The Trip - Day 11

[this is being written by Jackson's Dad]

Here's the latest email from the S/V Goodnews, which was sent Sunday, Sept. 16:
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Loc
37.18 n 150.22 w
Crossed 37 and the winds picked up and we are doing 5.5 and started our easting, the last big step!!!

So, it is very serious now, not to go too far north and hit another system, and not to go too far East and hit the High too soon.  Soing about 45 deg NE. The center of the Hi is around 40 N 140 E.
WE are trying to skirt the edge of it, stay in the wind and get as far over as we can, then cut down and motor throught the center of it and come out the other side, ready for the Norhtern winds to reach down into SF.
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I've stopped calculating distances from Hilo just because they are no longer heading due north and such calculations would understate the actual distance traveled.