See the satellite image of this route here.
How long does it take to get from the East Beach anchorage to the Santa Barbara harbor? The "Black Pearl" was anchored about 200 yards from Stern's Wharf when I began the task, gloves in hand:
...drop stern anchor line overboard with a float attached...warm up the outboard engine...pull up the bow anchor and 2 pounds of kelp...motor back to the stern anchor float and pull it up on deck... 40 minutes.
...motor around the wharf to the harbor...call the harbor patrol and get my guest slip number...tie up the boat and clean up the mess... 20 minutes.
That's on a calm day when everything ran smoothly! Unforeseeable events such as shipwrecks boats preventing the anchors to come up, mermaids sabotaging the propeller, and maruading pirate ships all need to be factored in.
On the this particular day a Tall Ship was entering the harbor at the same time, they fired a fake canon as they approached the wharf, as if aiming at the Black Pearl itself, scaring the heck out of me!
See the satellite image of this route here.
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