We've been a bit slow in updating our blog as we've been lounging around the Kaneohe Yacht Club and enjoying the simple pleasures of life on the hard.
We were the seventh boat to finish at 24:22 Sunday morning and then had a bit of an ordeal getting in. There are two ways into Kaneohe Bay. One is short but shallow (Sampan channel), the other is deep but takes us over an hour out of the way. We consulted with our escort boat and they ensured us there was adequate depth for our 8 foot draft. We were motoring slowly as our alternator belt was slipping (a problem that had been developing over the last several days). We watched the depth show 9.5, 9.0, 8.5, 8.2, 7.6 then whump. We hit bottom. The crew scrambled to the starboard side to heel the boat and reduce our draft. It helped slightly as we bounced along the bottom deciding to turn around take the long way in. We tried backing and immediately the engine died. Someone immediately noticed that our boom vang line was pulled tight. During our scrambling to heal the boat, the line had fallen overboard and fouled the prop. So here we are after 2070 miles, 9 days and 8 hours of sailing stuck on the bottom a few hundred yards from the comfort of the harbor with a line wrapped around our prop. We cut the line and started the engine and we were able to motor at reduced speeds with the line wrapped around the prop.
We finally pulled into our slip to be meet by the Pac Cup welcoming committee and our very welcome Mai Tais at about 3:30 AM.
It is Tuesday now and we're about to sail the boat around the tip of Oahu to get the boat hauled out in Honolulu. We'll disassemble the boat for shipping on Wednesday and Thursday we have the Mount Gay party and then the Awards party on Friday night before flying home on Saturday.
1 comment:
greg & crew; it didn't happen til we see the video!
don't forget the mt. gay party for hats. cheers.
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