Hangin' around

The boat to Tern Island has been delayed due to high seas- a 20 foot swell which turns into a 50 foot surf when it hits a piece of land. Great for Hawaiian surfers, not so great for transporting large loads of food and equipment from a big boat to a small boat to a small island. All of our stuff has now been loaded so we are just hanging around waiting to go- our current departure date is Monday 7th. The ship we will be travelling on is called the Kahana. Fans of the TV show Lost might recognise it as both the ship and the crew were used during filming. It is a 180 foot cargo ship which regularly travels the length of the Hawaiian Island chain delivering supplies to the remote outposts. The trip to Tern should take 2 days, however if the sea is too wild for us to land at Tern then we will have to stay on all the way to Midway Atoll, which is so far away it is in a different time zone, and then get dropped off at Tern on the way back, a round trip of about 16 days. Given that various people have described travelling on the Kahana as 'a bit like being in prison' and 'you'll definately be throwing up the whole way', then that is not a prospect which fills me with joy.