. Cross fingers.

Some perspective. Showing our route versus Mexico on the right.

This whole “being pushed west” thing is why as we left Tahiti we actually angled northeast and sailed about 500 miles east of the direct route. We knew at some point on this passage we would get pushed back to the west. Now the hope is that we sailed far enough east. The next couple days will tell.

That’s story today from the North Pacific Ocean.