Underway to the Cook Islands

This blog update is coming via our ham radio email. We have almost completed the first 130 miles in 24 hours. As dawn breaks, we still have a very lumpy, bumpy ride with variable winds between 15 - 20 knots and dropping. Neither of us were able to catch more than a little sleep here or there , nor were we able to read, eat or do anything else (except me getting sick over the side of the rail) as the boat was rocking and rolling to beat the band.. The swells are only about 8 - 10 feet with a 1- 2 foot chop, but the sea is confused and coming at us from all quarters. The good news is we did make it out of the narrow pass at Mopelia without incident, so that was a great start. We also didn't have any rain, and that is about the longest stretch since we've been here this season where it hasn't had some rain in a 24-hour period. Here's hoping the next two days won't be quite as rough. I'll check in again tomorrow morning and hopefully have reports of whale sightings! ETA Akitaki, Cooks Islands, Wednesday, July 14th around 11:00 a.m.