Weather

• Visibility: 15+ miles
• Wind: 20-25 knots West
• Sky: clear and sunshine!
• Water: 1′ chop
• What a wonderful last full day on the island for the students!

Ecological

• The elephant seals put on a show for our visitors.

Maintenance

• The four of us ran the derrick to make sure the thing is still operating smoothly.
• Tazi and Maya cleaned the solar panels.
• I did some algae removal.

Boats

• Kyle came out in Second Nature with two groups of kayak people.
• Several sailboats were still returning past Race Rocks this morning and even into the afternoon.
• Apparently they were participating in the 73rd annual Swiftsure International Yacht Race. What a wonderful activity!
• The distance of the race is 159 miles, and as of right now (Sunday evening) there are still a few boats making their way back towards Race Rocks.

Visitors

• Two groups of folks from the kayak symposium came out to Race Rocks (about 16 in total).
• Maya played us some guitar from the roof of the desalinator bunker.