Wednesday August 12, 2015
Having arrived the previous afternoon, we (Mark/Liz/Amanda) woke up and were thrilled to have made it to San Diego! In fact, we were shocked, excited, intrigued, amazed, and somewhat in disbelief. We had had a LOT of different crew members and crazy plans but somehow it all came together and there we were in San Diego enjoying our success. Hooray!! We had arrived at our planned destination on time to await the arrival of Marilyn and Michael, Bluewater's guests at our furthest destination south and turn-around point. What fun! THANKS to everyone who signed up!
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Amanda rocked out while Liz lounged and
Mark went for a run |
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Unloading the catch at Fisherman's Landing, San Diego
Photo by Mark on his run |
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The Tuna that evaded us!!!
We didn't catch any tuna but
someone did!!! We hear they were
catching tuna further off the coast
and down deep in the water |
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| Marilyn, Amanda, Liz and Michael - Best Western Palms Hotel & Marina |
And on arrival in San Diego, I mixed up the names of the marinas and we reserved a slip in Shelter Island Marina (not Shelter Cove Marina) so we unwittingly ended up in the high rent district but no complaints. Our marina had access to 2 hotel pools!! So we lounged around at the pool until Marilyn and Michael arrived.
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| Marilyn and Amanda |
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| Amanda, Mark, Marilyn |
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Amanda reading a book from a
Maurice Sendak's Mini Library collection
- a gift from Marilyn - THANKS! |
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| Marilyn on Bluewater |
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| Amanda and Mark |
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| Marilyn, Liz, Mark - heading to a restaurant |
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| Sunset at Shelter Island Marina |
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| Marilyn at the Blue Wave Bar and Grill |
Having lived in San Diego previously, Marilyn and Michael had a full agenda of people to see and places to go. That first night, Michael visited some friends and Marilyn stayed with us on Bluewater.
Thursday August 13, 2015
We enjoyed hanging out on Bluewater with no agenda.
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Good Morning!
Mark, Amanda, Liz - port cabin |
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| Amanda wanted some hairstyle variety |
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| Amanda and Aunt Marilyn discussing the finer points of life: fishing, reading, knitting, sailing, crafts |
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Mark got to business and changed the oil
in all 3 engines (Bluewater's port and starboard
9.9 hp's and the dinghy's 2.3 hp) |
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Salt crystals around the inside of the
starboard engine cover |
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| Lets pamper the dinghy engine for good luck! |
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Amanda in a cute top from
Aunt Marilyn - THANKS! |
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Craft projects galore! Here is Marilyn showing
Amanda how to sew on buttons |
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| Marilyn sewing on buttons and Amanda wearing her new FAVORITE hat from Aunt Marilyn - THANKS! |
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| Time for sailing and we're ready!! Mark, Amanda, Marilyn, Liz |
After leisurely lounging and prepping, we were FINALLY ready to take Marilyn out sailing! The weather was perfect and it was fun and relaxing.
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| Amanda and Marilyn on the bow at departure |
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Skipper Mark taking us out for a day sail in San Diego Bay
(and even out into the ocean) |
And since San Diego is a host to many branches of military, we saw lots of activity including these
Military Dinghy's! And here is a link to
Knitting Underway!
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Knitting lessons are underway.
Check out that sailboat out the window
behind you! |
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| Liz at the helm |
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| It's a beautiful sailboat! |
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Yes, lots of sailboats
and oh look - The Midway! |
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| Captain Mark sailing past the Midway |
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| Another US Naval ship protecting the Homeland, San Diego |
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| Thank you for your service, and don't point those at us! |
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| San Diego skyline, Coronado bridge, and turbo-prop airplane |
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| Amanda, Marilyn, Liz heading out into the Pacific ocean |
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| Captain Mark and knitters |
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| Liz capturing a selfie plus knitters |
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| A pleasant evening on the ocean |
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| Checking out the ocean conditions - nice! |
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| Marilyn let Amanda play with her tablet device |
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| Amanda giving Marilyn more knitting lessons before bed |
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Bluewater's track for San Diego Daysail #1
We sailed in the Bay and tacked back and forth past the Midway, then we turned around and
ducked our nose out into the Pacific before heading back to our dock at Shelter Island Marina |
Route: San Diego Bay Daysail #1
Crew: Mark/Liz/Amanda/Marilyn
Departure Time: 2:06 pm Thursday August 13, 2015
Distance: approx 22 nm
Arrival Time: almost 7 pm
Time enroute: approx 4-3/4 hours
Summary: We had a super great sail around the Bay and out past Point Loma, briefly out into the wide open ocean. Amanda taught Aunt Marilyn to knit, the breeze was light (10-12 knots and less), the Bay was crazy busy (lots of traffic of all types: sailboats, power boats, Navy ships, Container ships, kayakers, you name it), but the ocean was beautiful and pleasant.
Friday August 14, 2015
We enjoyed hanging out on Bluewater with no agenda.
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Good morning Aunt Marilyn!
She is wearing a fuzzy knitted bracelet,
a gift from Amanda |
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| Liz and Amanda in the morning |
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Marilyn's Knitting!!
