Tentative departure

We got the sails back onto New Morning yesterday. North completely rebuilt the head, tack and clew on the main and the head on the jib. There were also a number of smaller repairs on both sails. Paul and I rigged all the reefing lines in the afternoon and we're ready to depart this morning, pending verification that we got everything rigged properly. The reefing lines are a real challenge to rig on the dock when we can't raise the sail to check our work.

This morning we'll depart the dock and raise the main in the lee of Honolulu to verify our work and potentially make whatever corrections can be made on the water as necessary. If all goes well we will head west around the leeward side of Oahu.  The local winds are blowing very strong this week and while departing to the west adds about 80nm to our trip, it's preferable to beginning our trip by pounding into the current and wind in the channel between Molokai and Oahu.