Position 23 degrees, 56 minutes north; 158 degrees, 59 minutes west 123 nm day

So, that’s the best title I can come up with for today. I’ve got the “Day Two Blahs”. When you haven’t slept enough because you’re not used to the motion of the boat and now I’m so tired (my “off watch” starts when this is done) I can hardly type. Hopefully I’ll get a good sleep and tomorrow can start the fun part of the voyage. Rarely are the first two days “fun”. Ann got a good sleep this afternoon, so she’s doing really well!

These first two days have been upwind into the trade winds. We’re doing about 60 degrees on average against the wind and about 70 degrees to the waves. The upshot is we’re reefed way down and it’s very wet and bouncy – but that’s what it takes to get out of Hawaii. The trades there are stronger than in most of the rest of the Pacific, so it’s the price you pay so to speak. The wind is supposed to ease a bit over the next few days, so hopefully we’ll get some smoother water and be able to unfurl the jib. For now, we’re hobbling a bit because I have to adjust our sails for the high end of the winds. It’s averaging around 20 to 22 knots, but gusting to 30, so we just have a triple reefed main and stays’l which goes really well in 30 knots, but isn’t powerful enough in 20 knots to punch through these waves. If the wind stabilizes a bit – as it’s supposed to – it will stay in the 20 knot range and we can put the jib out and go faster.

Ann had a nice treat this morning. Orcinius, who left Ko Olina a couple hours after we did caught up with us around 0900 (Ann’s watch) and called on the VHF, so Ann and Lisa had a good chat. We also have set up a 1700 local time radio sked on the shortwave each day, so we will touch base even as we move apart over the days to come. At 46 feet, they go a knot or two faster than we do, so we’re already out of the 20 mile VHF range.

OK, I’m rambling. Time to post this, get the weather forecast and go to bed!