Hazel is on her final voyage before she is put to rest in Ko Olina Marina on Oahu for the summer. She will finally receive some well deserved repairs and maintenance. The run from Hilo Bay on the Big Island to Honolulu is 225 nautical miles of open ocean sailing. For Hazel, that means a straight shot of about 36 hours. What a sail it has been so far. We have averaged 6.4 knots over the last 155 miles. I am writing this during my last night watch of the season. We have 21 knot

There are a few phrases sailors dream of saying out loud, and after 37 days at sea, crossing the longest open stretch of the Pacific without touching land, Peter and I finally earned one of them: land ho. When the Big Island first appeared on the horizon, I had to call my wife and show her. Trying to describe the feeling of seeing land after more than a month at sea is nearly impossible. Relief, joy, excitement, and a quiet sense of pride all collided at once. Moments later,

We continue pressing west with plenty of blue water between us and Hawaii. The days have started to blur, but the lessons keep coming and the small victories still arrive right when we need them. Some days out here feel effortless and almost magical. Other days test every ounce of patience we have. Over the last couple of days we managed to experience both extremes. As you’ll see in the videos, we went from an absolutely ideal day of sailing with perfect wind to a full day of