Busy Days

We got Patty and Brett off of the ferry and made the trip back down the coast to our Cove. After some swimming, sunning and just hanging around the boat, we went ashore. Brett attempted to fill in the cove with rocks from the shore, but made little difference. Regardless of how many rocks the kids throw in the water, the winter storms just roll them back up on the beach.

Brett played on the swing, hiked up through the trees and climbed up into a treehouse with an ocean view. After a while, we all took showers in the open air shower and went back to the boat.

We had a dinner invitation from our friends Ike and Zuzana, so we packed into the dingy and took the half mile trip down the coast to Emerald Bay where they we’re anchored. We had appetizers on the aft deck and then retired to the salon for dinner. After 10:00 pm, we bundled sleeping Brett up, climbed down into the dingy and took a very dark trip back to our Cove. I was glad that I had kayaked that stretch many times and knew where the rocks were.

Sunday morning was cool and cloudy, but by noon when we pulled the anchors the sun was out and the wind was up. Fifteen minutes under way and we had the engine off and we were sailing a broad reach for home.

We got in by 4:30 pm. It was good that we only had to motor a short distance because a small coolant drip tuned into a big one and the engine started getting hot coming down the Alamitos Bay entry channel.

I poured enough water into the system to keep her running while we furled the sails and got into the slip. I will be glad when the autopilot is repaired. Hand steering across the channel makes for a long day.