January 21, 2016

I spent another week working around the weather.  I was finally able to get a break and install the new radar antenna dome, which, after a few adjustments works fine.  Hurray!!! I also made some more progress in the v-berth, and it looks like it might work out fine after all.
Heavy surf continued to wreak havoc on beaches and the harbor entrance.  Much of the sand that washed off the beaches to the west of the harbor got deposited in and around the harbor entrance.  High surf and shoaling in the harbor made it pretty dangerous to try to get in or out.  The Harbor Patrol was on station at the entrance and told boaters if and when they could enter or leave.  (We were informed via email that ignoring their edicts was a violation of Federal law.)  Island Packers, the company whose big catamarans take tourists and campers out to the islands, had a staff member with a VHF radio stationed up in the Park Headquarters tower to tell their boat skippers when the sets were right for a quick exit.  As if that weren’t enough, a quick inspection of the burn from the Solimar fire made it pretty clear that if we get some heavy rain, a lot of mud and debris is likely to come down, possibly closing the 101 freeway.  We’ll see….

















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