Seascape for Mary

It's Coby's Mom's birthday -- and she collects seascapes. So we are resuming uploading.

Here's to you, Mary. Happy Birthday!

Interior of Snookums

This is how Snookums looked below decks at the end of a month at sea.

Climax of Sunset - last night out

7/10/2009

Video of sunset off Oahu -- Coby's last night before landfall. He decided to head out to sea, in order to thread through the coral reefs in daylight. He reported how difficult it was to see the lights recede as he turned away. I saw this sunset from another angle. It was exciting to know that he was so close, and hard to wait until another day (except it gave me time to find him leis).

Later in the night, a wind so strong it woke me rose up, along with a wall of rain. Coby said that it literally hit him - he could feel the edge of the wind as it slammed into his shoulder. Perhaps his roughest and scariest ride was that last night, so very close. I awoke many times, knowing that we were in the same storm system. In the morning, it was clear and beautiful. Very early, he made the turn towards land.