Just waiting to go into the marina… Update: made it into the marina with only a small dent in the fiberglass. Cannot lie I am embarrassed for life (it wasn’t even my fault and I couldn’t have done anything better but I’m a perfectionist so still upset at myself).
Last stop before I attempt a marina entryyy 🤢. This was as champagne as I gets 🥹🫶
The swell during the first have of the day got on my nerves and so did the very rolly spot our friends picked for lunch. But after a little power nap we had a gorgeous sail back to the spot we got shelter from the storm in a few days ago…
Had a very chill day, swell has decided not to leave us despite the lack of wind, so this sail was a bit nauseating, but we saw dolphins upon arrival to the anchorage, so very happy!
Did most of this under sail. Very peaceful. Crowded anchorage on arrival but feeling more confident in close quarters situations now so all ggg 😃
This was nice. Had a friend onboard and let him take the helm. Towed the kids on a fender and they enjoyed it… feeling goood 😊
will fill this in later
Looking for a calmer anchorage but we have so little chainnnn 🥲 so we are stopping for a swim and will head back later today…
One to remember!! My first time actually being the most experienced person on a boat. Like actually the CAPTAIN. Was I terrified the entire time? Yes. Did I do a good job at hiding it? I think so. Did I want to throw up by the end? Yes. Was it the stress or the 2m beam-on swell? We’ll never know. Lessons from today: don’t underestimate the light breeze when coming out of a berth. Was so focused on the sharp turn out I didn’t go hard enough and the 60 deg wind blew me straight into the anchors of the boats across… made it out mostly unscathed (aside from my ego). Stayed calm and kept the nerves to myself, which i am pretty proud of. Forever life goal is to be a calm and confident skipper. Rest of the day was all good despite pretty gross conditions, heavy swell and no wind on the tiniest cruiser I’ve ever been on. But we anchored beautifully and now looking forward to getting rocked to sleep :)) One challenge closer to being the captain of my own boat ❤️
