Last night we saw two ships. Those are the first boats we've seen since Hawaii, except for the local boats on Midway. One was a bulk
carrier, the Auckland, headed for Japan. I'm not sure about the other one.
The wind was pretty weak since Midway, until this morning. We had been doing 3-5 knots most of the time, but today we've been going
about twice that. No fish. Water temperature 75.2F. Air temperature around 79F. There is a little rain ahead, so the wind is getting
squirrely.
We should reach the seamount around 10:00 or midnight. Nobody is sure what the local time is here. Maybe we should use the sun to
determine local noon.
It was a hassle to get permission to go to Midway. We had to apply for a permit by the end of January in order to visit in June, and
didn't get the permit until two days before we left. There are a lot of requirements beforehand and restrictions during the trip.
The government agencies involved in Midway put out a draft management plan that determines, among other things, the rules and
restrictions for sailboats visiting Midway in the future:
http://hawaiireef.noaa.gov/management/mp.html
I submitted this public comment:
http://xpda.com/nwhi/publiccomment.htm
If you're interested, you can email your own comment to PMNM_MMP_Comments@fws.gov before July 8.
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