Anacapa Isle Marina, Oxnard

The forecast today was for light air, so we didn't even bother taking the sail covers off.  You'd think a forecast only an hour before the fact would be reasonably accurate, but you'd be wrong.  We motored out of Santa Barbara harbor this morning and immediately set sail for a glorious beam-to-broad reach all the way here, starting with 5-10 kts, ending with 10-15 kts.  Robyn was fishing, of course, and just as I was taking the topsail down when nearing the harbor, she hauls in a nice barracuda.  Minor excitement to end the day.  Actually, there was just a bit more.  Marina operators have little clue about the information yachties need.  Mintaka is difficult to maneuver in tight marinas, to say the least, especially with any breeze.  Well, they gave us the slip number, but the numbers are hard to see, and by the time I saw it, it was too late downwind to make the turn.  Thankfully, there was another open slip further downwind that we could turn in to, or it would have been a challenge to back out for another try.