And then

And then we ended up drifting to a place I call Eagle Rock. Im not sure if that's the real name, maybe it is cause theres an eagle nest on a rock there. I've seen the eagles before but not this trip. We anchored in really close for holding. I could see the bottom and dropped right in a nice patch of sand. And when I say close. I mean hummm kinda scary close. But after a night it was "hey this is perfect!" We hung there for 3 days I think, and every morning a herd of kayaks would paddle by. " Hey morning how are ya?" Its was great. Super warm, super clear water, super cold beers. Yes once again paradise right in our own backyard. We just chilled snorkeled BBQ'ed and did nothing. "NICE". I already blew through 4 books and was chewing through another. Poor Craig, Im a crappy host when Im in a book. He'd say "Yea I saw your head buried and didn't wanna bug ya" Then he'd swim again. I was trying to dry my ears out so reading seamed a good idea. By this time we didnt know what time is was or what day it was. It reminded me of our Mexico trips. You know when your like centered and living in the moment and alls good ? Ya haven't seen TV in a months and really it doesn't matter? I think they call it peace. And if they don't they should.

And more pics

You have to make the best out of everything. So here's a few more pebble in the water pics.

?Where was I?

Oh yea.. We sailed back down in O wind. I took the inside track while Craig took the outside.
I figured the wind would pressure off the cliffs. And Craig figured the wind would be outside of the point. We where both wrong. Ya know the little ripples that happen when ya throw a pebble into a pond? So we put some trunks on and went swimming. Another perfect day!

More pics

Some friends

The Latitude 38 boat

And Oracle hauling ass

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Craigs catch of the day

So anyway we used a mooring that night which was a well needed rest. With no worries of dragging off to sea. The next day we anchored outside of the field. You have to b 300 yards away to anchor. So off we when looking for good holdings. It's like 70 feet to the bottom. I was lucky and grabbed straight away. At least I thought so. Craig had to give it a few laps before he found some thing good to grab into. Around noon the winds really kicked in again and with the funnel affect the Isthmus has it was really kicking. Sure enough it drug me out of my spot and I had to find better ground. I carry 100 feet of chain and 200 feet of rode. I had all the chain out and 100+ of rode G's Libby was like a freakin kite but I didn't drag. We where kind of held boat captives until the winds died a bit. Then we went in to shore for some humm food. And a hike around. As evening hit I pulled in 75 feet of rode and was set for the night. Sure enough the next day brought beautiful weather and 20+ knots again. Once again I was held captive. I'm just that way. Ive seen enough boats go dragging by to know when not to leave mine. and again the winds died in the evening so all was great and perfect. We snorkeled abit dinked around and reeeelaxed. Really nice and so freakin pretty. The Isthmus and Avalon are to different animals. Avalon's like tourist town and the Isthmus is like sailor Bob cruiser world. I like em both. But feel more sailory (?) at the Isthmus or Cat harbor. We wanted to head farther north but I didnt feel like gettiing the shit kicked out me again just to sit in a lonley cove. So we where kind of waiting to see what the weather was going to bring. On the third day we decided to take the wind back south. What the hell thats fun when its blowing. Wind on the ass is allways better then wind in the face. Day four we pulled out or tried to Craig had 300 lbs of kelp stuck on his anchor. Poor guy but he has a windless so at least he got it up. As we where sailing out it was like "yea woowoo this is gona rip!" Then sure as hell poof nothing! It took us over 8 hours to go 10 miles.God some tiimes I hate sailing.

Me over looking Cat Harbor

Some of the Natives

The Latitude 38 boat was there too.

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Craigs view chasing Libby and me down!

Dang his boats fast , Lucky I know how to cheat!

Part 2

This is SHADOW chasing me down. It's fun to buddy boat cause you get cool shots of you and your friends!

And ole Craiger catchin up in a hurry!!

