Trade Winds - 2 Days in a Row!!!

It says a lot about the wind the last few months that we're all ecstatic to get two days in a row of tradewinds - and at least another day or two more coming. Yesterday, I made a classic mistake - I rigged for what I wanted it to be rather than what it was. I rigged 5.0, launched from the upper launch and Kanaha and promptly caught the slog train down to Lowers. Came in, and went straight to the van to rig 5.8. Better, but still only marginally powered most of the time.

Today was much better. Full on 5.0 most of the time. Wind was side-off which was the only real downer of the day. Waves were small-kine, mostly non-existent at Lowers (but an occasionaly shoulder-high set would roll in) and mostly waist-high or so at Uppers.

It feels fantastic to be sailing again. Looking forward to another couple of days, then another cold front sounds like it will kill winds for a few days then maybe more trades if we're lucky.

For anyone coming to Maui soon, beware that there have been a lot of car break-ins at Kanaha lately. The crack-heads are out looking to finance their next score. Most reports are that they are finding the keys that people so cleverly hide in their wheel well or bumper (they watch where you "hide" it), but there have been a couple of reports of smashed windows. Leave the valuables at home and I think it's good idea to leave the credit cards in the condo and just bring your driver's license and some cash.