In Two Harbors (Catalina), after arriving on Thursday, we stayed at a mooring ball, amid several other boats — even more on Friday and Saturday night. They have a shuttle service, $4 for transport to or from shore. So you don’t really need a dinghy at all, though we did use the dinghy most trips. Suzana took the shuttle to go running one morning, as I wasn’t willing to ferry her to shore in my pajamas.
Two Harbors is so named because there’s a narrow isthmus, with bays on either side. It’s a half mile walk between. Here’s the other side:
And we ran into our new cruising buddies, Bill and Julianne, on Epiphany. We first met them in Monterey, where they approached us thanks to our flying the Baja Ha-ha burgee (flag). They’re doing the Ha-ha as well. Since Monterey, we’ve run into them four times. Their boat is the closest one:
Leaving Two Harbors, we did an overnight to San Diego. On the way out, before dark, we passed Avalon at the other end of Catalina, but didn’t have time to go in and explore.
Overnight, there were several interesting encounters, including an abandoned and dismasted sailboat, a radio exchange with the Coast Guard, an aircraft carrier named “Warship Four”, and the usual dolphins. More on those later if we have the time.
At present, we’re in San Diego at Sun Harbor Marina, a small, very friendly marina. We arrived right on our original schedule (amazing!), on October 15th. Also here are Don and Roz on Ramble On Rose, who we know from back home, and who are also doing the Ha-ha. We’ll stay in this marina until the start of the Ha-ha on the 29th, doing final repairs, preparations, and provisioning.
