After having rain just about all night, we awoke to only a light mist as we got ready to leave Marina Del Rey and head to Oxnard. Our day would not be perfect, but what day is. One the davits which is used to raise and lower the motorized rafts broke, and one side of the raft was now dragging in the water. Fortunately we hadn't moved from the harbor to the ocean. After idling the sailboat, we had to lower the raft, remove the heavy stuff (engine, etc) and then we used the mizzen boom to help raise the raft along with the remaining working davit. Les and I later were able to reuse what was remaining of the broken davit to help hold the raft, and we could now release the mizzen boom.
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| It may be had to see the broken davit on the right side, but there it is. |
We could now make our way out to the ocean where we found 5-8 foot swells and up to 25mph winds. Everyone kind of enjoyed the challenge of the mastering the waves as we went up and down. At one point, Les and Dennis had to go to the bow of the boat to stuff the staysail jib into it's storage bag. As they were stuffing the sail into the bag, we hit a major swell; I think the bow went thru a 10 foot swing and Les and Dennis swear they went weight-less for a second. They both were laughing as they returned to the cockpit.
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| Don't know how Dennis is able to sleep in this surf, but one must catch winks when one can. |
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