We are starting to feel a bit indulgent spending a whole week in Santa Barbara. But why not? The marina is nice and close to restaurants, shopping, sights, and West Marine. Mexican food, wine tasting, a bike tour of the wine country, and sightseeing have been a pleasure. Yesterday, Greg had a long 13 hour work day installing the new auto helm. I avoided the chaos of boat tool hell by finding a Barre 3 class, which is a mix of yoga, bar, and strengthening exercises.
We are still having issues with storing everything on the boat. The starboard quarter berth is filled with the freezer, food bins and Greg's golf clubs. The port quarter berth usually contains sails and loose clothes, and other misc items that Greg chucks in there. There isn't enough room for my clothes in the cabinets that Greg built so I have a few bags with more clothes, toiletries, yoga mat, computer, and magazines laying in the port upper berth. When at anchor or at a dock we sleep in the fore peak. If we sail overnight, we would sleep in the salon settees for more comfort and fast easy access to the cockpit. Under every berth or settee is a storage locker filled with Greg's tools. We have 2 inflatable kayaks tucked under the fore peak berth. The dingy has been living on deck the past few weeks but on longer passages it would be deflated and dumped in the fore peak (our sleeping quarters.. Ugh!). Sounds like chaos but when we are underway everything is held snug in its spot and nothing crashes about. Well, we once did neglect to stow the coffee french press and that was the end of it.
Trimming, grinding, and keeping a good eye on the spinnaker.
Yeah! Santa Barbara!!!
Santa Barbara Marina.
Area 5.1 Wine tasting and catching a bit of Rio 2016.
Los Agaves Mexican Restaurant.
Santa Barbara Courthouse.
Santa Barbara Courthouse.
Santa Barbara Courthouse.
Watching the Wednesday Night races from the Yacht Club.
Santa Barbara Marina.
Bike tour of the Santa Barbara Wine Country with William's bike tour.
Things get a bit messy when Greg is doing boat chores.
Sounds fabulous! I really identify with the storage problems. We have the same in the camper, but fewer tools - neither one of us would know what to do with them, and luckily we're not shipwrecked if we can't fix something! We camped at Morro Bay and Avilla - really liked them too. Santa Barbara is lovely - how nice to spend a relaxing week there!.
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