Oct 24, 2012, Wednesday, Cabrillo Isle Marina, San Diego

A woman on the boat across from us has been doing yoga on the dock early in the morning and I decide to join her today.   I start out with layers and layers of clothes on but gradually the sun comes up and the layers come off. Even though I am stiff and long out of practice it is a lovely way to start the day.

After breakfast, while the wind is still calm, we tackle the sails again.  Little by little we figure out how they must have been tied on.  We go back through old photos on my computer and Alan’s ipad looking for shots that show the rigging.  Finally we declare it done.  Hopefully we got it right.  I don’t want to get out there in the middle of the ocean and have it all come apart.

The rest of the day is spent on various projects.  Little by little we are getting to know the people on the other boats.  There seem to be a number of them from Canada and the north west.  They have all had their shake down on the way down the coast and they are ready to go.