Here is the more-or-less detailed log.
MON 24 OCT
- Breakfast at SDYC
- Ron and I got rental cars
- I got new battery for cell phone
- West Marine has an Internet "cafe" inside their store...
a nice touch
TUE 25 OCT (San Diego)
- Breakfast today at Red Sails
- Nels still working on oil leaks
++ Mapquest directions at SDYC front desk
- I went to plastics place and replaced piece I broke
- 1:30P Oil leaks "fixed"
Now, dinghy has a leak, so take it to the "Dinghy Doctor" for repairs
- Dinner at SDYC
WED 26 OCT (San Diego)
- 1000 - More oil cleaning! - washed engine room
- 1030 - Oil pressure indicating zero. Fixed that.
- Out to sea to test new spinnaker - just fine, though we
got it inside out the first time.
- 1300 - Back to dock and find that tachometer and charger
not working. Fixed that.
THU 27 OCT
- Got dinghy. It floats well, BUT motor does not work
- Got dinghy motor running (Bad plugs, missing 18-mm metric long
socket for sparkplugs)
- Now, alternator on main engine not working, so take it to shop
- Move from SDYC to other marina, via fuel dock
- John Reilich meets us at fuel dock
- Mike checks into hotel
FRI 28 OCT
- Lynn arrives / Bob arrives / alternator arrives
- 1200 - adjust values on engine
- Re-greased portlights
- New alternator installed - it works. 14V!
SAT 29 OCT
- Mike out to dinner with college friends
SUN 30 OCT
- Slept in
- Work on boat a bit
- Baja Halloween party (see pix)
- Dinner at SDYC with Bob & Ron
MON 31 OCT
- 1100 - A good running start with spinnaker up...started
near Pt. Loma end of line.
- Good wind and weather - we opted to stay inside and go
between the Coronados islands
- Then jibed and go towas Cedros Island
*! The usual DDW course...roly-poly
- 1800 SOG = 6.3K, wind 26K true
- A great spinnaker ride...spinnaker down at dinner fime, as wind shifts
TUE 1 NOV
- 0010 (my watch) Very light wind, wrong direction, two
unintentional tacks
- 0300-0600 - Lynn had a good watch - 3KT, but wrong direction
- 0700 Zero wind
- 1200-1500 (my watch) zero wind, zero speed
- 1500 some wind, some speed, but it died at 4PM
- Lovely sunset (see pic). No wind, so we had extended happy hour
- Great dinner: Pork chops, scalloped potatos
- 8PM - a little wind, so we can sail at 4.5K Hooray.
WED 2 NOV
- 0800 No wind. Drifting in fog.
- 1000 Put up spinnaker in fog
- 1200-1500 (my watch) 13K true wind. Sund comes out. A nice sail
- Massive tangle of fishing lines, and lost one completely
- 5PM - fog moves in - jybe the spinnaker - wind is much lower
- Blinking orange light on generator
- 630PM - I put on thermal long johns...it is COLD
- A lovely dinner: Large steaks, baked potato/sour cream,
large salad
- 1100P - LOTS of rocking and rolling on DDW course, so Nels
decides to go at a wind angle of 160 degrees and that
gives a much smoother ride
THU 3 NOV
- 0000-0300 13K true wind. Autopilot di all the steering...
no sail trim needed at all.
- 0600 Wind has lasted all night...good speed and distance
- Note (Bronco) Loose instrument display is too easy to bump,
disconnecting data display
- 0930 - Start generator. Output OK, but no green light,
only a flashing orange one.
- Good winds all day - good sailing
- Past Cedro, turned left for final approach - winds gusting to
30K, but we got the spinnaker down OK
- Later, winds dies down, so we
1. Hoisted spinnaker
2. Prepared dinner
- Salad of cottage cheese & tomatoes
- Baked chicken
- Noodles with Nels' sauce
- We let the autopilot do the steering while we pretty much sat below
and had a fine dinner (with the spinnaker up) right up to thefinish line
- Finished at 8PM, then spinnaker down and a 2-hour to run
Turtle Bay in the dark
- Anchored in our usual empty spot right next to fuel dock.
- Champagne and fresh-squeezed OJ to celebrate
- Into bed at 11:30P
FRI 4 NOV - Turtle Bay
- Spent AM bagging candy, pencils, postits for children
! (On net) One boat has 3 Universal alternators, all bad!
- Handed our candy, etc. to kids on street
- Met Frenchman Miguel at restaurant for lunch
- Beach party
- Moved "Bronco" to beach
- Took panga to beach
- Met "Cassiopaeia" crew
- Interview with Cruising World editor
- Met John Reilich there (!) He was on "Ryden" which had
major propulsion problems, trying to put a new automobile
gas/electric system into an older Valiant 32,
SAT 5 NOV
- We got a good start. They gave fleet a "running start", with
one hour of 5KT motoring in any direction, so we (as usual)
point south and motor.
- Wind comes up and by 1030 we are by ourselves inshore, ahead
of all but three boats
- On my 1200-1500 watch - sunny, good 11-19K winds.
Hit 9.9 on the knowmeter
- We are about 3rd or 4th in the fleet
- Good strong winds in the afternon. Made good time, but a little
rolly, so we just had sandwiches for dinner
- Ron fixes blinking orange light
SUN 6 NOV
- 0600 Hardly any wind
- Spinnaker guy just about worn through - 0900-1100 to fix that
- Great quesadillas for lunch
- More DDW, but we use Autohelm wind angle at 160 degrees to
keep gooing smoothly.
MON 7 NOV - Bahia Santa Maria
- Wait until Nels repairs hydraulic seal on wheel, then Bob
redoes loop and whips old line.
- 1300 - Ready to go BUT dinghy will not start
- Work on dinghy until 3PM
- Good news: Cell coverage. [Bad news: Lots of crew talking
on cell phones]
- Lobster for dinner
- Heated (but fun) discussion of unions, etc.
- Parties on several other boats that evening, but we made our own
TUE 8 NOV
- 1200 - Pusser's rum party
- Beach party - some clouds
- Visited tall ship "Talofa"
- Back to boat for spaghetti dinner
- John Erlich is there on the beach
- To bed at 7:30P, because we gotta get up around 0430
! I moved/changed H2O, which a few others did not like
Revised: December 19, 2005