Amazing Day

The crew woke up to a great, yet hot, day with nice 12-15 mph winds. Some defining moments from Saturday:

• Started with a hearty breakfast

• Matt watched his wedding band slip of his freshly sun-screened hand and go kerplunk in the murky, muddy water at the slip! We assumed it was gone forever and made peace with the loss.
• Discovered new marina neighbor, Steve (who Christie coincidentally had met while running boat errands a few months ago and who happen to have bought a Pearson 365 that we looked at before buying our beloved, Kaleo!)
• Our surveyor (who we highly recommend if you need the best) and sailing friend/mentor, Drake Epple, stopped by to say hi. It’s always a treat to see him and we look forward to him joining us for a sail soon.
• Explored the treasure trove, Boaters Resale Shop of Texas, near our marina
• A great sail in the Bay with enough heel to make us all a little nervous, spotted lots of jelly fish hanging out and kicked back with lunch, fun chats and discovered our new favorite sailing channel on Pandora
• Saw a freshly sunk boat just outside of the channel with the captain still aboard and coast guard just arriving
• Jeph spotted a net to which he suggested dredging for the lost ring. On the 6th shot, Jeph nonchalantly announced, “this is the one guys”, Matt said a little prayer and the next thing we knew, Matt was spraying water through the mud to discover his ring the net! The pictures show Matt’s excitement and amazement.

• The guys spent the rest of the afternoon fitting the test companionway doors while the girls took a nap below in the cool A/C.

• We had a great dinner at Skippers, and then we went for a night motor (our 1st time to leave the slip after dark & navigate out of the channel). It was also our 1st time to see ocean phosphorescence lighting up the waves light underwater fireflies!
• Deck Schwab RedBeard even entertained us with a little recorder performance.