33 26.648 N, 118 29.506 W
Last night after we arrived at Marina del Rey, Rich's cousin's daughter, Amanda Mazzoni and her boyfriend Mike Ryder came down to Windarra and joined us for dinner. Amanda is attending Southwestern Law School here in Los Angeles. We last saw them at Jesse's wedding in June. It was the first time that they had been to the boat. We had a great visit.
This morning we paid for our moorage and walked to Ralph's to do a little provisioning. On the way out of the harbor we stopped to top off our aft fuel tank. Yesterday, I mentioned that one of the sailboats in the harbor had a mizzen mast that was larger than Windarra's main mast of 65 feet. The sailboat is called Zenji and it is owned by Larry Ellison. Apparently boat problems occur on very expensive boats as well. They are having problems with the hydraulics that raise and lower the sails, a serious problem for a sailboat. I am glad we do not have that problem.
The first half of our trip to Catalina Island was simply motoring in very light airs. We did see two whales which we think were grey whales. After we crossed the shipping channel the wind piped up to 13-16 knots and we sailed close to the wind at hull speed. We even saw some porpoises jumping out of the water as they raced in front of us hunting fish. We took this as a good sign. As we neared the island, the wind climbed to 17-19 knots.
We are anchored in Isthmus Cove in Two Harbors, Catalina Island. Tomorrow we hope to pick up a mooring as the winds are predicted to be strong tomorrow night.
It is great to be at anchor.
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