Sunday July 27 2014
You might not believe all these pictures were in the same day, but it was a crazy weather system in the South Bay. I say that, because I left to sail in strong(ish) wind and hot sun (notice the hat which I found last weekend floating in the marina is now on my head), saw Palos Verdes to the south and it was swamped in a rain storm, so I sailed over to A Cenoura and told Mia (who was studying) to close all the windows in case the rain gets up to us. I then sailed over to the main channel when I saw lightning strike south redondo, probably a mile away, so I got back to my dock and out of my sabot real fast. It started to downpour just then and there, and the wind completely died - so I’m glad I made it back when I did.
After about an hour of heavy rain, I put the sabot away and it became sunny and nice again. During this time, the unfortunate even of that same storm traveling north to Marina Del Rey and Venice Beach apparently struck the beach or water and electrocuted about 14 people, and killed a 20-year old who was in the water. That’s rare, and very sad.
With the sun out, and my boredom taking over, I washed Mia’s yoga mat, and I washed the moldy/bird-dung/dirty mainsail cover. It came out really nice so I feel like it was a productive afternoon.
To clean a yoga mat: nice-smelling dish soap, water, and scrub a brush.
To clean a sail cover: Water, Woolite, and a brush.
