San Diego

 We left Oceanside at 0815 this morning and made our way out with an offshore breeze.  Once out of the breakwaters we quickly set the main and we were getting ready the staysail when the wind dropped down to under 5 knots.  So we resolved ourselves that we would end up motoring to San Diego.  We kept the main set to help steady the boat and take advantage of any breeze that did appear.  As we neared Point Loma we found ourselves dodging lots of fishing buoys so we secured the main and jogged our way through until we entered the inlet.  As we were coming in we observed the wind was increasing and sure enough started to see gusts into the twenties which we would have on our tail as we needed to land in our berth.  As we came around the corner we noticed it was going to be a tight fit and a little tricky as the boat sharing our pen was rather beamy.  Pauline called Flora and they and another guy offered to catch our lines.  Mark swung out wide as to get a straighter approach in and brought Sari Timur into the berth at a speed a lot higher than he would like but luckily our prop walk is to starboard (the same side we were tying to) so all went pretty lickety-split.  Thanks guys for the help.  We learned from Flora that they had similar issues when they came a couple days ago.  And the wind will be done in a couple of hours.  And sure enough it was.   We are secured here for 10 days.  Our water maker arrives Tuesday.  The Skerritts are coming for lunch tomorrow and The Garrisons are coming Monday.  Then it is heads down and bums up getting the water maker installed.  

Point Loma ( the entrance into San Diego)