Off to Hawaii

OK soooo...Week 4 has started with us running!
We never heard back from the boats in the old port about wind vanes (a way to automatically steer the boat) and eventually we took the bus down to find that everyone (along with their wind vanes) had left! Shock! Horror!

Ray at Mazatlan Yachts showed us a wind vane on a boat that has been abandoned for 15 years and we started negotiating with the authorities to buy it, but they backed out of the deal after a few days.

So we started the checkout process on Thursday morning. We were checked for animals and bugs and given a clean inspection by the authorities. We now have all our paperwork in order, all our food stowed and we are ready to go.

We leave tomorrow (Friday May 1) for Hilo bay, Hawaii. It is 2700 nautical miles. Averaging 4 knots gets us there in 28 days. Averaging 5 knots (ha!) would get us there in 22 days. We have enough food and water to last more than 60 days. So we are planning for about 30 days. If it takes more than 40 days, it may be time to begin worrying.

The weather looks beautiful all the way to hawaii with 15-20 knots of wind from the East and NorthEast along our general course. Check out passageweather.com for a pretty view of the wind on the way to Hawaii.

We'll update you all when we get to Hawaii!

Bellow is a picture of a diver at the Mazatlan Aquarium and all I could think is that he looks like he is being beamed up to the Star Ship Enterprise. yes?no?