Closing In

Date: 07/20      
Noon to noon run: 152NM
Time of position: 18:00
Lat/Lon: 15 30.87'N deg 153 deg 33.43'W
Course: 320 deg Mag
Current Speed: 6.5kt
Next Waypoint:  18 deg 50.39'N; 155 deg 36.08'W
            SE point of Hawaii Is.
              231NM distance         

Synopsis: The wind and seas moderated for a time today and we shook out the second reef in the main and unfurled the genoa to it's first reef position (about a 110% genoa). In an hour so, however, we will tuck the second reef back in for the night, primarily because conditions have been so changable.  We passed the 250NM mile mark from our waypoint off the the Big Island about 3:15 this afternoon. Basically that means we could be passing the Big island the morning after tomorrow.

Cheers,

John