Spending Friday night through Monday morning at Glorietta Bay in Coronado, San Diego.
We arrived at Glorietta Bay at about 6:00 pm and had to find a place to anchor. It was quite crowded. You are supposed to call and let them know you are coming and they only let a set number of boats in. Of course they do not enforce it. That means any one can come anchor and they are not asked for a permit (as long as you are inside the yellow markers for the anchorage).So we found out a lot of Coronado YC boats and others would just zip over and drop anchor.
We had not place to drop the hook. We saw a few boats on the outside edge of the yellow anchorage markers so we decide to drop the hook there. Well we tried it but did not like the spot so we had to up anchor. We motored around a bunch of times looking for a spot.
There was a spot but there also was a Catalina 36’ that was there before us motoring around looking, they had first choice.
The wind was blowing and it was not easy holding a position. We would stop at a spot and the wind would blow us towards another boat. We also need to practice backing the boat down strait while laying out chain. We were going into other boats as we were going back side ways. This was nerve racking. The wind was not helping us either. This is a must for neat time!
We decide not wait any longer for the Catalina and found another spot on the outside edge of the yellow buoy.
We dropped the hook. We let out 70’ of scope. I set the snubber and the chain stopper.
First I tried to tie the prusik knot again for the snubber. It was a mistake because I screw it up again and it was a critical time of live anchoring, not a test. So I chucked the prusik knot as a snubber option and used the snubber I had made. I will need to practice this knot at a non anchoring time. I think it is a great option. The piece of 20’ ½ line you see tied to the bow pulpit is what I was going to use.
The snubber I set by tying one side off and then putting it around to outside part of the chain. Then I would pull it into a link and tie off the other side. Worked good. Later I would let out more scope and let out more snubber. The anchor locker door really needs to be closed while setting the snubber.prusik knot
So we are getting the hang of anchoring but are still working on technique.
Our head sets worked good. Mine was getting knocked off by the jib sheets. Had to move them up to the front of the bow pulpit where they were tied. I used a shorted tether which helped also. If my antenna is not up Debbie cannot hear me good.
The 45lb CQR set right off the bat and we were sitting perty.
Again I did not know how deep it was.
Again I did not check the tides.
Again we were short on scope.
For all chain at least 4 to 1. Our 70’ was too short.
We decided to go with it for the night.
The depth was 17’
Our bow is 6’ out of the water.
The tide was a 6’ tide.
So 17 + 6 + 6 = 29’
29 X 4 = 116’
Oh well next time.
We did not have enough room to let out any more scope.
Of course there was a race - fun watching all the goings on
This is th eboat we almost hit on an achor try when running out of chain
Our first spot where we spent the nigh and a lot of the next day
We had to meve and so ended up here further south
Our dock mates by one of the famous yellow bouys
We are running on 440 amp hours at this time with one 135 watt solar panel. We do not have a microwave or hair drier (thank you Debbie) an our refrigeration is not yet in (using ice in box) so we do not have much drawing amps. We had way more electricity than we needed.
With humidifier attached.
I do have a breathing machine that can hook to a 12v battery. So I bought an adapter and have used it before on the boat that way. It will draw less than a inverter hook up. So I tried it at anchor and could not get it to work. I now think it was user error as I was pressing the menu button not the start button. Imagine that? Any way I hooked it up with the inverter (small 150 watt) and it ran fine all night. Say about 10 hours. The solar controller read 12.5 for our batteries. That is over 90 percent. That is when I checked after waking up. The sun had been up for a while so the batteries had been charging.
Shows batteries chargd at 13.1
The solar controller will show a green light if the batteries are charging and a different blinking for different stages. It also switches between amp being drawn and amount of batteries are charged. That’s awe have at this time. The link 2000 is not hooked up yet.
The manufacturer of the breathing machine (I have sleep apnea) http://www.sleepapnea.org/info/index.html states it will se ½ of a marine\rv battery per 8 hours. So I am guessing 220 amps? Any way id did great. Now on batteries I can not use the humidifier but I do not need it on the boat. I do use it on shore power though.
In the afternoon “Ranger Bob” came by, the Harbor Patrol. They asked if we had a permit, I said yes, they the said we needed to move within the yellow buoys. I said there was not much room and they said it did not matter you just may have to get close to a boat than you like and they left.
Other boats they hailed but no one came up on deck. They did not board any.
Ok so dam we need to up anchor once again. We did and it was not as big a deal as it has been.
Again it was in the afternoon so the wind had picked up. We found a spot and I thought we could drop anchor outside the yellow bouy and then back into the anchorage past a CC ketch but it was not to be. As Debbie was trying to back the boat up and not hit the ketch the wind was trying to blow us into the ketch and as we were right next to it (about a boat length away) we ran out of chain! We have 200’ and I guessed wrong on the distance. We had to hurry up and pick up all the chain and get out of the way before the wind blew us up into the other boat! We did but it was very stressful. So guess we need 300’ of chain and I need better judgment.
Oh yes I forgot to mention as we were backing up laying out chain up through come a curtain! It is all chewed up and is kind of clogging the gypsy but the windless keeps spitting out chain thanks for that. I said to Debbie the curtain is clogging the windless!! Then it just spit it out and we kept going backwards. No retrieving the curtain as it went down with the chain.
We are varnishing the chain locker door so it is at home. To make the chain locker kid a go away Debbie hung a curtain from the towel rack in the head that hangs above it. I suggested wire ties but she simply tied loose knots. Again thank the universe for that!
The chain some how caught the curtain and fed it through the windless and into the bay.
You can see the curtain in the photo. There is a hand towel hanging on it.
It could have ripped out the towel rack and done a lot of damage as it was nothing happened! Ya!
This time we got out 100’ of scope out. Kind close to the boat behind us. We stayed put. Again the 45 lb CQR set right off the bat. “Ranger Bob” swung by again and then left. As it seems if you do not answer the door they just leave you alone. Oh well it keeps the honest people honest and that is us. Gave us more anchoring practice even though we did not want it.
Condos at Coronado.
Gulf course on east side of anchorage.
Looking out the channel.
Cooked up a steak on the grill - Debbie surprised me with steak!
Now what not to do when anchoring.
Do not anchor too close to shore.
The sail boat not facing the way the other boats are is aground! Yep stuck in the mud.
Took high tide to get the boat off.
My wife Debbie on the phone, she is the communications mate also.
As we were getting ready to leave on Monday mid day a bunch of trawlers were coming in to anchor. Must have been some kind of rendezvous.
This is a real pretty one, shows better in real life!
Here is a pic of a military plane flying over the Hotel Del Coronado. It is landing at North island naval Air Station.
This is not a Baba. We looked it up once on the Coast Guard site for registered vessels and it is some other kind of sail boat. It is however a boat we have seen around for some years. They now have a child. Seems they may be living aboard.
The water was not that warm nor were the days yet there were some swimmers. Here Granddad and his daughter and her son were in the water. They were swimming to and from the beach having a great time.
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