Delivered this sunseeker from LA to Hawaii. She only had a 500 gallon internal fuel tank, so we put three 500 gallon fuel bags in the dinghy garage, and the VIP and guest staterooms. As well we put 7 55 gallon barrel’s on the fly bridge and setup fuel transportation system from the fuel bags and barrels to fill the internal fuel tank.
I spent about a month down in LA and in mexico preparing her for the delivery, this included the auto pilot, 12 volt electrical system, and lots of hose clamps on the exhaust system.
It took 22 days for us to get to hawaii. We were concerned about the fuel bags as they stared leaking. We transferred fuel from the aft fuel bag to the main tank, barrels and forward fuel bags to mitigate losing fuel.
About half way across the pacific a low pressure system sagged to the south and displaced the trade winds. For three days we had head winds, and could only do 4.5 knots.
We could have headed south to get out of the west wind, but I figured it was not worth it because of our fuel situation.
So we spent 3 days in west wind and seas at idle, we did make about 100 miles per day though and eventually the easterly trade winds filled in and we were doing 8 knots towards hawaii.
About 4 days out of Kona we started catching fish. Caught 22 dorados in about 3 days.
Once we arrived in Kona on December 23rd, we flew out my first mate, filled up the boat and took off for waikiki.
We arrived early the next morning December 24th. Had breakfast with the owner. Spent christmas day at hawaii yacht club at a BBQ, then flew home on the 26th.
This was my first power boat delivery to hawaii, my other 7 transits between hawaii and the west coast have been sailboats.
