Brian thinks this would be good to have onboard when going thru pirate alley.

This is the spot on the Missouri where the agreement to end WWII was signed.

Exploring the warship Missouri in Pearl Harbour.

View of Waikiki from Diamond Head.

Trying to go a little faster with the spinnaker.

Ski slope brownies, that's what happens when you try to bake on passage without gimbling the stove. They tasted good anyway.

Sailing along slowly with our storm-jib, staysail and our torn main.

We had to get used to rain again on the passage from Marqueses to Hawaii

Time to leave for Home

Our new Genoa came in last week and has been installed, it looks good. Our new mainsail came in by UPS from Thailand yesterday and we installed it this morning, it fit perfectly, all good to go. We are pleased with the speedy service.

We have done a couple of hikes on the island. Then we both got a cold with lots of coughing. This seems to be going around as we have seen a number of people with this. This set us back a couple of days. There are a couple of nice beaches here to walk on and watch the surfers.

We are almost ready to leave and will probably leave next Wed or Thur for Kuai where we will spend a couple of days and then we will leave for the 2500 mile passage to the mainland. Depending on where we end up on the coast we may make our first stop at Neah bay at entrance to Juan de Fuca strait. Then possibly a night at Sooke and then clear in at South Pender island. Then it will be a couple more days up to Comox our new home.  So it will be roughly 25 days for the passage or up to 30 if really slow then about 5 days up to Comox.  Will try update when arrive at Neah bay or Pender Island.