We woke up this morning on the dock at Shearwater and went to breakfast with the group. I love getting weekend breakfast and it was fun to get the chance to do that at a restaurant. I really really enjoyed it. It was a classic breakfast with four strips of bacon, over easy eggs, hash browns and sourdough buttered toast. Yum!!! I enjoyed two cups of coffee that was prepared by somebody else.

We left the dock at 9:30 and I practiced being at the helm. It was a very easy departure because we were at the end of the dock with no one in front of us or behind us and very little wind. But docking the boat and leaving the dock is very intimidating. So to build my confidence muscle, I’m starting with very simple situations. No damage was done to the boat, but somehow we managed to still have an argument.

Since it’s Saturday, I decided to get some wedding editing done while we were underway, and Brian spotted an eagle swimming. I went up to the cockpit with my camera. Brian suspected the eagle had caught a fish but it was too big to fly with it so it was swimming to shore. And sure enough he was right. Toward the end of the swim, the eagle was clearly exhausted and the fish was still alive and then brought it out of the water.

It was really fascinating to watch. I think I have some decent pictures of the event on my camera.

Weather today is nice. Good temp, the sun is shining, there are some high clouds and some breeze, but a really beautiful July day.

We are on our way to Pruth, which was one of my favorite spots so far. The beaches are just wonderful! Maybe I’ll find more bull kelp and make some delicious, nutritious treats.

On passage, I spent some time editing a wedding I’m working on, and when we arrived we went for a nice long hike to the last beach that we hadn’t explored last time. North beach. Brian said it was his favorite.

I found lots of rocks and shells for my collection. And I indeed found some good bull kelp on the shore.

A boat motoring past a small island with a lighthouse on a sunny day with layered blue mountains in the background

Maui the dog napping contentedly in the cockpit of SV Yahara with sparkling water in the background

Rachel editing wedding photos on her laptop at the salon table below deck on SV Yahara

Rachel and Brian selfie on a wooden boardwalk trail through a mossy rainforest near Pruth Bay

A whimsical face carved into a tree trunk along the hiking trail at Pruth Bay

Rachel holding up a long strand of bull kelp on the beach at Pruth Bay with Maui and the dogs nearby at sunset

Maui looking up and smiling on the wet sand at Pruth Bay beach during golden hour

Rachel taking a group selfie with the flotilla crew and their dogs on North Beach at Pruth Bay

Rachel smiling and holding two large pieces of bull kelp on the beach at Pruth Bay