Position: 21 degrees, 25 minutes north; 156 degrees, 39 minutes west 120 nm day

Sooo close. We’re about 15 miles off the west tip of Molokai. We just sighted it below the clouds after dinner. We’re going into evening (it’s 1930 local time) here. We’ll spend the night running down the north side of Molokai, across the channel and then gybe on the other side to go down the channel a ways, gybe again, probably around daybreak and we should be able to see Diamond Head.

Pretty exciting stuff that after six weeks sailing time from NZ that we’re here! The weather’s gotten more reasonable. South toward the equator we were dripping with perspiration all day long. The weather here and now is almost cool. We’re still just in shorts and short sleeve shirts even at night, but there’s not the oppressive heat as further south.

Well, a long night ahead. I’m assuming there’s going to be some boat traffic as we approach Oahu, so no doubt there will be radar drills to determine course/distance and sleep with be hit and miss, but as long as weather holds, etc, we should be tied up at the dock end of day waiting for customs to come and clear us.

Two happy campers with Diamond Head in the background.

That’s all for now.