The Log of Indiscipline

Voyage to the Coronados May 2007

	Not from this voyage, but a picture of friend Jeff on a race day. Before he got sea sick!
	Keaving Mission Bay Monday around noon. Light winds, very calm seas. Great to see some sun after weeks of May Gray.
	View of the Point Loma penninsula.
	Point Loma in sight. Sailing South to the Coronados is usually a down wind run under spinnaker. Today saw South winds. I had to tack all day to get down there.
	North Island in sight after a beat of about 17 miles. Called Isla de Corpus Christy, it resembles a body draped in a shroud.
	Reaching South Island with Roca de Media in view.
	Pulling into my anchorage. Under sail! Made it the whole way with no motor. About 25 miles, arriving around 6:30 PM.
	Up at 06:30 the next morning, I found east winds making this anchorage a rocky lee shore. Time to get going. These are the tuna pens, a Bluefin Tuna farm. You can see the pens on the horizon, center right. The barge houses the lonely crew.
	Leaving the south end of South Island.
	View back to the island as I worked my way South in ultra light winds that seemed to come from all angles. Clearly, the island messes up the prevailing NW winds for a long way to the SE.
	Hard to see, but I worked my way south until I was off Rosarita, it was about 11 AM. Winds still very light. Switching to the NW. I was 30 miles from home. Time to start back.
	Meeting up with old friends off SD1, about 3 miles outside of Point Loma. You can see North Island in the distance. I sailed all the way home, averaged 4 knots, arrived about 04:30 PM. That was a 10 hour day at sea.

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