Avalon

Away we go...
Still in familiar territory but moving on.

Bye Two Harbors!

barbies at sea

The weather looks good for the next two days then it seems a bit of heavy stuff is coming in from the North so we opt for setting out for San diego. We decide to spend one night in Avalon to break up the trip ( and take the kids mini-golfing). We set out at about 8am to clear skies and wind on the nose (again!). As we head out the harbor we are happy to hear friends on VHF channel 9, wishing us well on our journeys.

The kids set up in for the day (barbies and game cards) and we were off to the races. We set our course and motored towards Avalon...

Photo by Kai

Until that familiar but still unidentifiable whine came from the engine room again. Curses!  We fall off the wind and unfurl our genoa to get some sea-room and just as Jon went below to check things out, the belts started to fray. We think maybe over-tightening was the culprit - J. replaced belts and we went on our way- but we haven't ruled out a faulty alternator bearing. Our sail to san Diego tomorrow will be more telling. The wind is promising to be in our favor so hopefully we won't rely too much on Old Perkie but we will give this new issue some more thought in San Diego, for sure.

We arrive in Avalon with no more trouble and there is mini-golf ashore and dinner aboard and then we all tuck in  for a good sleep as we have an early departure for San Diego - the first new port of our trip!

Chillin' in Avalon