Tim and I did a little island hopping on our way to Oahu, stopping up the coast on the Big Island, and then the next night on Lanai. We were glad we waited a day to cross the channel -- we heard that it was blowing up to 40 knots in the channel between Big Island and Maui, and didn't really want to experience that. And we were rewarded with good sailing conditions the next two days -- pretty windy, and lots of wind swell, but since we were going with it the whole way over, it was fine sailing for Midnight Blue. And we were rewarded with sightings of creatures and good fishing! The first night we anchored and were watching the sun go down, and this wild looking fin came out of the water and we think it could have been a whale shark feeding along the surface. Or a very large Manta Ray.... The next day sailing to Lanai we were splashed by a breaching humpback whale; it literally landed about two boat lengths away, then came charging towards us! Scary. Soon after that, we had a double hookup on the two fishing lines - not one, but two beautiful Mahimahi. We let one go, since that was more than enough fish (and work to clean the fish) for us. So the past two night have been yummy fish dinners! And plenty left to share with our neighbors and friends here on Oahu.
Don't have a good picture of those fish, but I realize i never posted the picture of the last mahi i caught on our way in to hawaii -- so here it is:
Next the plan is to get provisions aboard, and wait for weather. And of course, visit with Kevin & Primo!
