Halfway Home

As I begin this we have just passed the halfway point and are now closing in on San Diego. Not much else is new in the past 24 hours, and since it's getting harder to send e-mails I'll keep this short. Wind has remained a steady fifteen knots out of the SE to SSE and our speed has stayed over 5.5 knots consistently. Our twelfth day at sea was our best yet with 137 miles made good, and after a perusal of the weather forecast yesterday I've determined we're far enough north, so we are now sailing a direct course for home. A low will eventually begin to chase us and if the forecasts hold we may be in its throes a handful of days from now, and will then be able to use the northerly winds in its wake to begin making our southing for San Diego. Of course forecasts are rarely reliable past 72 hours (unless you're in the trades or San Diego where the weather patterns are so consistent a week is easy to predict), so we'll take it as it comes. Now fish yet again, and with the water temperature at 69 I'm guessing our dorado days are a thing of the past and we'll be lucky to catch much of anything from here on out. Now back to making water as we make our easting.

June 27-1210
37.02N by 145.47W

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