The trip from Mission Bay isn't very far - just a few hours, but of course things are never that simple, right? As we are leaving Mission Bay, dodging crab/lobster pots and HUGE patches of kelp and seaweed, it starts to rain. That's about when the overheat alarm on one of the engines goes off, due to a shredded water-pump/alternator belt. That's the good thing about having two engines, at least we were able to keep going and get safely into clear water, before Scott climbed down into the engine room to replace the belt (fortunately an easy job).
Following us out of Mission Bay, and through the pots and kelp was another catamaran, French-flagged. I hope they weren't following us assuming we knew the best path! But we both made it through.
Point Loma also has massive kelp fields and pots - requiring going 2-3 miles offshore to avoid most of it.
We are now safely tucked away in a marina on Harbor Island. We didn't expect to be able to find a slip, especially with our wide beam, but we lucked out - calling at just the right time after another boat had cancelled their reservation.
We really enjoyed coming into San Diego with all the cool military boats, helicopters, and planes that we saw (and heard!) constantly the whole way up the channel. We've got some video to put together of this, so look for another blog post soon!
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| Point Loma |
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| San Diego |
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| Profligate |
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| Profligate, behind the power boat (+1 artistic) |
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| Flying Dingy? |
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