My first single handed passage and it really could not have gone much better. I caught a pretty good weather window and only logged 19.5 hours of motoring. The highest wind gust I noticed was 24 knots. Mostly the sea state was friendly, I had about 24 hours that was an uncomfortable rolly. 175 miles was my best day and the average was 150. Stella did amazing, I to thank Henry (the Hydrovane) and Ray (Raymarine autopilot) for all their help, I couldn't have done it without you guys. Of course there were things to fix. My radar scanner decided not to work and I spent a day and a half trouble shooting that, determined it was in the dome and needed to wait until the boat was not moving. The radar decided to work flawlessly on the approach to Sitka. My Espar diesel heater also did not want to work. I spent a good bit of time on this issue and finally got it working on the final day of passage, I believe it was low fluid/air in the system. I stayed busy monitoring chaffe and keeping everything running smooth.I certainly had some fantastic sailing out there and 75% of the trip was sunny and warm. I'm still made about the beautiful Mahi that slipped the hook while I had the leader in hand and I was reaching for his tail!

Hanalei Bay, Kauai HI-Sitka, Ak

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