24 Days Across The Pacific: From Tropics to Glaciers

Two weeks after arriving in Hawaii from Mexico, Sea Dream of Clyde sets off again — this time 2,700 miles north from Honolulu to Elfin Cove, Alaska.

This 24-day passage to Alaska tested us with lots of heavy sailing, lightning storms, a gale on the nose, shipping traffic, illness, and days of relentless fog. As we pushed north out of the tropics, we had to conduct a critical jury rig to the rigging; going aloft 1000 miles from shore is a spicy experience!

From tropical trade winds to glacial peaks, this is the raw story of the toughest crossing yet aboard our 33-foot sailboat, Sea Dream of Clyde.

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Chapters
00:00 - Introduction
01:00 - Underway to Alaska!
02:07 - A rough and tumble start
04:16 - The end of day 2
06:00 - 400 miles from shore, settling in
07:55 - How to eat salad offshore!
09:54 - 800 miles in
11:10 - Day 6 round up
11:45 - Day 7 - Into the calms
12:46 - Swim time, 1000 miles from shore!
15:27 - Thunderstorms!!!
20:50 - Gale on the nose!!!
23:29 - Hove to
27:06 - Becalmed again
28:28 - Damaged rigging 1000 miles from shore!
30:00 - Going up the mast
31:15 - Jury rigging in place
32:07 - Contemplations of offshore challenges
33:29 - Day 12 - The wind returns
35:42 - Fog life begins
39:50 - Back injury
40:59 - Big seas!
46:40 - The sunshine returns!
48:50 - Shipping lanes and the home stretch
50:00 - Totally becalmed
53:35 - Day 24 - final day!
54:28 - Land ho!
56:58 - Outro
59:13 - Up next!

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