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Galadriel
and her adventures
in 2005
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Phil has sent
us some pictures of his summer sailing in 'Galadriel' off
the coast of Oahu. For those of you that rarely venture
out of the Solent, may I remind you that Oahu is part of
the Hawaiian Islands and at approximately 160ºW and just
south of the Tropic of Cancer has weather that is
generally much better than our own! To put you in the
picture, Phil has supplied this chart.
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Honolulu is the large city with both port and airport on
the south side of the island. 'Galadriel', a Frances 26,
is normally berthed in the Ko'Olina marina.
This
is Katarina, snorkelling near the shore in Waimea Bay over
the July 4th weekend. |
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The
interior of 'Galadriel' after refinishing some of the wood
work. The cabinet doors still need varnish, but most of
the weathered wood strips have been refinished.
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On the
evening of July 4th all of the other boats anchored in
Waimea Bay pulled anchor and sailed off just before
sunset, leaving the entire bay to us.
July
4th with the girls on deck. |
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Galadriel sailing on a beam reach as we approach Kaena
Point on the return trip to Ko'Olina. A Frances really
moves on a reach.
Kaena Point is
the most westerly point of the island, north of the Makua
Valley. |
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Monique, Sammy and Katarina hang out on the deck of
'Galadriel' while anchored off 'Electric Beach'. A cooling
water outlet pipe from the power plant provides an
incredible snorkelling experience at this anchorage.
Thousands of fish feed in the warm water 20 to 30 feet
below the surface. A pod of spinner dolphins frequent the
area. On the return trip the dolphins came out to surf our
bow wave as usual so we pulled in for a short swim session
before heading back to the marina. |
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It's been a
while since I've had the chance to e-mail you. Since the
last time we've spoken I have moved to Boulder, CO.
Galadriel is still safely moored in Hawaii and up for
sale. I'm secretly hoping that she doesn't get any offers
by ~February. If that happens my wife has given me the
OK to put a little money into her and sail her to San
Diego, California where my sister lives. Since the
flight from Denver to San Diego is relatively cheap
we would then use Galadriel for vacation trips into
Mexico.
Odds are I won't be ready to make the trip until
2007. In the meantime I will have to haul and paint
the bottom and take care of several other tasks which
should be fun (standing rigging, re-caulk all deck
hardware, replace the forward hatch, install a windvane,
etc). I've heard good things about Coppercoat bottom
paint from a few European friends and I was wondering
if you have any experience with it. Their website (http://www.coppercoat.com)
is loaded with useful information.
Now that it's getting a little cold in your neighborhood
I figured that you might like a few photos from our
4th of July trip. Here's one to get you started.
I took this while we were anchored off Makua Valley.
It's a large bay just to the south east of Kaena Point.
A wonderful place to anchor in the summer when most
of the swells are smaller and from the south east.
I'll send more in a few days.
Cheers,
Phil Mislinski
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