The generator is delivering lemons and the lemonade here is delicious! We’re waiting for test results of an oil sample to come back and we’re passing the time in a beautiful place with great weather.

The rigging re-installation was fun to watch. Tieton has a mast that is about 62 feet above the waterline, with a furling boom that wraps the main sail inside the boom when not in use. The furling genoa and jib (forward sails) go from the bow to the mast, and the back stays stabilize the mast from the stern (back). The shrouds are on each side of the mast and stabilize the mast side to side. All these components and the stays/shrouds that fasten them to the boat were replaced with new and reattached during the process. The SD Rigging team worked so well together, it was almost like watching a ballet. Here’s a link to the crane lifting the mast.

We moved from Silver Gate Yacht Club (upper left arrow) to Coronado Cays Yacht Club (lower right arrow) on Saturday, which was about 10 NM away. The San Diego Bay is large and shallow. The navigation map below shows the variety: white parts of the map are deep (> 15 ft.), light blue are a somewhat shallow (6-15 ft.), darker blue is really shallow (<6 ft.), green is tidal (sometimes above water), and yellow is land. Navigation for boats with a larger draft, such as Tieton at 7 feet, is only possible because of dredging, and the dredging is deep enough to allow cargo ships and aircraft carriers out to the purple arrow.

A cay is a small low-elevation island on the surface of a coral reef. The Coronado Cays is networked with canals that contain multi-million dollar homes with docks in front, many which were empty for our entire stay. Some of YC members we met live aboard their boats and were just great people. We were once again blessed with a visit from our friend Laura Mason during her layover. She hopped the ferry to Coronado, rented a bike and came to the Cays for lunch and a kayak ride, before she headed back for her flight out. The next day, we rode bikes to Coronado for groceries and a quick look at Glorietta Bay (red dot in middle) where we are anchored out tonight.