Position: 21 degrees, 57 north; 158 degrees, 28 west

We left Ko Olina at 1230 today, exactly three weeks after arriving from Tahiti. Whew, this is the third long passage since leaving New Zealand on May 18.

Time to go!

Bye, bye, Ko Olina. Fun, but hot!

Looks like this one will be somewhere longer than 21 days, but we won’t know whether the wind is going to cooperate or not for another week or so. For now, we’re just heading north and hoping to get “on top” of the Pacific High at which point we can turn east.

Bumpy right now. After peaking out from the point on Oahu, we were greeted with 6 foot waves from the NE and wind that’s 24 gusting 30. It is forecast to stay that way through tomorrow then moderate somewhat. Not too bad, but wouldn’t hurt my feelings if it dropped about ten knots.

Orcinius left about an hour or so behind us after stopping at the fuel dock to top off. At 1700 they were about ten miles behind but going a couple knots faster, so we expect we’ll be passed in the night. Ah the benefits of that extra 8 feet of waterline.

That’s it for tonight. Too bumpy to write more.