N 28° 10.160
E 142° 10.229

As the wind doesn’t follow the forecast at all, we discussed the situation.

We still don’t go directly to Sofu Gan, the impressive rock needle, coming out of the ocean with it’s vertical wall from very deep. I saw it once in 1994 on a sail from Guam to Tokyo and wanted to see it again. Additionally Tobi and Shigeo haven’t seen it at all.

The final decision to go to Sofu Gan will be made after the front has passed and we know the wind on the other side.

At the end we keep sailing with the genoa but I sat the wind vane angle to 120 deg. This brought us on the direct course to Yokohama. But the ride got a bit bumpy.

Finally the wind increased and we make 5-6 KN STW.

Not too bad!