The Excape

My bro and I where sitting around doing nothing cause there just isnt anything to do work wise. So we decided to do a buddy boat sail off for a tad. We had no plan's what so ever. The best kind of sail off. All we knew was north would be kinda fun cause we are kinda burnt on Mexico.
First we headed to Mission bay for the night. which turned out to be 3 nights. Cause it's soo cool !! Easy anchor, easy row in, easy walk to beach, easy to store, easy bike or skateboard down the boardwalk and no check in or out and free for 3 days !! Oh and humm the girl watching is just insaneley good. All within a 4 hour beam reach of sailing. So yea why not.
Then I guess it was time to leave paridise. We headed to Oceanside but blew it off. Yea the beach is easy. The surf is realy good, the stores kinda easy the bike or skateboarding killer and the girl watching is allmost as insane. But it's 25 bucks a night and no where to anchor free. And well the Habor folks just dont like thier jobs. Even thou they have the best ocean view of all the cop docks Ive ever been to. And althou very helpfull the Harbor police dont seam to like boaters, go figure. So we just kept going.
We ended up sailing to Dana Point, No the row in is not easy, The surf,very tame and crowded, no real boardwalk for skating or biking. But Ole Libbys from there and we have friends there.
We anchored on the south side of the inside jetty. Straight in front of Doweney beach. Yes it's free. A little rollie but not enough to spill a beer. So thats all good. I dont think the Harbor guys like boaters there iether. Well maybe if we went inside and paid 25 a night for a guest slip. But gee why? They just came by sniffing around and informed me my anchor light was not strong enough. Good job guys!! So I happened to have another one I put out to conform. You can anchor free in the turning basin but you cant leave your boat. That didnt work for us cause we needed humm food. While there, I ran into some friends from 20 years ago! Wow that was the best treat!! We hit it off like no years had gone by at all. Loved it !!! Then good ole Dana Doug rowed his kayak out just as my anchore was dragging past SHADOW. We all took Libby into an open slip near his boat and he gave a us a ride to the market for hummm food. Thanks Doug!!
It must have been Saturday cause the place was going off!! Jet skies, kayaks, fishin boats ,sail boats, ski boats just anything that floats was out there. So yeup the girl waching was pretty good.
After 3 days I guess we got bored and left paridise again. And headed to Catalina. When we woke up there was a nice SW wind but someone forgot to put another quarter in the wind machine and it died big time. Bummer I have a sail boat for sailing not for burning fossil fuel. But I also just hate siting and listening to my rigging just flap for hours and hours so we ended up turning the motors on. We arrived at sunset which is a good thing cause ancoring at Catalina is an art all to it's self. It dropes off like crazy like 50ft in 50 yeup a one to one slope in most places. The good thing is you can see the bottom and make sure your hooked. We where going to a place called Whights landing but ended up near frog rock. Real rollie and we where beat. But it worked and it's free. One night there and it was time for laundry and showers and more hummm food. So we went into Avalon. I mean it's the law you have to go into Avalon. Luha Larrys for a beer. Then Ice cream at Olagfs. And a cheesh burger from the place below the Blue Parrot. Yea Avalon is a cool spot and soo freakin close. We where hanging out BS'n about all that time in Mexico and started laughin cause Catalina's got it beat. Sure ya might think Mexico is soooo cheep. And it is if you anchor out, fish and only hit the market's when needed. But so's Catalina if you play it the same way. And they have ice, yellow cheese, and meat that has had the head removed. We paid two nights in Avalon to eat headless yellow cheese burgers and wash it down with an icie soda. Real nice and the girl watchings pretty darn good to.
We sat around looking at the flags waiting for a breeze to pick up. Cause it was time to leave paradise again. As soon as a hint of wind kicked we where out the door and heading north to the Istmas. And as all to often saling it's iether none or to much wind and sure as shit bame!! 30 knots staright on the beak. Damn that sucked all reefed up and beating. Granted it's only like 10 miles but dang I was spilling my beer. Ole Libs only wieghs 6000 lbs she gets tossed around pretty good when it's blowing over 20. But hey what do ya do ? Ya secure your beer and hang on. We landed at the Istmas around midnite and opted for a mooring. 27 dollars a night but it sure felt good that night.
To be continued

And then it was dinner time. I did two tri tips .One for tonight, one for chewing on later. A friend did potatoes and the other brought fun. When the wind starts tomorrow we will be off again. I have some new batteries for the camie so this should be fun !!

Heading off

I thought this was super cool

Ahhhhhhh summer time !!!

OOOOOhhhh summer time!!!