We decided to spend our Summer Break at Santa Cruz Island aboard Juliet. This was our first multi-day trip and we were looking forward to getting some real cruising experience.
On Friday, June 28th, we left our slip at Channel Islands Landing at 9:00 AM and motor sailed to Santa Santa Cruz Island for a week long vacation. There was thick fog in the morning so we kept careful watch and used our radar and AIS as aids. We powered over at about 6.3 knots with the engine running at a comfortable 2,500 RPM. The wind picked up once we were in the shipping lanes so we unfurled the mainsail for a bit more speed, stability, and to make Juliet more visible.
There were only two other boats anchored at Little Scorpion anchorage when we arrived at 11:30 AM. We dropped our bow anchor behind and between the other two boats relatively close to the rocks in 24' of sand. We then used the dinghy to drop the stern anchor in about 40'.
To be continued....
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