January 01, 2007
Happy New Year!
The plan was to sail to the Catalina Islands from Newport Beach to celebrate the beginning of 2007. Three boats and 4 attempts to sail 26 miles and the boat finally made it! On our first trip out we made it about 2 miles before the alarm and cloud of steam informed us that the engine was overheating. After a couple attempts to fix it we were forced to call Vessel Assist. I got my wish for calm waters...turned out it was too calm - the 0 mph winds made sailing impossible without the engine. At this point, David, Bryan, Rochelle and I decided to spend the night in Newport Beach, have an excellant Italian meal and spend the night at the Hyatt.
After the mechanic replaced the faulty part, the other 4 members of the crew ventured out onto the ocean that night only to be towed back again by Vessel Assist (a captain's nightmare). The next morning they transfered all their belongings and food to a smaller sail boat but this time they didn't even make it out of the harbor before problems arose. Meanwhile we were enojying our Mimosas on the Catalina Express ferry motoring over to the island. The faithful crew finally got upgraded to a twin engine power boat and arrived soon after we did. We spent the afternoon on the boat fishing and relaxing before the New Years festivities began. This morning we rode the ferry back to Long Beach and headed back to the Central Valley. Last we heard the Jewell of the Nile was docked in Catalina waiting for the mechanic to arrive!
The first time we got towed
Dolphin encounter
Our idea of sailing
Taking a taxi over to the new boat
Sushi on New Years Eve
Posted by Lisa at January 1, 2007 07:16 PM
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