Here is an overview of Leg 12 that we (Liz/Mark/Amanda) undertook: 3 separate daysails over a span of 5 days for a total of (approx) 125nm in 20 hours underway.
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| Bluewater's route south from Redondo Beach to Newport Beach to Oceanside to San Diego |
Thursday August 6, 2015
After saying goodbye to David/Mary/Sam, the 3 of us (Mark/Liz/Amanda) spent a day and a half in port lounging around.
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Thursday night, August 6, 2015
Liz and Mark at the Cheesecake Factory in Redondo Beach
celebrating our 21st wedding anniversary |
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| Amanda catching up on email |
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| Sunset at King Harbor, Redondo Beach |
Friday August 7, 2015
A good day to hang around.
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Chef Amanda adding lemon juice to her fish,
the Pacific Mackerel she caught with Sam
on the way back from Catalina Island the
day before. |
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| Fresh fish in the morning! |
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| A day in port (King Harbor, Redondo Beach) |
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| Movie night in port |
Saturday August 8, 2015
We were up early and off again and heading south! Here is a video of Amanda catching a couple of fish,
More Mackerel. And since there were only 3 of us onboard (Mark/Liz/Amanda), here is a video of our crew
Amanda on Duty:
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Saturday August 8, 2015 departure time 8:40am
Up came the fenders!
Amanda worked overtime on this Leg and got a lot of crewing experience |
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| 3 Souls aboard: Skipper Mark, Amanda and Liz |
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| Welp, let's get out the fishing gear! |
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| Calm seas |
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Our first fish on Leg 12!
Another Pacific Mackerel! |
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| Lots of fishing boats ahead around Palos Verdes |
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| Weird view of Palos Verdes and a ton of fishing boats |
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| There REALLY were a LOT of fishing boats off Palos Verdes |
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| Amanda, raising the mainsail |
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| Amanda re-coiling the bow line |
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| Amanda, easing the jib sheet |
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| Amanda working the traveler |
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| Amanda, moving the jib car |
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| Amanda getting a well-deserved nap underway! It's tough work to be crew! |
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| Amanda with another Pacific Mackerel! Fun to catch, fun to eat. |
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| And another Mackerel! |
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| Mark and Amanda checking the fuel |
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| Amanda, sheeting in the jib |
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| Amanda, lowering the mainsail |
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| We are inbound for Newport Beach |
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| Here we are at the check-in dock where we got our mooring assignment |
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| We are heading for our mooring ball in a super busy harbor |
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| We have arrived. Here is our view aft from our mooring ball B61 |
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| Bluewater's route from King Harbor, Redondo Beach to Newport Beach |
Route: King Harbor, Redondo Beach to Newport Beach
Crew: Mark/Liz/Amanda
Departure Time: 8:40am Saturday August 8, 2015
Distance: approx 40 nm
Arrival Time: just after 4pm
Time enroute: approx 7-1/2 hours
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Newport Beach is a HUGE network of Marinas and Mooring Fields
We are moored right near Balboa Island |
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| Sunset in Newport Beach - looking aft |
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| Sunset in Newport Beach - looking forward (the bright lights are the Balboa Fun Zone, mini amusement park) |
Sunday August 9, 2015
We spent another day in port, Newport Beach.
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| We got in the dinghy and motored to a public dock on Balboa Island. Here is a view of Bluewater from the dinghy. |
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| Bluewater |
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| Amanda walking along the beach, Balboa Island, Newport Beach |
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| A house in town with a chimney labeled "Circa 1924" |
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Here we are meeting a fabulous friend, Teri Rogers, who lives on Balboa Island
Teri is a dear friend of our friend Kevin Mulholland. She has oceans of sailing experience and great stories. |
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We all dinghy'd back to Bluewater. Here is Mark introducing Teri Rogers to Bluewater
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| Amanda/Liz/Mark and Teri Rogers - Welcome aboard! |
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| Teri telling sea stories (she has some amazing stories)! |
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| Teri Rogers in the port cabin |
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| Continuing the tour, here is our starboard cabin |
Here we are at The Balboa Fun Zone on Balboa Peninsula in Newport Beach, a nostalgic mini amusement park on Balboa Peninsula.
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| View from the Ferris Wheel. Newport Bay is on the left, the Pacific Ocean is on the right. |
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Amanda
in the Bungy Jumper |
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| She's up! |
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| And Over! |
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| Amanda just out from a weird rotating slip-n-slide thing. She admitted it was awful (nauseating)! |
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| Amanda and Mark - Beach time suits everyone. |
Monday August 10, 2015
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| Here is our early morning view when we THOUGHT we were going to get an early start to the day |
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| Here is a small broken piece from our port engine |
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| Port engine, no throttle control |
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| Item #34 is the culprit |
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Cable end, remote control
$14.15 |
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Here we are heading to a marine parts store that opened at 8:30am
The good news is, we called ahead and they have the part!
