Another day, another battle against the elements. We're making progress, but the current makes it feel like trying to climb a greased pole with oven mitts on. The tracker will show just how slowly we're inching forward. It's like trying to win a marathon while running uphill through knee-deep mud. Yesterday, we tried a tack, hoping to find a more favorable angle to the wind. The results were, as expected, less than ideal. Our GPS must have thought it was on a rollercoaster, as we swung through an astonishing 155-degree course change on the GPS in a single tack. On one tack we had been making 3 knts the right way and the other tack showed us going 2.5knts away from our destination. We’ve tried various combinations of sail and engine power. Motoring on both engines proved necessary to maintain steerage, but it's a fuel-hungry option. Single-engine motoring is more economical but less effective in these conditions. Ultimately, we’ve found that motor sailing with the headsa...