Molokai to Oahu

We had the best sail from Maui to Molokai! we adveraged 7.5 knots with us doing 8.6 for over 30 minutes! needless to say it was a very fast passage! nice seas, couldn't ask for a better sail. It didn't even feel like we were going that fast!
We saw this big big ship sailing past us! Steve figures its about 200 ft

Entering the small small entrance of Lono Harbor

We arrived in Lono Harbor on Molokai - wow what a very small entrance and what a surge comes in. glad we had a calm day!! very windy in there though but no fetch.
We anchored and off to shore the kids and I went. Steve wanted to stay with the boat , just to be sure. Its not very big in the harbor. Lolo harbor ( hawaiin name Hale-o-lono) was built for barges carrying sand and aggregarte from Molokai - that was a long long time ago . They have stopped this over 20 yrs ago, a local told us that all the sand in Waikiki beach came from here!

Lolo Harbor Molokai - we had a couple of sea turtles swimming by the boat, Kyle and Maya went for a hike with Steve from Malachi ( guest) and then Steve T and I joined them. There were so many trees with spikes on the branches - I stepped on one and it went right through my shoe to my foot, I thought I stepped on a nail! no harm done. but we sure had to pull a lot of spikies out of our sandles. Kyle did the job for us as we made dinner. took him 1/2 hr to get them out of our shoes!! amazing, never seen thorns on a tree lilke that before!
the beauties on the beach - Maya, Alana, Jocelyn, Jenny, and Lindsy - ( the two girls are guests aboard Malachi)
nice beach, gorgeous scenery and no other boats other than a couple of local ones in the far corner. Kyle is trying to teach Steve Growes ( Malachi) how to open a coconut, Emma and Shayna are enjoying cooling off , and the beach girls are posing for pictures!

We have arrived safely to Honolulu! the passage from Molokai sucked!! waves going every way, not much wind at first - the boat flopping from one side to the other and big flopps! not a fun passage. Certainly nothing like the day before! once the wind picked up it was a little better , still not the best ride - anyway we are tied up nice and snug in the Waikiki Yacht Club - it has a swimming pool and everything, right in the heart of Honolulu!! couldn't ask for a better spot. Across the street is the big mall, ! everything so close by.

There is quited the surge in here! Malachi is one dock over , we did a pot luck dinner with them on Thursday after we arrived. Lots of nice people here, so quick to lend a helping hand. Met " Ronny" who let us borrow his car to get groceries, and took me in the am to do laundry - took Steve in to get parts for the alternator for the generator so he can fix it!
The kids have been living in the pool -they even went for a night swim with the Malachi bunch - had fireworks last night - wow this is the way to relax before the next big passage!!
We are going to Hamanumu Bay ( spelt wrong , fix later when I find the right spellin) to snorkel today - taking the bus . this should be fun . we are planning on doing Pearl Harbor tomorrow.