Kaneohe Yacht Club is an incredible place. We were here just 10 weeks ago at the finish of the Pacific Cup, and to be back again feels great. We had loosely figured we would stop here for a night or two, but once we got here, it dawned on us, what’s the rush? Let’s stay for a few days; and that became a wonderful week. We are parked on the bulkhead, with a great view of Kaneohe Bay.
This place is equivalent to a high end resort, but we are paying $25 per night to park our boat here and have full use of the facilities (swimming pool, tennis courts, snorkeling off the dock, great hot showers, and more). On Tuesday, we took the #56 bus into Honolulu and back, so now we know how to move around from here, the next time we come back. We are welcome to stay for up to two weeks at a time.
We saw some good public art, like this statue of Father Damion in front of the State House (priest to the leapers, now a Saint).
We went snorkeling off the end of the dock several times and swam out to the coralheads that are all around the channel into the club. When the sun came out, we could see all kinds of coral and fish clearly. This time, we used my new phone with a waterproof case to take pictures. Several are worth sharing:
We have been very relaxed here, enjoying ourselves, our relationship and eating very well. I am not a one to take pictures of food, but Megan encouraged me to take a picture of the omelet I made. We also started barbecuing on the big open grill here.
While in Honolulu, we went to a pro tennis shop. I bought us both new Babolot racquets so we can start to play together. We played tennis twice, nice and easy. Megan is a former skier and volleyball player, has good hand-to-eye coordination and strong legs, so she can hit a natural forehand and serve. On Saturday and Sunday mornings, I joined the round-robin, drop-in tennis group. I held my serve and felt better the more I played. The mild trash-talking camaraderie of the tennis courts was fun.
However, I must admit I was surprised that I had been playing with Trump supporter. After playing two sets, I got ready to leave, and said we had a lot to do (snorkeling, Red Sox, and maybe watch some of the Presidential debate). He went into a rant on the political history of Hawaii, that it has been democratic the past 40 years; he is a default republican; that Trump has done lots of good things in his business career; the media is biased against Trump (who cares about an audio tape from 10 years ago). He will vote for Trump. I should have known better than to mention any political interest, as most sailors are libertarians.
Tomorrow we will sail back to Oahu. The Harbormaster called and he has a larger boat that needs to be on the C-dock, so he will be moving us to a new sip. He will meet us to guide us in and make sure the new slip works for us. We have some appointments and business to take care of in Honolulu next week. After that, we are planning to sail back over to Maui, Lanai, and the Big Island. We gathered more stories about places to go (3 Sisters and Manelee Bay on Lanai, and Kona on the Big Island). Apparently, the water can be rough around the southern tip of the Big Island where the volcano is now flowing into the water. We are not afraid, as Avion is a medium displacement boat, designed to sail in the waters of Denmark. We will go, study the conditions (trade winds and sea state), and find out for ourselves.
Stay tuned…
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