Fabulous Fourth of July on the Water

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Having just completed a Baja Bash with Profligate on the morning of the Fourth, we spent the afternoon on friends’ boats anchored in San Diego’s La Playa Cove. The weather for the last four or five Fourths in San Diego has been un-San Diego-like. Indeed, three years ago it was reported that several beach goers nearly froze to death. We know we nearly did.

This Fourth was glorious! There wasn’t a cloud or trace of fog in the blue sky, and it was hot. We burned our feet walking on the dock. And the many swimmers in the basin and surfers at Sunset Cliffs raved about how warm the water was. Seventy to 74 degrees may not be tropical, but to California swimmers it seemed like it.

Several people told us there wasn’t any ‘June Gloom’ this year, and they are expecting an epic summer. "Like the old days," they said. Wouldn’t that be nice?

The San Diego Harbor Police let mariners anchor almost everywhere in Shelter Island basin on the Fourth. Based on what we saw, they were rewarded with everybody acting responsibly. No matter if people were sailing, swimming, power boating, or paddle boarding, they were all having a great time without acting like idiots. No drunken fools making asses out of themselves, no roving bands of thugs, no drive-by shootings. Nice.

The simultaneous Big Boom fireworks show from four barges was good, but nothing could match the 2012 Big Boom show. You might remember that was the one when technical problems resulted in the entire half hour of fireworks going off in 30 seconds. Google it for your viewing pleasure.

Summer is here in her full glory. Time to get sailing