The boat had collected a lot of dust and needed a thorough washing. It was not as bad as our last visit when, following the fires, I had to physically get down on my hands & knees and scrub the deck. Once the boat wash washed we prepped her for a day sail out into the LA Bay.

Normally, we do not record all day sails in the BLOG however we decided to add this one. We left just before 1:00 p.m. and motored out to Angels Gate and then put up the Genoa as the wind was light and the Genoa drives the boat more than just the mainsail. We drifted out about 4 miles offshore before turning around to head back.

There were a lot of container and other ships anchored in the bay. We did some motoring back just to give the engine a good workout powering up to 2,000 RPM, more than the usual 1,800 RPM we normally use. The water temperature never budged which tells me the heat exchanger is working well.

We were back in our slip by 4:30 p.m. The day had been cool but sunny and the sea had only a small swell.