Hey, that's me! I saw you motoring back in. It was slo-o-o-oww. Nice, but slow.
1968 Selmer Series 9 B-flat and A clarinets
1962 Buesher "Aristocrat" tenor saxophone
Piper One Design 24, Hull #35; "Alpha"
Arrived yesterday to find signs at entrances to Monterey beaches read "Beaches closed July 4 and 5th". This morning the number "3" had been added to every sign, indicating that the beaches were closed July 3-5. However, the Wharf was open, albeit while wearing masks
The entire Del Monte Beach was closed. Except for persons entering the water. Huh?
Apparently the beaches are open to surfers. And people attending kayak classes.
And to people with oceanfront accommodations
Also, I notice wryly, for women wearing bikinis. Oh, did I forget to capture those images? Sorry.
Luckily, for all the (many) families who arrived in Monterey hoping to go to the beach, the Estero offered a way to get on the water
Certainly it was a thankless task for the very polite officers who patrolled the beach on their dune buggies wearing those hot helmets. And masks.
When I was a kid, my parents thought I should take up tennis. So I had tennis lessons, several summers. I actually played tennis off and on for about 5-6 years. I'd take my racket and some balls down to the high school courts, riding my bike and whack them around for a while. The thing is, I really never got to be very good. One summer, my parents decided that I should take sailing lessons at the Monterey Peninsula YC. We learned in El Toro's of course. I feel sorry for the guy who was our instructor. Anyway, I learned the basics, but when it was over. I didn't have a sailboat, what to do? So a couple of times, my dad drove me down to the Estero, and rented what was essentially an El Toro knockoff sailboat. I must have gone out maybe all of 2-3 times, but I remember sailing...barely....around the Estero.
1968 Selmer Series 9 B-flat and A clarinets
1962 Buesher "Aristocrat" tenor saxophone
Piper One Design 24, Hull #35; "Alpha"
Oh, I'd love to see a photo of that! Little Alan sailing in an el Toro knockoff. Cuuuuute! Kinda like this?
https://vimeo.com/393085123
1968 Selmer Series 9 B-flat and A clarinets
1962 Buesher "Aristocrat" tenor saxophone
Piper One Design 24, Hull #35; "Alpha"
Dura Mater gettin' it done at the RYC Beer Can last night:
Photos by Ornaith
Those are some beautiful pictures!!
This was an eerie day for sure. Here is the RYC marina
I went down to add teenie cleats to my tiller and found that Dura Mater had a heavy, silt-like layer of soot on everything. Not a good night to have left the sail cover off :-((
As I walked to my car the faithful began to arrive for the Wednesday night buoy races.
When you take all the color out of the light all your left with in black and white