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JimB517
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Initially Posted - 08/18/2004 : 11:34:20

Hi, I am back from the cruise. 2 weeks, 323 miles, a total of 62.5 hours underway, 10 ports visited, mostly singlehanded. All missions accomplished! Used only about 15 - 20 gallons of fuel. Nothing damaged or broken. (lost an anchor hopelessly fouled on a rock 30 feet down after a big blow in Two Harbors).

I'd really like to get a bimini before taking on more 50 mile passages, 10 hour days at sea under bright, bright sun. Also I need another couple of solar panels (2 United Solar Flex 11s were not quite enough over a 2 week period with no engine alternator).

I'd like to thank RichardG for joining me for the Santa Barbara Island portion, and Charlie and kids on C Angel for their company at Catalina. RichardG also provided wonderful support and help at his marina and homeport.

After a marathon clean-up, I am going to spend the rest of this week day sailing with friends and family and fishing out of Mission Bay. I'll have a web page with many photos and narratives updated probably by this evening. Right now I have a lawn to cut and a van full of boat stuff to clean up and put away. After that, I'll do the web page.

Great fun, I'd go again. Santa Barbara Island was one of the most beautiful places I've ever seen. No photos will ever do it justice.

Indiscipline 1978 FK SR #398

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dlucier
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Response Posted - 08/18/2004 : 11:37:53

Good goin, Jim!

I look forward to your photos and narrative.

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RichardG
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Response Posted - 08/18/2004 : 12:14:26

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Santa Barbara Island was one of the most beautiful places I've ever seen. <hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote">

Glad to hear you made it home safe. Thanks for organizing such a great trip (despite the damage)!

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lcharlot
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Response Posted - 08/19/2004 : 00:14:55

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by JimB517
 ...lost an anchor hopelessly fouled on a rock 30 feet down after a big blow in Two Harbors.
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I lose anchors at the average rate of one every other year, usually in Folsom Lake and Lake Tahoe, both of which are full of boulders and snags (waterlogged sunken trees) that lie in wait to gobble your anchor. One of my sailing club friends always brings his scuba gear to Tahoe on the annual cruise we do there, and he can usually collect at least 2 or 3 anchors and 50 or more feet of chain from the popular anchorage areas of Emerald Bay without even looking very hard. Unfortunately, these are usually the cheapest kind of 5# danforth knockoffs that are sold in the boating aisle of MalWart, not "good quality" anchors. I don't think he has ever found an anchor that was really worth salvaging, like a genuine CQR or Bruce. I guess all of the Tahoe regulars know better than to drop an expensive anchor in Emerald Bay - the bottom is covered with huge snags, mostly Ponderosa Pine trees that fell in and sank to the bottom long ago, and might remain for centuries as the water is so cold and pure that logs don't decay for a very long time, maybe many centuries.

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