Hooray, we are on our way!!! We loaded the dingy aboard and eased off the mooring ball motoring north. The winds are north / northeast, not great for sailing, but I put up the jib and we’re getting an extra knot. With the winds and seas, we have to correct our course, but it is a relatively smooth ride. In fact, the 15 to 20 knots that they had predicted, were more like 13 to 17; very doable.
We decided to take a slip, the first in about 5 weeks of anchoring out and mooring balls. After we tied up, I re-filled the water tanks and put power to the boat, not using the generator this time. We took showers, but not long ones, as they give you tokens that give you five minutes of running water. Well after showering on the boat for over a month we were able to get through a shower and shampoo, as well as wash and rinse our shorts.
One thing that we noted was that we were one of the smallest in the marina, and we were the only sailboat. The only smaller boats were the tenders for the yachts. On another note, as we were making the turn through the channel into the marina, we noticed these people waving at us. I was too busy negotiating the channel due to the tidal change, but afterwards we met a couple and their son who were at Warderick Wells. We had talked to them at the party, and now they were anchored just outside the marina. They stopped by and we gave them the grand tour, and Beth noted that their son was the first child on our boat.
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