Sailing break

In between of all this running action,
I decided to dust off the sails and we went on a short but fun 2 day trip, forth and back to Lanai, the neighbor island.

To make it more fun, we took the long way, the "windy" way.

Don' t I look awesome :)

When you drop the main, and go with Jib only...
It is windy.

Islands protect mostly from swell...
but it was blowing ... seriously. You will have to believe me.

In the lee of the Lanai, things calm down.
Cliffs are majestics

From land, the view is amazing.
South coast of Lanai.

Well deserved coffee in Lanai city,
cute little town.

Manele Harbor, early morning

Trip Log

As always, pictures talk for themselves, and better than me !

For a first trip out of the Lahaina playground, it was totally worth it.
Sailing the channel is an awesome and technical sail.
Not for your typical day-sailor, I suppose.
As always, I am glad that the boat handled it well and was forgiving for all our mistakes :)
Even more disturbing, our 40 year old diesel is steaming like a youngster, and it proved it on the way back.(except the oil dripping, but, well, it goes without saying).

Lanai, we will be back.