Sailing the Ocean Blue

Well in case y'all thought that we didn't do anything without Fiona check this out:

We dropped her off with John and Vicki on Friday evening in Pacific Grove (Thank you thank you thank you) then we came home and fell right to sleep as all parents of a 2 year old do. We got up the next morning after sleeping in. Woke up and ate breakfast that did not involve cheerios, tantrums over bowl colour, making motorcycle noises, or spilled milk. We hopped on our bike and rode down to the harbour to take the first of our sailing courses. Learnign the basics on a "little yacht" a Santa Cruz 27 called La Paz.



The first day we did a lot of rigging stuff and sailed in the afternoon for a little while. Devon wasn't feeling his best, note the cup of coffee and bottle of medicine:


The sailing was fun and exciting. That night (Saturday) We rode our bike up to the little neighbourhood near the harbour and had beer and chips at one stop and then found an itailan place and had some yummy noodles. Eating out alone is a nice treat. We rode our bikes back down to the harbour and settled into our boat for the night. Not La Paz, but her more comfortable 32 foot Catalina neighbour the Wind Goddess. Slept like babies (except for the waking part) and in the morning we were already in the harbour so we toodled down for a pastry and a to-go lunch and then we rigged the boat, and sailed a good chunk of the day.

We had great ideas about getting photos of on the boat while it was going but it was a splashy and dynamic place, lots of leaning over at uncomfortable angles and inexperiences maneuvers, so the camera was safely in the cabin. We had a good time, i was a bit nervous when we heeled more than 20 degrees which I will have to work on until we get a catamaran. Devon of course relished any technical and exciting moment without looking the least bit concerned.


Rode our bikes home...Fiona is coming home tomorrow sometime so tonight...dinner together...maybe a movie...and sleeping in again on monday morning.