Philpott
Cal 2-27 Dura Mater
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What I Saw
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Philpott
Cal 2-27 Dura Mater
Fourth of July 2020 in Monterey
Arrived yesterday to find signs at entrances to Monterey beaches read "Beaches closed July 4 and 5th". This morning the number "3" had been added to every sign, indicating that the beaches were closed July 3-5. However, the Wharf was open, albeit while wearing masks
The entire Del Monte Beach was closed. Except for persons entering the water. Huh?
Apparently the beaches are open to surfers. And people attending kayak classes.
And to people with oceanfront accommodations
Also, I notice wryly, for women wearing bikinis. Oh, did I forget to capture those images? Sorry.
Luckily, for all the (many) families who arrived in Monterey hoping to go to the beach, the Estero offered a way to get on the water
Certainly it was a thankless task for the very polite officers who patrolled the beach on their dune buggies wearing those hot helmets. And masks.
Arrived yesterday to find signs at entrances to Monterey beaches read "Beaches closed July 4 and 5th". This morning the number "3" had been added to every sign, indicating that the beaches were closed July 3-5. However, the Wharf was open, albeit while wearing masks
The entire Del Monte Beach was closed. Except for persons entering the water. Huh?
Apparently the beaches are open to surfers. And people attending kayak classes.
And to people with oceanfront accommodations
Also, I notice wryly, for women wearing bikinis. Oh, did I forget to capture those images? Sorry.
Luckily, for all the (many) families who arrived in Monterey hoping to go to the beach, the Estero offered a way to get on the water
Certainly it was a thankless task for the very polite officers who patrolled the beach on their dune buggies wearing those hot helmets. And masks.
When I was a kid, my parents thought I should take up tennis. So I had tennis lessons, several summers. I actually played tennis off and on for about 5-6 years. I'd take my racket and some balls down to the high school courts, riding my bike and whack them around for a while. The thing is, I really never got to be very good. One summer, my parents decided that I should take sailing lessons at the Monterey Peninsula YC. We learned in El Toro's of course. I feel sorry for the guy who was our instructor. Anyway, I learned the basics, but when it was over. I didn't have a sailboat, what to do? So a couple of times, my dad drove me down to the Estero, and rented what was essentially an El Toro knockoff sailboat. I must have gone out maybe all of 2-3 times, but I remember sailing...barely....around the Estero.
Philpott
Cal 2-27 Dura Mater
Oh, I'd love to see a photo of that! Little Alan sailing in an el Toro knockoff. Cuuuuute! Kinda like this?
https://vimeo.com/393085123
Oh much less exciting than that!....and these little fiberglass boats were pretty beat up, if memory serves.
My dad wasn't the type to think "Father-son project, build a boat!" but I might have gone for it, if he had been.
mike cunningham
Freedom 30 "Jacqueline"
Those are some beautiful pictures!!
Philpott
Cal 2-27 Dura Mater
This was an eerie day for sure. Here is the RYC marina
I went down to add teenie cleats to my tiller and found that Dura Mater had a heavy, silt-like layer of soot on everything. Not a good night to have left the sail cover off :-((
As I walked to my car the faithful began to arrive for the Wednesday night buoy races.
I went down to add teenie cleats to my tiller and found that Dura Mater had a heavy, silt-like layer of soot on everything. Not a good night to have left the sail cover off :-((
As I walked to my car the faithful began to arrive for the Wednesday night buoy races.
Philpott
Cal 2-27 Dura Mater
]Sorry to crash Jackie's other thread but I don't know where else to put this.The boat on the right looks vaguely familiar... ]
This thread title is a good one, huh? Very inclusive and meant for just this purpose. Now: what are you getting at?
Met Mike Pyzel yesterday, spent two hours first at my boat then at his (Cal 28, the same boat he did the 1978 SSS Transpac on).
We admired each other’s boat extravagantly and I scored some additional anchor rode the he had in storage and I needed for Santa Cruz Island.
We agreed to a price for this brand new marked rope and both came away happy.
I plan to eat lunch or dinner somewhere with wifi. Master Mariners r in town, every slip is booked.
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Jackie asked if I knew anything about the small plane crash near Goleta that had recently happened near her position as she passed Goleta. Here it is: https://www.vcstar.com/story/news/l...ter-leaving-santa-barbara-airport/3557344001/
Jonathan Gutoff
New member
The new Fugu paint job looks great. Now I have the most beat up boat on E dock. 
Philpott
Cal 2-27 Dura Mater
A beat up boat is a boat that shows character. Now Chris will live in fear during raft ups.
Lightspeed
Willpower
Chris, Fugu new color looks great. We all need to admit Flash Girl is the king of Red Boats, Gordy Yellow, and Surprise Blue (my favorite color). I have always strongly disagreed with the old boat color saying “there are only two boat colors white and wrong”
Daydreamer
SAILOR
Bob J has the hookup for getting those covers monogrammed ��
Fantastic color choice! FUGU looks great!
Fantastic color choice! FUGU looks great!
Philpott
Cal 2-27 Dura Mater
I suppose the peer pressure will require a wash for Dura Mater upon her return. Skip warned me off this spot just above Santa Barbara: "If you go Cojo direct to Santa Barbara, give a wide berth at Coal Oil Point (Goleta) due to continual oil seepage that will turn your white hull gooey black."
Well, we headed out, but that is where the pilot and plane had just gone down. There were three sheriffs' boats out there, and a helicopter on its way. So they shepherded us right into ... the dreaded Coal Oil Point. Did DM acquire gooey black seepage? Why, yes, she sure did! Here she is in Frys Harbor, Santa Cruz Island.
In fact, everything Skip predicted came true. I will share his advice eventually. This bit was most appreciated:
"Given the forecast, nothing you encounter travelling from Monterey to San Simeon will be much different from the summer afternoon wind you have encountered in the slot."
Well, that bit about the wind was true. The swell was more impressive than that encountered in the SF Bay, but we have encountered swell as big a couple of times just outside the gate.
So anyway, I'll have to use GoofOff to tackle the Goleta Goop. Never will DM be able to compete with FUGU or Surprise! nor any one of those many Alerion 28s sprinkled around Docks D and E. But that's okay. Until Jonathan does a re-do of Stink Eye we are in good company.
Well, we headed out, but that is where the pilot and plane had just gone down. There were three sheriffs' boats out there, and a helicopter on its way. So they shepherded us right into ... the dreaded Coal Oil Point. Did DM acquire gooey black seepage? Why, yes, she sure did! Here she is in Frys Harbor, Santa Cruz Island.
In fact, everything Skip predicted came true. I will share his advice eventually. This bit was most appreciated:
"Given the forecast, nothing you encounter travelling from Monterey to San Simeon will be much different from the summer afternoon wind you have encountered in the slot."
Well, that bit about the wind was true. The swell was more impressive than that encountered in the SF Bay, but we have encountered swell as big a couple of times just outside the gate.
So anyway, I'll have to use GoofOff to tackle the Goleta Goop. Never will DM be able to compete with FUGU or Surprise! nor any one of those many Alerion 28s sprinkled around Docks D and E. But that's okay. Until Jonathan does a re-do of Stink Eye we are in good company.