Looking for crewing opportunities here on Puerto Williams.

Glacier San Rafael

Algae bloom.  Bering Sea.  NASA

SY NOVARA....my new ride South? http://www.sy-novara.com


My legacy --
What will it be?
Flowers in spring,
the cuckoo in summer,
and the crimson maples
of autumn...

Ryokan (1758–1831)

Surrounded by bigeye tuna purse seiners here in the Marshalls.  Wondering if the spotter choppers will be replaced with drones.  Swinging on the hook in Majuro for a month.

The seafloor focuses and merges tsunami waves.

Shell Sues the Sierra Club, and a Dozen Others Who Oppose Their Arctic Drilling Ambitions

After satellites detected a “hotspot” on Tinakula, a tiny island in the South Pacific, a high-resolution image confirmed volcanic activity.

New island about to pop off the southern coast of El Hierro, the youngest of the Canary Islands.  El Hierro is 290 miles west of Morocco.

Camera captures new wolf pup, bringing Oregon's wolf population to 25

"I've always wanted to sail to the south seas, but I can't afford it." What these men can't afford is not to go. They are enmeshed in the cancerous discipline of security. And in the worship of security we fling our lives beneath the wheels of routine - and before we know it our lives are gone. What does a man need - really need? A few pounds of food each day, heat and shelter, six feet to lie down in - and some form of working activity that will yield a sense of accomplishment. That's all - in the material sense, and we know it. But we are brainwashed by our economic system until we end up in a tomb beneath a pyramid of time payments, mortgages, preposterous gadgetry, playthings that divert our attention for the sheer idiocy of the charade. The years thunder by, the dreams of youth grow dim where they lie caked in dust on the shelves of patience. "  Sterling Hayden

Oregon's Wandering Wolf

TAO STAR now coming across the bar...arriving from Jakarta.   Above:  tied up in Portland.

Buffleheads all over the place.

SYNOPSIS FOR WASHINGTON AND OREGON WATERS
A HIGH PRES RIDGE WILL MOVE SE ACROSS THE WATERS TODAY...BEFORE A COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH THE AREA LATE TONIGHT INTO SAT. LOW PRES WILL MOVE SE OVER THE WATERS SAT AND SAT NIGHT...BEFORE A HIGH PRES RIDGE BUILDS E OVER THE REGION SUN. ANOTHER COLD FRONT WILL MOVE E ACROSS THE WATERS MON. LOW PRES WILL DEVELOP TO THE W OF THE AREA TUE WITH A COLD FRONT APPROACHING FROM THE W.

Continueing rigging work...Norsemans and new wire.

Early AM walk with the labs...north side of Youngs Bay.  Mallards heading south.  Later at mid-day, a pair of killdeer darting around.

Off to Amtrak from Astoria....north to Lopez Island....south to San Francisco.  Offshore 10 days.  Aboard SV TRIMMING OUT.