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Swan Song has landed

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Dave Cooper
Tue, Jun 23, 2009 11:50 PM

G'day all, Swan Song is tied up on the Aloha dock at the Hawaii Yacht Club.

We arrived yesterday at 1715 local time.

18 days 1 hr 15 min 5.46 nm/hr
2654 nm
1052 gals 2.52 nm/gal So we could have made it without the extra
fuel...however I'm very happy to arrive in Honolulu with ~700 gallons of
$2.25/gal Mexican diesel still in the tanks

No major issues and few minor ones. Crew is still speaking to each other ;-)
NO fish but lots of lures missing from the bag! @ gallons of ice cream
left!!

Head seas/winds for the first 4 days then mild for next ten and then the
wind/seas piped up for the final run into Hawaii. Last day was winds to 35
kts and seas to 25'. We hand steered the last 8 hours as the seas were
confused and very large steep faced. No place for an autopilot...even Swan
Song's ;-)

No waves over the stern so the boat was dry for the entire trip once the
head seas/waves left coming out of Cabo....25 kts on the nose plus 15' seas
at 3-4 sec period...ugly.

More details will follow after we get Swan Song from passage configuration
back to cruising configuration.

Dave & Bill
Swan Song
Roughwater 58
Liming in Honolulu

G'day all, Swan Song is tied up on the Aloha dock at the Hawaii Yacht Club. We arrived yesterday at 1715 local time. 18 days 1 hr 15 min 5.46 nm/hr 2654 nm 1052 gals 2.52 nm/gal So we could have made it without the extra fuel...however I'm very happy to arrive in Honolulu with ~700 gallons of $2.25/gal Mexican diesel still in the tanks No major issues and few minor ones. Crew is still speaking to each other ;-) NO fish but lots of lures missing from the bag! @ gallons of ice cream left!! Head seas/winds for the first 4 days then mild for next ten and then the wind/seas piped up for the final run into Hawaii. Last day was winds to 35 kts and seas to 25'. We hand steered the last 8 hours as the seas were confused and very large steep faced. No place for an autopilot...even Swan Song's ;-) No waves over the stern so the boat was dry for the entire trip once the head seas/waves left coming out of Cabo....25 kts on the nose plus 15' seas at 3-4 sec period...ugly. More details will follow after we get Swan Song from passage configuration back to cruising configuration. Dave & Bill Swan Song Roughwater 58 Liming in Honolulu