POSITION: 18 01. 31N, 158 10. 50W
SPEED: 7.8 kts
COG: 187T
ROGER:
Hi everyone, once again we are on our way. After a stop in Honolulu of six days we are now heading south to Fanning island, a distance of approx 1040 miles (6 days). Fanning island is an atoll where copra was processed from the coconut tree by the company Burns-Philp many years ago. The island is still inhabited and is one of the line island group lying approximately 4 degrees north and 159 west. A brief stop at Fanning and then we head south west towards American Samoa and the island of Pago Pago, a distance of about 1300 NM. Honolulu was interesting and not what I expected, many many Japanese – could you believe that after Pearl Harbour. Speaking of Pearl Harbour, a visit to that historical and tragic site was very moving. Our tour to pearl was hosted by a casual stout Hawaiian bus driver who kept us entertained all day with some good jokes and the odd song – he knew his business and the island history. During our stay we toured the island and dined out at a number of restaurants where the food and service was second to none. Jack has re-joined the boat and now we make four with Brian coming on to Fiji with us. One of our few tasks whilst on passage, apart from ships business is eating our way through the enormous amount of food we have on board – we will want for nothing in that regard. So it’s eat sleep and read and of course attend to ships business.
Cheers for now.
SCOTT:
Hello one and all,
Here we are once again pushing toward the horizon in ideal conditions. It was much easier the second time to settle into the motion. We all tucked into Erin’s lovely mild chicken curry last night on a bed of rice which she had prepared in the days prior, thanks again Erin and Leon for all your hard work.
It was really good to spend the time in Hawaii, I never thought the little island of Oahu would be so busy, at one point we found ourselves stuck in traffic on a 10-lane highway! The hoards of tourists made for some good night life even though Danni and I found ourselves talking to Australians and watching Manly vs. Auckland in the NRL on TV when we went out ha-ha. The best place I found was called ‘Sinor Frog’ which looked like a bunch of Bali style huts on the roof of a big mall. They ran games and gave out food all night I met some funny blokes from California and we all got layed (ring of flowers that is placed around the neck in thanks for spending money on drinks).
A good few days and a great birthday thank you all for the nice messages. Keep the comments coming; we all take time to read them even if we can’t reply we love to hear from you.
Thanks for stopping by.
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