I just received exciting news via text from Kevin, after three very long, hard weeks of sailing he finally had a land sighting off his port beam! Now comes the frustrating part (at least for me it was) he can see land; however, he is still about 200 miles from his destination of Honolulu. Hopefully the wind will continue to blow and he won't be drifting or resort to motoring. If he has to start motoring then he has to hand steer the entire time and that is not conducive to fishing, or sleeping, or eating for that matter. The past few days he has been having a lot more fun than the rest of the trip combined. The wind finally shifted and he was able to put a fishing pole in the water. it wasn't a few hours later I received a text letting me know he caught his first mahi mahi of the trip! He was really excited for a fresh fish dinner! He said he had to stop fishing because his arms were getting tired. I think that really lifted his spirits to be able to do some fishing and actually catch fish!
As of yesterday at one in the afternoon (Alaska time) his position was 19.02 North 153.09 west. He made good 132 miles, his biggest day for the passage. He is expecting to get into Honolulu on Sunday. His dad is meeting him in Honolulu on Wednesday and they hope to leave for Seattle (weather permitting) at the end of the week or possibly the beginning of the following week at the latest!
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