"You guys are the first under-50 year olds we've seen in days!" Colin and Kristin are crew aboard the S/V Allymar, 38ft ketch from Oregon - they are also in their late 20s, and paddled over to visit us. Appears that young people are in shortage at sea. They are "hitchhiking" their way to South America on yachts.
We depart the Coches anchorage around 2:30pm and set the autopilot east - this is a wonderful gadget, being able to set the course and carry out work around the boat.
4pm we round the last headland in the island, and we are in the Santa Barbara Channel, sailing on a close haul at 5 knots, which is great upwind performance for a trimaran - which is typically sluggish into the breeze (I think it's because of an extended keel on this boat).
Dolphins cruise our bow, the boat is effortless and stable. I love it. As the sun sets, we crank the motor and jam back to the harbor at 8.5 knots, pulling in a calm dark night at 8:30pm, for my first attempts at docking...
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