Battteries are in....care package received

Interstate Battery of Hawaii....

Did the right thing and showed up on time. Changed out the old for eight new 6VDC golf cart style units. Quick and efficient they were. The wiring harness fit fine and installation went well. New batteries shopuld greatly reduce the generator run time. Near the end, it was running 3.5 hrs day. Now should be at 1.5 - 2 hrs day.

UPS brought a GPS chipset, ipod, a magazine and 3 20 micron filters for water system.

Jib halyard was respliced spliced as it had shown signs of wear. Devon used a new fid set that was provided from Port Townsend Rigging http://www.porttownsendrigging.com/

Tanks are full and the boat is bound for theWest side of Molokai.

boat work day

ta yes

Today is a boat work day.

The new battery set is scheduled to be delivered later today. That means lotsa moving heavy (90 pound) batteries and getting them all re-wired.

The fabrication man, Jon Wayte, did a great job on the boom parts.

http://www.waytetoolandmachine.com/index.html

He delivered em at 6:15 am!

Two days ago, a great guy....Herb Fuller of Reliable Yacht Care stopped by and helped with our refridgeration solenoid problem. The RIGHT parts are being overnighted from Florida to Hawaii thanks to him.

Got to leave this damn expensive ($120/day) marina and head to Lahaina!!

sail on.

Crew changes

All good things must come to an end.

Mark and Nikki have made the decision not to continue on. Devon and Dustin plan to sail double handed and continue the journey. It seems they might "pick up" crew in Honolulu or Lahina.

Mark will be sorely missed. He has been with the program sincethe boats purchase. He lived aboard since early March 2007. His electrical skills and knowledge contributed greatly. He endured harsh living conditions and long days to get this far. Thanks Mark. Fair winds.

Nikki has been aboard since May 16. She helped provison and prepare the boat for crossing. Her self taught radar skills were helpful. As was her metal polishing ability. Thanks Nikki.

They both fly out Wednesday night late and arrive in Las Vegas Thursday morning.

Thursday afternoon the boat is scheduled to leave Ko Olina and head to the free annchorage ??in Honolulu. It will be a very short stay then on to Maui.

On to Oahu

Boat left Kauai Sunday Aug 5 and sailed all night to Ko Olina Marina http://www.koolinamarina.com/

on southwest corner of Oahu.

The goal her is to load aboard new batteries and have some repairs fabricated to the boom

Jon Wayte http://www.waytetoolandmachine.com/index.html met Devon aboard and the have agreed on a price to repair the metal that had fatigued.

Interstate Batery of Hawaii was a bit of a dissappointment. After prepaying 2 weeks in advance, and being told the batteries were in stock.....Devon called Monday andwas told "the shipment gets in on Wednesday". Bummer. The reason for 2 weeks pre pay was to ensure that batteries would be standing by upon arrival. Let's hope Interstate Batteries delivers Thursday as promised. Hey it's only 2 extra days at a multi million dollar marina. grrrr.