Two Down….One to Go!
Thirty days
after departing Auckland, Mistress is now tied safely to the dock at the Hawaii
Yacht Club, Honolulu…..looking like she simply went for an afternoon sail in
the Hauraki Gulf as opposed to the almost 5000 miles of water that has slipped
under her keel….
The passage
from Papeete was right out of the brochure….warm winds and water, plenty of
breeze for the most part, and some great Trade Wind reaching sailing….The crew
of Millsy, Nicci, Alex and myself evolved further into an even better team,
sharing the sailing and shipboard duties. It has been challenging at times….but
certainly rewarding for all of us.
Having spent
virtually 27 days sailing on starboard tack (we did have a couple of hours in
the lee of the Big Island of Hawaii when we did tack out to sea to find more
breeze!), life aboard will feel strange when we finally spend some time on port
tack. The joke aboard is that with our new North’s mainsail we could advertise
to sell the sail once back in Vancouver that it “had only been used once for a
7500nm passage and never been tacked!”
So the
Mistress Crew is now enjoying life ashore once more. The contrast from the
beauty and solitude of the tropical Pacific Ocean to the concrete jungle and
crowds of Waikiki Beach is immense…..for the moment though the change is
good….. friendly fellow boaties and staff at the wonderful Hawaii Yacht
Club….great shore based fresh water showers, Cheese Burgers In Paradise…..and
cheap cold beer! I don’t doubt that in a few days we will start casting our
mind to life at sea once more and the preparation for the final hurdle…..the
last leg to Vancouver…..
Aloha!
The Mistress Crew
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