Day 20 to Hawaii

Noon position 4/22/16: 19 41.0225 N 146 03.1135 W
Noon to noon distance travelled: 137 nm
Total distance travelled: 2387 nm
Distance to Hilo: 513 nm

We've got some boisterous sailing conditions, but are making some miles! 137 nm in 24 hours, woot! We are rocking and rolling in some pretty big swell, but it's all worth it because we are getting so close! According to the last look at the weather models, this wind should continue for the next four days which gets us just about to Hilo. We are getting so close we can almost taste it.

When we were reefing sails yesterday evening, Tor looked over and saw a big log floating in the water not 10 feet away from us. It looked exactly like one we would see sailing in PNW waters. It came as a real surprise, and I'm glad we found it visually and not with our boat.

Fresh produce is holding out, but barely. We are still eating well, and cravings for landfall meals have more to do with someone else preparing and cleaning up, rather than any specific food we've been feeling deprived of. Though ice cream always sounds good :).