New Plan

Sept. 20, 2015 1600
12 37.6N
149. 49.9W
7.4kt @ 325 degrees
110nm noon to noon
Aloha Everyone, wanted to bring you up to date with things on the good ship Ho'onanea. As you are aware, we lost charging power last night, so we each did our night tricks hand steering. We ran out of wind again this morning, and 30 minutes after we started the motor, it strted to charge again. That is the good news, the bad news is we are just now seeing some breeze, in the form of a squall, so don't kn ow how long it will last. We only have enough fuel to get us into a harbor, not even enough left to charge things up anymore. We have turned off the refer and are running minmal equipment. With some breeze, and sun during day, we will be fine. We are heading for Hilo and will check in there as well as take on some more fuel. Unless we get in during the evening, we'll only stay a few hours and then continue on home. Crew is all doing well, Gribs tell me we should have some rades the rest of the way. I am writing this early as I may be at the helm during the time I normally write this. We we left Bora Bora and things mellowed out after the initial 20 kt., we all agreed that we wouldn't mind taking a few extra days to get home if it was nice and mellow. However, no wind, lots of motoring, leads to a fuel issue. We arrived in Papeete with over a half tank of fuel, not this time! The adventure continues. Again. as long as we have some breeze and sun during the day, the blog will be able to continue. Later,David


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