01 - 02 June 2019
Once the marina realized its mistake in placing us on the floating dock they urged us to move to the longer term fixed wooden docks. To make up for the inconvenience we got to shop for our more permanent slip, which turned out to be a good thing.
After reviewing a few we picked a slip at the south end at an inside corner next to a park area. It was a nice spot, but tough to get in to, which is probably why it was available.
To avoid towing the dinghy into the slip while docking we left the dinghy at the floating dock. It was a good docking despite the difficulty, warping from midship to get the rest of the way in. The dock hand was impressed with Heather's driving. Later I walked back to the floating dock and drove the dinghy over to our slip, just tying it up alongside for now.
We tied and retied the dock lines, letting us get just close enough to get on and off fixed wooden docks despite the tides, but not too close to bang into the pilings. Once again, doing this soon after our arrival turned out to be a good investment. A quick storm came into the area the next day with wind gusts reported up to up to 60 mph, and we definitely saw some 40 plus gusts. Since we had been traveling for a while we spent most of our time cleaning up and organizing the boat for living rather than traveling. Below is the view across the dock from our boat.
Since we didn't have a car yet we frequently walked over to the marina restaurant the next dock over. This is the view from their deck. Combined with their cheap little buckets of beach drinks it was a fabulous, if somewhat rustic, atmosphere.
The picture below is looking back from the bridge seen in the previous posting.
After reviewing a few we picked a slip at the south end at an inside corner next to a park area. It was a nice spot, but tough to get in to, which is probably why it was available.
To avoid towing the dinghy into the slip while docking we left the dinghy at the floating dock. It was a good docking despite the difficulty, warping from midship to get the rest of the way in. The dock hand was impressed with Heather's driving. Later I walked back to the floating dock and drove the dinghy over to our slip, just tying it up alongside for now.
We tied and retied the dock lines, letting us get just close enough to get on and off fixed wooden docks despite the tides, but not too close to bang into the pilings. Once again, doing this soon after our arrival turned out to be a good investment. A quick storm came into the area the next day with wind gusts reported up to up to 60 mph, and we definitely saw some 40 plus gusts. Since we had been traveling for a while we spent most of our time cleaning up and organizing the boat for living rather than traveling. Below is the view across the dock from our boat.
Since we didn't have a car yet we frequently walked over to the marina restaurant the next dock over. This is the view from their deck. Combined with their cheap little buckets of beach drinks it was a fabulous, if somewhat rustic, atmosphere.
The picture below is looking back from the bridge seen in the previous posting.
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