Marina Del Ray was actually named after a guy called Ray who is the owner. Yes, that's right, it's literally Marina of Ray. How hilarious is that?
Anyway, we had a nice time there catching up on some sleep. You know how it is when you sail for a long time, you get used to the watch cycles and you wake up every few hours. It was great to have a few uninterrupted night's but after sailing for long the watch cycles have become a habit so we'd still wake up occasionally.
We also managed to get some projects done on the boat, like fixing the rudder that was giving us some trouble. I came up with a very high tech solution involving 2 blocks of wood. Don't worry, it's totally safe and reliable. Trust me, I'm a professional.
Besides the rudder, we also worked on some other things, like changing the oil in the engines, changing the filters, checking the rigging, and topping up the water tanks. Nothing too exciting, but necessary to keep the boat in good shape. Like we say - if the boat is OK we are OK. Talking of maintenance - there was a Bavaria 55 there that even from the dock looked a bit of a worry.
We left Marina del Ray yesterday morning and headed towards Sabang. The weather was nice and we had a good breeze for the first part of the day. We had to go past about 100 fishing boats and cross a TSS that had a lot of current and shipping to get to sea. Unfortunately, the wind died down in the evening and we had to switch to motoring on one engine.
We are hoping to get some more wind today to make some good progress. We are looking forward to arriving in Sabang - so we can do more sailing and get to Phuket.
