Bill and Bob, Where Did You Come From (LaFond, Gehring, Imes ...

After a few minutes of basic seamanship, we were off.
"Baby Blue Eyes" on San Diego Bay, 1927
We were on our own, mobile and the world was
our oyster. We decided to moor our "yacht" in Coronado's
Glori etta Bay for the sum mer. Somehow we managed
to sai I from National City to Glorietta Bay but
we did not know how to stop the boat. It had no brakes
We did not want to run on the rocky shore of the
Bay, so we decided the best solution was to steer
at the smallest boat in the harbor, grab it and
tie up to it. This turned out to be a rowboat which
we hit squarely. Raymond grabbed the rowboat and I
lowered the sails. Our first landing was a success but
hardly a com mendable example of seamanship. We
swam to the swank Coronado Yacht Club and, dripping
wet, announced we were yachtsmen from Imperial Beach
and wanted to moor our yacht at the club. Reluctantly
they agreed for a charge of $3. Though expensive,
we signed up for one month, were assigned a buoy
and tied up to it. However, the next day when we
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