If you read my
previous post you know that we spent the week rebuilding the generator in order
to have power for a two night anchor out.
We worked right up until the Saturday of Memorial weekend on that
infernal hunk of metal. After a very
frustrating morning it was clear that this was not going to happen and the
decision was made to bail out on the Bay Yacht Club cruise with our
friends. It was a huge bummer.
As I headed down
the dock headed to the car to run errands I ran into our friends on Sea YawlLater. Rusty and Linda have docked their boat here for several months, but they
are not currently living on the boat and hadn't been down in about 6 weeks. I spent a few minutes catching up and filling
them in on all of the fun we had had all week with the Generator. They took pity on us and lent us their
portable Honda 2000 generator. Now we
could anchor out for the weekend!
After a quick
run to the store and to fill the propane tanks we were off….to the fuel dock
and pump out. The weather had been building all day so by
2:00 when we threw off the lines it was blowing about 25 knots. It was a tough beat into 3 to 5 foot waves
the entire way across the bay and up the Port Aransas ship channel. When we made the turn in Port A to the Lydia
Ann channel we were finally able to unfurl the jib and sail for 8 miles of the
28 mile trip.
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We arrived at
the anchorage just as happy hour was getting into full swing. By 7:30 we were showered, dressed and ready
to go. We had a great time hanging out
with friends. Eight other boats had made
the trip, so it was quite the gathering.

On our way back
to the boat we made the rounds to say good morning. We were invited over for lunch and a
float. What a great way to spend a
couple of hours. The water was a bit
chilly for some, only 85 degrees, but incredibly relaxing in the new noodle
chairs.


Most boats
departed for various points on Monday, but we decided to hang for another
day. We still had fuel for the Honda and
were really enjoying being away. One
boat, S/V Kerry Ann, stayed on with us and joined us for lunch. Unfortunately it was just too rough to get in
the water since the wind had yet to lie down.
Tuesday we had a
pretty quick downwind run back home.
With a little help from the incoming tide were hitting 10+ knots in the
ship channel. The ride across the bay
was a little bumpy and I had to be on my toes with the waves, but we Averaged
8.8 knots. Mark shot a couple of videos
of the fun. We were back in our slip by
1:00 and despite the less than ideal conditions, can’t wait to do it again!
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