This past weekend, with all our preparations finally done, we took off for our much-anticipated island trip. We left SB Harbor at noon on Saturday and were done anchoring at Pelican by 6pm. Initially there was little wind, but as we got further out into the channel it picked up. By the time we reached the island it was probably blowing a little over 15 kts, so we tucked in a reef for navigating close to shore. We made landfall at Diablo and then ran down (wing-on-wing) to Pelican. We anchored very close to the western wall, and had absolutely no trouble with the bow and stern arrangement. We put all the foulies out to dry, wound down a bit and made indian dinner. Once night fell, we hung out in the cockpit and looked at the stars and meteorites -- it was Perseid shower time, and we saw some really spectacular shooting stars! I was surprised to see that most boats didn't have their masthead anchoring light on at night. We did...
We got up not too early in the morning and made tea. Then we hung out for a while, and later Tijn went for a swim around the bay. He took the composite picture above from the top of the bluff overlooking the anchorage. Shadow was the smallest boat at the anchorage by some 4 ft, and it's pretty obvious in the photo! We packed up and weighed anchor at 12:30, and we were back in SB and anchored by 5pm. The wind on Sunday was a bit mellower, but still probably about 14 kts or so when we got close to shore.
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