October 16: Blog from Kaleo Wong October 17, 2012 in Crew Blogs Voyaging Aloha hou mai ka moana nui a Kila, Here we are about a thousand miles Read more
Hikianalia Report: October 16, 7:00 PM HST, keep sailing east or head northeast toward Tubuai? October 16, 2012 in Crew Blogs Nav Reports Voyaging Phase one of our voyage to Tahiti will end at longitude 160 degrees west, which Read more
Hikianalia Report: October 16, 6:00 AM HST, clear skies, starry night … October 16, 2012 in Crew Blogs Nav Reports Voyaging With clear skies and good stars, the steersmen had golden opportunities to practice holding a Read more
Hikianalia Report: October 15, 7:15 PM HST, lightening winds, diminishing seas, warmer night, beautiful sunset … and outrageous brownies October 16, 2012 in Crew Blogs Nav Reports Voyaging Today was a very nice day weather-wise, except for a brief light rain squall. The Read more
Hikianalia Report: October 15, 6:30 AM HST, a large baleen whale spent several minutes cruising with Hikianalia October 15, 2012 in Crew Blogs Nav Reports Voyaging The highlight of the morning was a large baleen whale that spent several minutes cruising Read more
Hikianalia Report: October 14, 7:20 PM HST, Sailing “wing on wing,” directly downwind at 7-11 knots October 15, 2012 in Crew Blogs Nav Reports Voyaging Today, we spent most of the day “wing on wing”, meaning that our two large Read more
October 15: Blog from Heidi Kai Guth aboard Hikianalia (October 14, 2012) October 15, 2012 in Crew Blogs Voyaging We are starting to get into our sailing rhythms, some of which are weather dependent Read more
Hikianalia Report: October 14, 6:44 AM HST, smooth sailing, gentle steering, settling in to Hikianalia October 14, 2012 in Crew Blogs Nav Reports Voyaging With the lighter winds and seas settling, it was a night of smooth sailing, with relatively Read more