Sailing in Okinawa

We -- crew members Dan, Alisa and I -- departed Zamami Island at 12:30 on Nov. 26, 2021. Although the trip was originally planned for three-days, a forecast of high winds and seven to 11 foot seas, had us rethinking our return trip. And I'm glad we did as the trip wound up taking nearing 12 hours as we sailed directly into the wind to try to get back to Ginowan Harbor. This return trip really got me thinking that I should look more into my navigation skills as the trip beating to the wind has us tacking quite a bit. Also we overshot our approach to Ginowan Harbor and had to cut back as we missed the navigation lights of buoy 2. Here's our path back.

S/V Knotty Girl arrives to Zamami Island. ABOARD S/V KNOTTY GIRL (11/25/2021) -- Spent Thanksgiving 2021 at Zamami Island in the Keramas this year. Journey started off at 7 a.m. and we could not get the genoa to unfurl after we raised sails in Ginowan Marina before heading out. There was lots of pumice floating in the ocean outside of the marina and we even shut off engines to clear through one big patch.  There was hardly any wind at all during the trip and we motorsailed the entire way. The Knotty Girl Crew for this trip was: Dan, Alisa, Shinobu-san, Nanse and me.  https://www.relive.cc/view/vE6JpGVxpxv At the quay at Zamami while attempting to fix the genoa, I met in person someone from the Facebook group "Sailing in Japan." This is not a first, as I've actually met several people from the site in person. Alan was kind enough to shoot this photo of me from the ferry as he departed after a day trip, hiking in the Keramas. Thanks Alan. As the photo shows, we were finally...