Monday, 4PM. At anchor in Honolua Bay, Maui.
It was a bit rocky rolly in Olowalu, but the wind died off during the night and Moku pe'a's crew slept peacefully. This morning Michael looked over the stern and saw a submerged mooring, similar to the one in Kealakekua Bay, right under our stern. We couldn't see it in the fading light when we arrived the day before. The ball was about six feet under water so Moku pe'a wouldn't have hit it, but our anchor chain could have easily fouled on it. We were lucky to have missed getting caught on it. I'd rather be lucky than good.
I'm not sure I'd go back to Olowalu. There wasn't anything special about it, but it did provide a safe anchorage for the night.
We departed at 8 this morning, and powered north past Lahaina to Mala Wharf. We found an empty mooring right off the wharf at 10AM, and the crew on the adjacent charter boat said we'd be fine using it for and hour, so we grabbed it. We launched the dinghy, powered in to the landing, and walked across the street to Safeway to do some provisioning.
I'd stocked Moku pe'a with enough non-perishable food to last for the entire month long trip around the state. However, as I mentioned earlier, Michael has taken over management of the galley. He prefers to work with fresher foods, which is fine with me if we can reprovision every few days. We were able to find well stocked stores in Hanalei and Kona. Today's shopping expedition would be our last chance to provision before we get back to Kaneohe. Our refrigerator is now full and we will be eating like kings until Moku pe'a gets home. Noodle won't be losing any weight this trip.
At 11AM we slipped our mooring and powered north to Honolua Bay, doing some sailing along the way. At 2PM we entered the bay and anchored in the sand in 20 feet of water 100 yards off the beach in front of three tourist catamarans. The cats stayed just long enough for us to inspect them thoroughly for talent, and then they left. We now have the bay all to ourselves except for the tourists snorkeling off of the beach. It is as calm here as I've ever seen it.
Michael and I have already been for our first snorkel. He mentioned his amazement at the diversity of sea life here.
We have been moving every day since leaving Hanalei more than a week ago, and feel like giving Moku pe'a a break. The old girl will likely stay put here for a couple of nights.
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