Sail to Catalina 10-03-2011

Up at 5:00 am on Monday morning to prepare for 6:00 departure. Our sweet neighbor, Mary came by to bring us a home-baked loaf of cinnamon bread with icing (at 5:45 am)!! Yum yum! Like I said…. Nice people here! We were headed out at 6:15
It was a clear and calm morning as we left the harbor and pretty much stayed that way until mid-afternoon. The sea was quite rolly though. Not too comfortable, as it was coming from our side (beam/west). The wind piped up in the afternoon to about 13-20 knots, providing a little more speed.

Lots of dolphins were around us again from time to time. Such beautiful creatures! The Coast Guard had been broadcasting for mariners to look out for Blue Whales, as they have been seen in the shipping lane and around the Channel Islands. We didn’t see any though, bummer!

Otherwise, it was an uneventful sail down. We arrived at Catalina Harbor at about 5:30 p.m. and settled in for the evening. Got some great pictures of the pelicans around the area :--)
Planning on going ashore tomorrow.