Postion 0530 June 13

Happy 80th Birthday Dad!!!

Position 44 d 59.11 N 150 d 52.35 E

We saw our first whale of the trip yesterday.  And he was big!  We didn't get that close to him, no closer than 100 meters but he made an impression.  We are not whale experts so until we get a book, internet or some advice we do not know what type.  But he was huge.  We first saw him while trying to scan for a ship that we knew was on the horizon.  We then saw him blow.  He kept blowing at different spots as we were passing by he sat on the surface for a while and that is how we know he was big.  He then rolled over and we could see a large hump where his dorsal fin is.  Not sure if this is because of the way he was swimming or his actual shape.  But we are calling him a humpback until we learn otherwise.  He then dove but not before putting his flukes high up in the air for us to say goodbye.

 This morning we had a visitor.  A very large and curious seagull land on the dinghy davits and decided to take a ride for a few miles.  Rather cute fellow.  I got a couple of pics but can not upload those until probably Dutch Harbour or later.
We are motoring now and have been for 16 hours.  Hopefully the wind will come right soon.  There is a low schedule to go under us in about 6 days so trying to get north but the current wind has us heading almost due east.
We should pass under the 1000 miles to go mark today but that is rum line and we will not be making rum line with these light winds.
Anyway all is well on board.  A little warmer today with the wind shifting from the south west instead of the north west.