Kaneohe.
On Monday morning we checked in with the Hilo Port Captain, did some more
provisioning, and got another five gallon jug of diesel. After that we
figured it was appropriate to pay our respects to the Mayor of Honoka'a,
Aaron Phillips, so we drove up and inspected his job site repairing the
Hamakua ditch. Very interesting project. Then we headed up to Waimaea
where we visited with Leslie Hess Kissner, my next door neighbor growing
up on Kaneohe Bay Drive, who is the Executive Assistant at the Keck
Observatory offices. Leslie showed us around and then we met Aaron after
work at the Big Island Brewhaus where we sampled some award winning ales
and had dinner.
At 6AM Tuesday I kissed Lori goodby and we weighed anchor for Kaneohe.
Remarkably, we had to power off and on for five hours until the trades
filled in off of Lapahoehoe. Not what I would have expected with 25 knot
trades forecast. Hawaii's big mountains appeared to have created a local
weather system that overpowered the forecast trade winds.
At 730AM we caught the first mahi of the cruise. He was pretty small, but
I'm still happy. It took seven months and eight thousand miles of sailing
to catch that mahi. We snagged him on a Fred Morelli special. Thank you
Fred! That was the last uncompleted "must do" item on the cruise agenda.
The trades eventually filled in with a vengeance though, and we charged
across the Alinuihaha Channel, over the top of Maui, across the Pailolo
Channel, and as I post this we are screaming down the north shore of
Molokai with a double reefed main and just a scrap of a jib set.
It's been a cold and windy night. I even had to dig out the bunny
slippers to stay warm.
It is looking like a 1PM arrival at KYC.
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