Sailing 092610

Joe and I went out sailing on Sunday. There was not any wind until we got to the end of the Point Loma. We motor sailed till then. We then pulled the jib out as the main was already up. The wind picked up to about 18 knots. It was surprising as it was forecast for light winds typically 10 knots and less. It settled in at about 12-14 knots for the remainder of the day. The swell was about 3 feet, nice calm sea. We sailed out past the outer buoy to San Diego Harbor and beyond. Sailed for a couple hours had some lunch and then sailed back. At one point we had jackets on. The water temperature is about 61 to 68 and the wind coming off the water cools you right off.
We are getting a record heat wave so the nice cool sail was great!

We left at about 11:30 am and returned about 5:00 pm.

The pictures are of Joe at the helm and I getting ready to raise the main as we slowly motored to windward. A friend of Debbie’s’ and mine came by in a motor boat and snapped some pictures.

My wife Debbie was in a nearby restaurant with her sister and our daughter and some girl friends celebrating her sisters 50th birthday. They also got a few photos but were at a much greater distance away. Small San Diego world at times.