Motoring up the Duck Pond
13 November 2010 | Oceanside, CA
Donna / Sunshine now but a cool night
Our 40 mile jaunt from Newport Beach to Oceanside was pretty quiet yesterday. We weren't expecting much wind but there seemed to be some as we were leaving the jetty so the main went up, the jib went out. The only problem was we ripped the main as it went up due to a wrong setting on our preventer. So Scott and I fixed that today. Out of the 40 miles we sailed only about 5 miles as we crossed the 'duck pond'. Could hardly tell it was the ocean vs. a lake. I set out my cruising seat on the side deck to watch for 'fish and chips (ships) as Scott did some projects down below.
Later, I brought out the sewing machine since there were a few tears in the main sail cover that needed attention. We had bought some material to cover our fenders so I made 5 covers for them 'while the machine was out'. A very productive day.
We had also bought some solar screen material and tested ways to attach it to block out the sun down in Mexico. I think it will be a nice improvement.
We found out where the closest market was and went riding 3x as far to find it. Oceanside has a huge ocean front hat we could ride along and went out on their major pier and watched some surfers. One park even had a couple with their 8-10 macaws and cockatoos just enjoying the day. Scott enjoyed having a 'bird fix'. I held a blue and gold macaw and thought of our blue and gold macaw 'Tarzan' we had for almost 20 years. At one time we had 4 macaws, but that's another story.
The Oceanside Yacht Club gave us 3 nights free so Monday we'll head for Mission Bay. Again, taking a very slow and easy pace.