You passed the class!
(I didn't! And I still can't knit a stitch) |
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| Marilyn and her multiple rows of knitting |
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| Michael joined us around noon with crafts for Amanda - THANKS! |
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| Marilyn, Amanda, Michael - Crafts have taken over Bluewater! |
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| Michael and Mark preparing for a dinghy ride to the fuel dock |
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| Michael and Mark are off! |
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| The dinghy worked beautifully. |
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Amanda and Michael
New crafts - Let's start! |
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| How do you make them? |
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| Let's look up online instructions |
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| Liz, Marilyn, Amanda, Michael - One big happy crafting family |
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| Departure time (2:30pm) - Let's go for a day sail! |
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| Amanda discussing crafting techniques |
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| Liz at the helm |
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| Amanda and Marilyn - Crafting underway |
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| Skipper Mark in San Diego Bay |
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| Time to put the crew to work! Marilyn sheeting in the jib |
Here is a short video of our
Working Crew.
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| Michael preparing to tack |
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| Michael and Marilyn and the San Diego skyline |
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| All of us: Mark, Amanda, Liz, Michael, Marilyn |
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| Amanda and Marilyn on the water |
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Bluewater's route for our San Diego Bay Daysail #2
This time we just toured a portion of the Bay for a short daysail. |
Route: San Diego Bay Daysail #2
Crew: Mark/Liz/Amanda/Marilyn/Michael
Departure Time: 2:31 pm Friday August 14, 2015
Distance: approx 8 nm
Arrival Time: Just before 5 pm
Time enroute: approx 2 hours, 20 minutes
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| Mark and Marilyn enjoying a post-sailing beverage |
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Amanda (who must be up to something), Michael, Mark, Marilyn
post sailing relaxing |
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The fruits of the crafting labor!
In fact, Mark was spotted just yesterday (Oct 23rd, 2015) STILL wearing his parachute cord bracelet, 2 months later. |
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| Back at the marina with BIG smiles - So many crafts, so little time... |
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Mark off dinghying around. He wandered down a few docks to visit another
Seawind 1000 in the next marina but the owners weren't around |
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Amanda was fond of Michael's
selfie stick |
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Michael and Marilyn and the "Pacific Portal" Sculpture
Shelter Island, San Diego |
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| Grocery shopping adventure |
Saturday August 15, 2015
After days (maybe months) of discussing the San Diego Zoo option, we woke up and planned a zoo day! Meanwhile, Roland was running a Half Marathon in Jackson, MI "Running Between The Vines" and he came in first in his age category. WOOHOO!!! Congratulations! We loved getting the news.
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Roland and Kay in Jackson, MI
(No they weren't in San Diego or sailing;
I'm just seeing who's paying attention) |
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Roland came in FIRST in his category (Men age 50-59) in a Half Marathon - WOW! That deserves space in my blog!
He also came in 20th out of 237 Men and 28th overall out of 855 runners.
His pace over 13.1 miles was 7:33 min/mile!!!!!! |
And here is Amanda gone wild with a selfie stick:
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| Amanda |
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| (Mark and) Liz |
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| Mark and Amanda |
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| Amanda and Michael |
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| Mark and Amanda at Shelter Island park ready for the San Diego Zoo |
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| San Diego Zoo, here we are! |
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| Tiger at the San Diego Zoo |
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Michael, Amanda, Marilyn
Vibrating foot massage chairs |
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| Panda |
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| Panda Photo |
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| After the zoo, here are Michael and Marilyn at Rudford's Restaurant |
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| Rudford's Restaurant - a classic diner |
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| Marilyn's creative palm tree on her napkin |
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| Amanda and the selfie stick took us back to 1963 in Kennedy's famous motorcade |
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| Hibiscus |
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| Bird of Paradise |
Really nice neighbors (in their 100+ foot converted Canadian Patrol Boat)
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| Back to sailing! Here we are departing for a sunset sail |
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| Marilyn and Michael thru the windows |
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| We weren't the only boat out for a sunset sail |
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| Heading out into the Pacific Ocean; Point Loma on the right |
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| Liz at the helm |
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| Sunset is starting, snacks and drinks have been served |
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| The sunset is getting strong now |
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| I like it when the crew does all the work! |
Here are Marilyn and Michael as we returned from our
Sunset Sail! We also enjoyed a fun Fireworks display in the vicinity of the Midway Aircraft Carrier Museum celebrating the 70th anniversary of the End of World War II.
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| Marilyn and Michael on the bow - Michael in the starboard pulpit. |
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Bluewater's route for San Diego Daysail #3: The Sunset Cruise
Pretty much straight out to the Pacific and back to hover for a bit for fireworks before returning to our marina. |
Route: San Diego Bay Daysail #3: The Sunset Cruise
Crew: Mark/Liz/Amanda/Marilyn/Michael
Departure Time: 6:30 pm Saturday August 15, 2015
Distance: approx 9 nm
Arrival Time: About 9 pm
Time enroute: approx 2-1/2 hours
Stay tuned for more blog updates as Marilyn joins Bluewater's Leg 14 as we started our return journey north toward San Francisco....
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