Hilo to Honolulu

Day 12

Sand Dollar — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 05:38:00 +0100

We are still at Johnston Atoll. We planned on departing today, but there is a tropical doodad between us and the Marshall Islands, so we’...

Lono Harbor to Honolulu

Sand Dollar — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 05:38:00 +0200

Up anchor at 0700 under calm conditions. Set a full jib and mizzen – good boat speed in 15-20 kts of wind across the channel be...

Lono Harbor

Sand Dollar — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 06:56:00 +0200

Lono Harbor

Departed Kaunakakai 0715 bound for Lono Harbor 13.5 miles up the Molokai coast. Arrived at 1000, anchor down 1015. Un...

Island of Moloka'i

Sand Dollar — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 23:37:00 +0200

Our third Hawaiian Island - Moloka’i - is another winner. This island is noted for being sparcely populated a...

Kaunakakai, Molokai

Sand Dollar — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 23:27:00 +0200

Weighed anchor at Kamalo Harbor at 0730. Had a very nice sail along the coast to Kaunakakai. Upon arrival, we found only one ot...

Kamalo Harbor, Moloka'i

Sand Dollar — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 23:15:00 +0200

After spending two enjoyable days at Honolua Bay, we got underway early morning to sail across the 13 mile channel to Kamalo Harbor, MolokaR...

Honolua Bay, Maui

Sand Dollar — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 16:10:00 +0200

The weather forecast became favorable to cross the channel between Maui and Molakai. So after spending two enjoyable weeks at La...

Lahaina continued

Sand Dollar — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 16:00:00 +0200

We’re still in Lahaina and enjoying it very much. We would have probably left by now, but small craft warnings, high winds and ...

Lahaina

Sand Dollar — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 15:50:00 +0200

Upon arriving at Lahaina, we picked a Lahaina Yacht Club morring buoy. For a change, it’s nice not to have to worry about the a...

Olowalu anchorage

Sand Dollar — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 15:40:00 +0200

After spending only one night at McGregor, we headed north to Coral Gardens. We had heard the snorkeling rivalled Molokini, but upon arri...

McGregor anchorage

Sand Dollar — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:30:00 +0200

We departed Kihei in the morning under windy conditions and headed for McGregor point. There we found a small bay sheltered from the wind...

Kihei anchorage

Sand Dollar — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 15:20:00 +0200

Early today we motored over a flat calm sea to Kihei, 8.5 miles north of Makena. We dropped the hook off of sugar beach in a sandy bottom...

Molokini

Sand Dollar — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 15:10:00 +0200

Today we took a side trip to the extinct volcano – Molokini (2.5 miles from Makena). We picked up one of the mooring bouys and ...

Makena anchorage

Sand Dollar — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 15:00:00 +0200

The third try turned out to be a winner – Makena. We found a large sandy spot to drop the anchor. The beach had good ...

Oneloa Beach anchorage

Sand Dollar — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 12:10:00 +0200

Oneloa Beach is a beautiful long sandy beach, but had heavy breaking surf making for shore landing difficult. It was also very windy and ...

Arrival Maui

Sand Dollar — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 07:00:00 +0200

We tried to time the channel crossing for moderate tradewinds, but ended up with small craft warnings and strong tradewinds – 35 kts, big...

Departure Hilo

Sand Dollar — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 21:04:00 +0200

Destination: La Perouse Bay, Maui. 110 miles to go. Hilo cried when we were preparing to weigh anchor – huge downpour. ...

Hilo to Honolulu

Sand Dollar — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 20:54:00 +0200

June 27, 2008 through July 16, 2008 – Upon waking up the day after we arrived, we were pleasantly greeted with a beautiful, ca...