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[pos]30 40n 151 52w
[sp]4.0 kts
[h]000*T
[w]NE 18 kts
[s]Underway from Honolulu, Hawaii to San Francisco, California. 100% cloud cover, 1024 mb rising. During the day yesterday we had smooth seas and good sailing.
Passed through a cold front yesterday evening with strong winds and steep waves. We had to slow the boat down to care for the boat and ourselves.
All is well. 700 miles between us and Honolulu.

beginning day 6

[pos]28 43n 151 45w
[sp]4.0 kts
[h]350*T
[w]NE 08 kts
[s]Underway from Honolulu, Hawaii to San Francisco, California. 60% cloud cover, 1022 mb rising.
Slow but comfortable. Getting slightly headed to the west of north. Bright full moon the last few nights.

Tuesday aboard Pau Hana

[pos]26 53n 152 13w
[sp]5.8 kts
[h]035*T
[w]E 14 kts
[s]Underway from Honolulu, Hawaii to San Francisco, California. 60% cloud cover, 1020 mb rising.
Good conditions. Finally cooling off at night since as long as I can remember.

Monday Morning

[pos]25 17n 154 07w
[sp]6.0 kts
[h]005*T
[w]NE 14 kts
[s]Underway from Honolulu, Hawaii to San Francisco, California. 100% cloud cover, raining, periodic squalls with wind shifting to SE, 1018 mb steady

Pau Hana Sunday Morning

At 0600 local time, 1600 UTC:
[pos]23 46n 155 35w
[sp]5.0 kts
[h]052*T
[w]E 14 kts
[s]Underway from Honolulu, Hawaii to San Francisco, California. 60% cloud cover, 1018 mb steady
A few rain squalls last night to rinse the salt off. otherwise good progress to the NE

Kolea style

The Humpback whale and the Pacific Plover (called Kolea by Polynesians) have both left Hawaii this week for their migration north for the summer.
As have we.
at 0600 Hawaii time, 1600 UTC
[pos]22 09n 156 52w
[sp]5.0 kts
[h]055*T
[w]ENE 14 kts
[s]Underway from Honolulu, Hawaii to San Francisco, California. 10% cloud cover, 1018 mb

Sunrise this morning finds us clear of the Kaiwi channel between Molokai and Oahu and are getting settled in to life on passage.
No other vessels sighted last night.

24 hours to go time

We're getting close to departure from Honolulu- heading for San Francisco Bay. All jobs have been shed, hospital art has been vandalized, good-byes mostly said, rig inspected, boat stuffed with lentils, onions, apples and potatoes (okay and brownie mix), satellite phone charged, ditch bag stocked, SSB radio tested, and anchor stowed. Pau Hana is ready to sail. Conditions are looking good for a sporty first few days at sea. We're hoping for about 17 days, but who knows?