Hello hello-
Not much has changed since my last update so I'll keep things brief. The sailing has been a little rough these past 36 hours. They announced yesterday that the captain redirected our course to Hilo to avoid a major storm brewing off the coast of California. Even  though we avoided the storm we're still getting the surges from it and have been rolling on 10-15ft swells since yesterday afternoon. It's a bit tough to adjust to and it certainly makes walking around the halls interesting but nevertheless everyone's getting by (with the exception of a few unadjusted students who can be seen sprinting for the nearest bathroom covering their mouths on their ghost white faces). We'll hopefully be out of all of this tomorrow.
   Since we've left Ensenada we've gone ~1,700 nautical miles and have ~1,300 more to go. Not only did we go 300 miles off course to avoid the storm but they also slowed our speed a fair bit so I can't imagine we're going to arrive at Hilo on time.
  The weather gets better by the day as we get closer to the islands. Today it was crystal clear skies with a good breeze and 75 degrees... i.e. just kind of weather that makes you want to do nothing but study, right?! No but seriously...
  That is all I can think of for now. Hope all is well on land!

- Chris