Day Two at Anchor and the Wild Goose!

It's day two as we wait out this front coming through. We wanted to leave tomorrow, but there are some pretty high winds and even higher gusts that would be on our nose for the trip out to Avalon on Catalina Island. We want to try and do some sailing now that Reisender is rigged for the main and we want some mild winds to play with the first time out.

It's been raining today and we even got some hail, almost unheard of around here. We've both been getting little projects done. Well, I've been getting little putter projects done, Scott is actually working on some rather important projects, namely getting our AIS up and running again. We changed computers and he's working on getting the program working on it. For my non-boating friends, AIS is a system where we can recognize commercial vessels by name, length, vessel type, direction and speed. They are required by law on all commercial vessels, but not on recreational craft, but many boaters are moving to installing them as they are a wonderful safety feature. We have both a transmitter and receiver. It was a great investment that we are so pleased to have aboard, especially in heavy shipping lanes like San Francisco and LA. I know we'll love it when we get to the Panama Canal.

The most exciting part of our day was when we realized we were anchored near "Wild Goose"!!!! That's John Wayne's boat. It's used now for events and parties. Scott and I are both John Wayne fans so this was one more piece of evidence of what geeks we are. Here's a little about her! Hope you enjoy!






http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_YMS-328