I am still at anchor off South Mission Beach. I have only been at anchor three or four days since leaving Darwin, Australia almost three years ago. I have long preferred to be at anchor or on a mooring than tied to a dock. GANNET seems alive at anchor as she does not tied to a dock, swinging with the wind and tide, surrounded by water even though the distance to shore is slight. It is wonderful.
There are few places in San Diego where you are allowed to anchor and all are regulated. You are only permitted to anchor in Mariners Cove, where I am, for 72 hours in I think a one week period. I will take GANNET back to her dock tomorrow, but I may return here before I fly to Chicago three weeks from yesterday.
In Hilton Head there are infinite secluded and quiet anchoring possibilities. I am looking forward to exploring them. Perhaps they will be enough.
I can no longer make changes to the main site, www.inthepresentsea.com, which is now frozen in time, as I will be myself soon enough. Anything more will be added here. The contact at the main site has become unreliable, so I have created a new email address and can be reached at webbchiles@yahoo.com. The Yellowbrick tracking page for GANNET when I am at sea is: https://my.yb.tl/gannet
