We left Catalina yesterday and had a delightful sail in light 6 to 12 kt winds out of the north with calm seas of 1’ to 3’ swells. It was an easy 90 nm trip. That's the souther tip of Catalina in the photo above.
Bev is getting so good at driving the boat that you wouldn't know that she was doing just that; steering Malo, in the photo above but she is.
We enjoyed an enchanting moonlight passage that was magical. It was also the warmest passage of the trip. On previous passages I would have on two fleece sweaters, a winter jacket, all under a heavy foul wether jacket. Below I had thermal underwater, under pants, under foul weather over pants. That plus two hats and gloves. Burrrr. Last night's passage was balmy in comparison with just one fleece and a jacket and no foulies. Much nicer!
We did encounter one creepy 500’ navy warship that whipped past us doing 27 kts, then once past, did a U turn and then floated around the rest of the night. I hope they stay safe. With the recent spat of navy ships bonking into civilian ships you can be sure that we kept close eye on them.
Dawn this morning greeted us with a divine light show. San Diego was like coming home. I had spent a lot of time sailing in & out of this harbor back in the day, but it’s been 47 years since I’ve done so. It’s a strange experience as much looks the same just as much has changed and after the sideways inducing experience of last night's, night-sail, it’s a bit like returning in a dream except it all feels so real…
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