Oxnard to Newport Beach

Sea Day 10 Oxnard to Newport Beach, CA

We had a quiet night at the marina in Oxnard, King Harbor. I was quite tired and slept in until 0800. Tim was making coffee and that will get me out of bed. We’ve been on the boat long enough that things are reaching the point of used up. Tim had to switch the propane tanks as the first one was empty this morning. It's funny how making coffee can involve a wrench on a boat. 

We wanted to get going around 0900 so we could get into Newport Beach early enough to snag a slip from the Harbormaster. We got the last one! Yay! 

As we were preparing to leave Oxnard we met Mike and Sue Morgan, editor of Cruising Outpost. They also have a Cheoy Lee 35, but its design is by Rob. They helped us get out of the slip and straight down the fairway, that was nice.

The trip was 38 miles today. The sun was hot! I had to sunscreen up twice! Once we got going Tim was able to do a video conference call and work while I watched for traffic, monitored Otto, checked off waypoints and set new waypoint courses for Otto to track. I was on for about 2 hours. I definitely was ready for a break from the sun! In the high sun of the middle of the day, we don’t really have shade. That will have to be remedied before heading to very sunny tropical places.

We checked in with the Harbormaster and moved to our slip for a finished trip at 1700. It was quite warm and we decided to prep our things for showers and then take a walk on the little beach next to our slip and go wading or swimming. We got nicely cooled down wading. Then we sat on a bench and watched the sun set. It was a pleasant evening.

We have quite a lot of motion in this slip. We can see the ocean from here. Our boat is tied up to keep it in a hovering position in the slip so it’s not coming hard into the dock.