Luckily, our dinghy proved reliable for the 4-1/2 mile round trip! |
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| Amanda Bryce Barrish, Skipper-of-the-dinghy-in-training on duty |
Click here for a video of our
Dinghy ride to the marine part store
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Amanda preparing to release the
mooring line from mooring ball B61 |
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Skipper Mark
Departure time - finally! |
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Liz and Amanda on lookout on the bow at departure from
Newport Beach enroute to Oceanside Harbor |
We finally departed in Bluewater at 11:30am in calm overcast conditions (with light winds predicted) after our delay due to a broken throttle end piece. Below is the report I sent after we were underway.
Though we had very little wind and motor-sailed the entire way, soon after departure we found ourselves in a fish boil area with birds, dolphins, flying fish, and what we think were small juvenile whales (with dolphin like fins). It was fun seeing the marine life:
Whales & Dolphins!
We arrived in Oceanside just after 5pm. The Oceanside Harbor Patrol gave us a double wide slip and we were happy to be there. The weather was gorgeous. Oddly, they put us in the impound area.
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| Bluewater's route from Newport Beach to Oceanside |
Route: Newport Beach to Oceanside
Crew: Mark/Liz/Amanda
Departure Time: 11:31am Monday August 10, 2015
Distance: approx 38 nm
Arrival Time: just around 5pm
Time enroute: approx 5-1/2 hours
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| Bluewater in Oceanside |
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Bluewater comfy in the impound area
(were they trying to tell us something?) |
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| My photo was Photobombed (by Mark and Amanda) as I was trying to capture the entire O C E A N S I D E sign. |
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| Sunset in Oceanside |
Tuesday August 11, 2015
Early Tuesday morning, Bluewater crew Leg 12 was in the Final Push to San Diego. 3 souls aboard: Mark, Liz, Amanda. We were off at 8:43am from Oceanside with winds calm (less than 2 knots), thick overcast, long period small south swell. Surfers were out and the military was doing dinghy maneuvers. We had been hearing explosions from Camp Pendleton (marine base close to Oceanside) for days. They were doing live-fire exercises and reporting over channel 16. Here is a 4 second video of the
Military in hot pursuit!
Soon we were distracted by dolphins!!! Huge pods of hundreds of them! They were so cute. Lots of babies and pregnant females.
So many dolphins! So beautiful. Also, a giant sea lion just hanging out with his nose in the air. We missed a bonito on the fishing boat lines, darn! Amazing sea life but not a breath of wind. We were motoring.
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| Amanda and Mark enjoying our dolphin escorts, including babies! |
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| Breathtaking |
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| So many dolphins! |
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| Friendly |
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| So much fun to see |
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| What a show!!! |
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| Mark and Amanda enjoying the dolphins |
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| Our view coming up on a pod of dolphins |
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| Food from David/Mary/Sam - THANKS! |
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We did not waste food!
Why would we?
Look how good it looks! |
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| More fishing! |
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| Another Mackerel! |
And after a fantastic dolphin show and some fishing, we were graced by the presence of a
huge humpback whale. And guess what? Then we encountered more dolphins and Amanda remarked,
"Mama, I'm hearing them!"
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| Amanda learning how to put out the screecher sail in light winds |
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Mark and Amanda attaching the screecher
to the bowsprit |
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| Lots of prepping to raise the screecher |
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| Amanda and Mark attaching the halyard to the screecher sail |
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Amanda raising the screecher; the bowsprit is out
(white horizontal spar extending forward of the bow) |
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| Amanda coiling the lines |
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Liz and Amanda and our beautiful
screecher sail |
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| Screeching! |
And here we are in the final stretch,
screeching to San Diego!
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| Here we are - a family portrait with our screecher sail |
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| Amanda lowering the screecher so Mark can pack it in the sail bag |
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| San Diego has a lot to see |
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Here we are docked at Shelter Island Marina
I inadvertently mixed up the names and "thought" I signed up for Shelter Cove Marina |
Route: Oceanside to San Diego
Crew: Mark/Liz/Amanda
Departure Time: 8:43am Tuesday August 11, 2015
Distance: approx 45 nm
Arrival Time: just around 4:00pm
Time enroute: approx 7 hours
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| A neighbor catamaran in San Diego |
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| Our location in San Diego harbor |
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| San Diego skyline at night |
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