#9. FALKEN | Hawaii to BC | ALARM!

Wednesday July 16, 2025 | Safely at sea

Our morning starts with the wind easing to about 12 knots with FALKEN making 7 knots on a deep reach North. The sea has flattened; and, we can see the vastness of the Pacific all around us.

Then, an alarm pierces the silence! A distress signal from a neighboring ship perhaps? No, a Tsunami warning for the Alaskan coast has just been issued. Evidently an earthquake somewhere in the Pacific has triggered this alarm while we experience nothing but calm seas and a few sea birds flying in parallel with FALKEN.

A quick look at the chart reveals we have 1400 miles under our keel and roughly 1000 miles to Prince Rupert! Surprisingly, we are now only 750 miles South of the Aleutian Islands yet to begin our right turn on top of Pacific High. This turn, or gybe, in the middle of the Pacific will point us East North-East and towards the shores of Canada, and to Prince Rupert.

Life on board FALKEN has taken on its circadian rhythm, with the crew well adjusted to round the clock watches and sharing stories of the day that result in endless laughter. Amazing we have all just met last week! How quickly, offshore and disconnected from the digital world, this environment speeds the formation of friendships with your crew mates that it seems you have known for months not just days.

Tomorrow day 9 brings the gybe on top of the Pacific High to point us East. It will mark the bitter sweet turning towards Price Rupert and the last 1000 miles of our voyage.

As we were just about to post this we just had a friendly shark encounter! We’re gonna need a bigger boat…

Doug