hawaii

Saw this https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2024/08/22/hawaii-tropical-storms-hone-gilda/ and it made me want to ask the Hawaii trip veterans here about whether 1) there is a "season" for sailing to Hawaii, and a season not to be en route either way... e.g., is this too late to ever be...

Is anyone planning to sail from LA to Hawaii this June (2024)? I am planning a trip. If anyone has any wisdom to share, please do! Rebecca

Life has it's twists and turns. A little twist was introduced into my life in late October when I was laid off work. I had been thinking about taking some time off to pursue a trip to Hawaii (and back) on Rumour. The Law of Attraction is real, ya know... As I've been diving into projects...

Some rough-hewn "technical" notes on my trip. I hope to write some more lyrical narrative versions soon: The Jib The jib sail, the marvelous jib sail! Sure Shot at present carries a high cut “100%” jib, specified primarily for the close-quarters high winds of the San Francisco bay. On...

Aloha, I need some help deciding to bid on a E-36C this week(last week May, 2014), although answers will help me and others later than that. Background: I just started looking for a comfortable 30-38 footer able to sail inter-island in Hawaiian waters, and perhaps beyond. I came across...

Hi All, For your amusement you may enjoy the spectacle of 25 boats single handing to Kauai from San Francisco. There will be hourly position updates via the Single Handed Transpac 2012 website. I know of one Ericson - Olson 34 going along as I am the pilot. Regards, Brian

Aloha all, just thought I'd post some pics of my re-make of my 1973 E35-II. I bought the boat for $9000 in March 2009 and worked on her for an average of 4 hours/day for almost a year to get her into her present condition. One of the main things I did to make her user-friendly in Hawaii is to...

After coming in from sailing yesterday I saw a new boat across from me. It was an Ericson 30+, same as mine. They just moved to my marina and I was wondering if anybody knows who they are? Would like to meet them. Boat name Blue Hawaii Looks like 1984-1985 Ericson 30+ Port is Ventura...

http://www.gigharboryc.com/races/JAM%20Vic-Maui/Vic-Maui%203.htm On my early morning journey around the 'net search engines... I found this nice site with photos and even a short 10-knot video of a race to HA on a big boat. So it's not an Ericson or an Olson... but still nicely done and it...