Thought we should touch base with you and the club. After almost four weeks heading south we are staying put for a few days in Newport Beach. Robin Fouche and Bob Hulegaard are working in Corona and living aboard Silver Girl here in Newport Beach. It is really nice to be with folks from home.
Reciprocals have become very important in our new lifestyle and the SIYC has certainly allowed us to connect with many yacht clubs along the way—-to say nothing of saving some $. We have found almost all of the clubs welcome “out of staters” and we love seeing the SIYC burgee hanging in club houses.

We have done a fair amount of sailing which is certainly preferable to motoring. Our “new to us” used spinnaker is still a challenge as we iron out the kinks. Coming down the coast we saw mostly fishing boats rather than recreational boats but many, many whales. One day we had pods going north and south on either side of us it was like sailing down the median of the freeway.
Our plan is to be in San Diego the first week in October and then the BaHa-HaHa the end of the month.
Again, hooray for the Sauvies Island Yacht Club!