Mandolin departure from Christmas, bound for Hawaii

We finally are on our way, yay! We left today, Sept. 3, at 1900 utc. We have app. 20 knots of wind out of the E/SE and are going 20 degrees app. 6.5-7 knots with one reef in the main. Seas are app. 3 ft. at 6 sec. out of the East. Sunny skies, 30% cloud cover, barrometer 1004. We're movin, we like that!
We're heading north towards Hawaii. We've set our course to the eastern most island, the Big Island, and will see how the wind goes and where it blows us. Since the wind generally comes out of the East and North East, we could even end up in Kuaii. The weather looks good for the next 3 days, we'll be monitoring it closely along with a couple other weather people who are helping us. We still need to keep our eye out for any formations of tropical storms or hurricanes, but it seems to be a good window right now.
We're really happy to be on our way!!!!!!!!! We'll keep you updated daily,
Chris and Lori