More San Diego

Continuing my stay in San Diego, I tried to strike a balance between boat projects and playing tourist, and did a bit of each.  Carol came down for a nice but short visit, so of course we visited a major gallery installation.  Later I checked out the Point Loma lighthouse, which I had never seen before and got a nice view of a submarine coming into the bay from on top of the hill.  The big boat project was getting my lazy jacks sorted out (again!) and back in place for the trip north, which will start in a couple of days.  Doesn't sound like a big job, but the guys who removed and replaced the mast made a tangled mess of the multiple lines TWICE after I had them neatly sorted out.  This time it took a couple of hours of untangling and five trips up and down the mast to get it straightened out.

Life on the Police Dock continues to be ''interesting" with a continuing cast of odd characters coming and going.  There is definitely a group living on the margins who hang out here when they can.  Last night a large sailboat squeezed in behind me while I was watching a movie and didn't hear it, leaving very little room between our bows.  Too close for comfort, but no collision or damage.  I hope either I leave first or I'm aware and prepared to fend off when it leaves!

At the large Wonderspaces gallery.  This is a piece called

"Sewing Machine Orchestra" which played music using the 

sound of sewing machines while lights changed.

This large piece created artificial clouds inside a large room.

Not a planet, but a sphere with changing patterns of light

projected from within that respond to the proximity 

and movement of viewers.

The video shows the movement and the scale when

a person enters from the left side.

My favorite sign

Point Loma Lighthouse

The stairs going up to the light.

The Fresnel lens for the light (no longer in use).

The entrance channel for San Diego Bay:  car carrier 

meets submarine.  Naval base on the end of Coronado

Island, downtown in the background.

Not too many places where sailboats need to watch out

for submarines and aircraft carriers, but San Diego is one!

Another hazard is the great kelp patch off Point Loma.

Boats unaware of the need to keep well off the point

when coming from the north can get caught it in it.

Looking toward Shelter Island from Point Loma.

The X marks the approximate location of the

Police Dock.

A group of characters living on the edge in some

marginal boats hang out on the Police Dock when

they can.

In contrast, immediately next to the Police Dock is an

impressive number of some of the most expensive

 yachts anywhere.  Here the famous America's Cup

boat Stars and Strips from San Diego Yacht Club

is taking a group on a harbor tour.

Finally got the lazy jacks sorted out and

back up.  It took hours of untangling with

the lines laid out on the ground and then

at least five trips up and down the mast

to get them back up properly.