Home at last

Aloha everyone, sorry tis is a few days late, but...We had a continued nice sail across the channel and Maui. The wind picked up and clocked a bit, making it hard to sail straight for the club. As the wind increased to 25-30Kts, most we had seen on the entire trip, we decided to chicken jibe to get ourselves back down. Our second jibe, we caught the fish line on either prop or rudder, and I knew that I'd have to go for a dive in the bay before I could start the engine. We did see a pygmy whale surfing in the very large waves behind us. A few miles from Moku Manu, our reel went off and the line was screaming out. Randy needed me to slow boat at a time when I was trying to get in before dark. We fought the small sailfish for sometime, but had a hard time trying to board him around BBQ and solar panels, and he eventually got off. We pulled into KBay 30 hours after leaving Hilo, we dropped the sails just as I nice rain squall came in and just when Bo and Marcy met us with Karin and Ellis. I did the quick dive, and got the fish line off the prop, we started the engine, and Karin and Ellis came aboard to finish the last mile. I took a quick shower and then we were met with conch shells blowing and a very nice reception, including maitais in Pineapple cups. All sorts of food was on hand and it was great to see all our friends. Thanks especially go out to Karin, Ellis, Lori, and Bo and Marci. We left boat at the bulkhead under the care of Jeff and we headed home. I had the most sound sleep I've had in four months. Yesterday, got the boat back to the slip with help from Cathy and Ellis and started the process of clean up and removing all the "junk", which we don't need aboard when not cruising. In a few days, we fly to phoenix, to see our Son and grandkids. I do hope to write a few more blogs with a few conclusions and some pictures, but not sure when that will happen. I appreciate all of you who followed us and your nice comments re this blog. Aloha, David


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