It’s always nice to have some dock time but it’s just as nice to get off the dock. We took a few days for Evelyn to relax and get into vacation mode before we left the dock. On Wednesday morning (April 9), the three of us threw off our docklines and backed out of the slip. We headed back to the Power Plant lagoon which is about 5nm east of Salinas. It was a lovely day and we had no idea how windy it was until we got into the main channel leading to the anchorage. The wind piped up to over 20 knots on the nose (of course) which made our short journey a little slower. We were anchored before lunch so we went for a dinghy ride through the mangroves.
The best part of being at anchor is that you can swim off the boat. We all went for a dip after lunch on Wednesday. The water was beautifully warm and we splashed around for a while. The stern of the boat had a bit of growth at the waterline (from being stationary for 2 weeks) so Evelyn took a scrapper and cleaned it off for us!! After our swim, we relaxed in the cockpit staying out of the sun as much as possible. We had a lovely dinner at anchor and even sat out on the bow that night to look at the stars and the moon.
On Thursday (April 10) we decided to do another dinghy ride – this time we travelled a little bit south to these islands on the opposite side of the channel. The water around the islands was quite deep and there were little channels that we could scoot through to get to the ocean. It’s very shallow just south of these islands so the waves were breaking. We found a really nice sheltered spot with a tiny beach (one of the few sandy spots in this area). We had a great swim in this spot. After our swim, we headed back to the boat for lunch. We had another relaxing afternoon and a yummy pork tenderloin dinner.
This morning (April 11) we pulled up anchor and headed back to the marina. As usual, the wind started to pick up just as we were getting ready to go into our slip. We called the marina twice to get help with our lines but unfortunately no one came so we did it ourselves! Evelyn jumped off the bow and took care of the 2 bow lines while I tried to get the stern lines around the dock posts. It was very challenging with the wind blowing us around but we managed to get secured back in our little spot. Now we have a bit of cleaning up to do and also some more relaxing before we head to the airport on Sunday to pick up Caroline!
Crimson Kathryn and her crew 