Jan and four others of our crew have been sailing Icon back to Anacortes from Kaneohe since August 1.  Their trip has been relatively uneventful with a few exceptions -- they have had trouble with one of the 24v batteries which doesn't like deep charging, the belt came off the watermaker pump when a set screw backed out, and there was a minor leak in one of the watermaker lines (which they fixed).

Not all the other Pacific Cup boats heading back have been so lucky -- Hula Girl (SC 50) lost their rig shortly after leaving Kaneohe and had to return.  In addition, the NE Pacific is somewhat a mess right now with multiple high pressure ridges and low pressure systems west of of Hawaii, in the Gulf of Alaska, and off Central America.

The crew is doing a great job of dodging the bad weather and keeping the boat moving.  They are averaging 10-12 knots pretty consistently and are presently heading for what they call WayPoint B at 44n and 144w.  They home to be back in Anacortes Monday night which will make the return trip 12 days long -- very quick by any standard.

Current weather routing for Icon