Stephanie Propp

Great sail, rainy morning that turned into a beautiful day. Sailed all points of sail. Mostly 10-15 knots of wind.

Great overnight sail. Henry the Hydrovane did most of the steering. 10-15 knots, deep down wind. No Jibes required. Arrived early AM. 2 ships to monitor overnight, but I was able to rest in the bunk in 1 hour chunks, 4 hours total. Broke Genoa sheet towards end of sail, must have been chaffed at pole that built up on passage from Mexico.

Quick and fun downwind sail. Sail off anchor without problem. We loved Waimea Bay, but it was time toove on since our 72 hour limit has been reached.

Great conditions and weather today. 8-10 knots deep reach then 12-15 down wind after jibing. Perfect sailing along a beautiful coast. Happy Memorial day.

My longest passage yet, by far. The swell treated us a little rougher than we expected, seemed to be a confused swell. Stella performed excellent. We sheared a mounting bolt on the Hydrovane about 2/3 of the way across and could no longer use the wind vane steering. Fortunately the auto pilot and hydrogenerator pulled through to handle most of the steering. Surprised by how little we saw out there, no dolphins, no whales, didn't catch any fish, mostly just boobies.

Motored to Paradise Village to begin the process of clearing out of Mexico. Appointment set for 10:30 Monday and we will then immediately depart for Hilo, Hawaii.

Very nice sailing. Deep reach with 8-10 knots. 2 jibes, very nice conditions.

Great day! Started off motoring and caught our first Mahi after about 45 minutes under way. Surprisingly we soon got enough wind to sail and we were able to sail about 3/4 of the day. After a couple hours of running deep we set the spinacker and we sailed with it in 7-9 knots for 3 hours.