Sailing Trip To Molokai
Posted: June 12th, 2009, 6:32 pm
Thought I would share some photo's from a sailing/camping trip we did from Oahu over to the island of Molokai last Memorial weekend. It should have taken about 4 to 5 hours to go the 30 miles from Waimanalo Beach to Molokai. It ended up taking 20.
I sailed the boat down to Waimanalo on Saturday and camped overnight. The first leg was about 10 miles. The next morning we left around 9 am. We had great winds starting the the trip but about half way across they lightened up and eventually died. We ended up spending the entire night paddling/floating. It was pretty cool though, no moon, dolphins, and bioluminescence.
Five boats started out, one turned back, one had a small motor and he motored on. He said he would build a fire for us to see the landing spot. He didn't, he probably thought we would never make it.
One guy had a GPS so before it got totally dark we ended up tying together because you couldn't see sh#$ without the moon. We paddled for about 8 miles until the winds picked up again. We got off the coast about 4:30 am and had to wait about 2 hours for the sun so we could see our way. We thought about trying to beach it in the dark but the crashing surf was a little too loud for me. After seeing the beach in the morning I am glad we didn't try.
We camped over night and then returned the next day. Once again we were left paddling the last leg and arrived around 9 pm. The winds were a little better and this time it took only 12 hours, which seemed like nothing. Great trip though.
I sailed the boat down to Waimanalo on Saturday and camped overnight. The first leg was about 10 miles. The next morning we left around 9 am. We had great winds starting the the trip but about half way across they lightened up and eventually died. We ended up spending the entire night paddling/floating. It was pretty cool though, no moon, dolphins, and bioluminescence.
Five boats started out, one turned back, one had a small motor and he motored on. He said he would build a fire for us to see the landing spot. He didn't, he probably thought we would never make it.
One guy had a GPS so before it got totally dark we ended up tying together because you couldn't see sh#$ without the moon. We paddled for about 8 miles until the winds picked up again. We got off the coast about 4:30 am and had to wait about 2 hours for the sun so we could see our way. We thought about trying to beach it in the dark but the crashing surf was a little too loud for me. After seeing the beach in the morning I am glad we didn't try.
We camped over night and then returned the next day. Once again we were left paddling the last leg and arrived around 9 pm. The winds were a little better and this time it took only 12 hours, which seemed like nothing. Great trip though.