San Diego to Turtle Bay

Starting with the parade and going on to Turtle Bay.

We wore "costumes" for the parade. This was Jan's...

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David at his favorite steering station.  Big waves!

Angie after getting over her queasyness

Waves were so big that a lot of fleet were seasick the first leg.  All of us, in fact, except for David and Jan who had a lot of night watch duties.  But every day the waves got a bit smaller, the water and air a bit warmer, and the crew a bit less queasy.  Patti's cough lasted a LONG time though, as had Valencio's earlier.

I got to try out the SSB for the first time (single sideband) on the morning roll-call and net check-in one morning, after describing our condition we were dubbed the quarantine boat.  Still not a registered "hamster" (Ham radio operator) so all I can do is listen or make emergency calls, but those are pretty useful too.

David with his famous Key Lime Pie (yes, capitals are in order).  Best thing is he taught the boys to make it, and their version was actually better-tasting than this one!  But it still makes a great photo...

This is the anchorage at Turtle Bay.  Dry and a very small town, big fleet. So big that we got lost coming back to the boat one night, took 45 min to find beloved Neener3.

Now we carry a handheld GPS!

Jan also tried his hands at prop-clearing, though this turned out to be a false alarm.