Burntside Adventures: Half Moon Bay

Yesterday we left Davis Harbor and proceeded southeast to Little San Salvdor Island and a safe anchorage at Half Moon Bay. This island is private, owned by Holland-American Cruise lines. There is deep water up to about 400 yards of the island, and the cruise ships anchor for the day, the patrons are ferried to shore for a day on the beach. The cruise ships show up about 8 AM after moving all night and then depart late afternoon for their next destination. The trip from Davis Harbor was about 3 hours, and only 23 miles. We were slow and fished our way over without luck. On arriving, I started to drop the anchor then the winch went dead. I found the manual release tool in the engine room and let the chain out, set the anchor, and we were safe but with a winlass that neither dployed or retrieved the anchor chain. I could hear the solenoid click, and had power to the solenoid. So to show where our learning curve is with this boat, within a minute or two, Cindy tolded me to clean the solenoid connections, they were probably corroded. Indeed they were. She's a smart lady. Anyway, cleaned them up and all is as new. The cruise ship left yesterday and we had the place to ourselves after 4 PM. This morning we paddled to the beach, Cindy ran 4 miles and I paddled beside her. At 8:00, 2 cruise ships pulled in and the beach was full of people within an hour. As I write this, the beach has emptied and all is quiet. This afternoon another Krogen pulled into the bay, it was "Magnolia" a 42 owned by couple we met at the rendezvoux in Solomons MD last October. Interestingly, we looked at that boat when it was the "Amy K", before buying our boat. Just now, a couple on another trawler stopped by and we visited for a few minutes. They're from central British Columbia. Fun to talk to Tomorrow will head back to Davis Harbor to pick up the new motor (I hope). Called Trevor, the mechanic this afternoon and he said it should be there by 10.