We left in the early evening and it darkened quickly. My husband's brother caught some zzzzz's while me, my husband and his friend poured some Rum and Coke's. After some hours we were approaching Two Harbors at Catalina. It was very dark and we couldn't see anything. My husband was peering out at the bow and I saw a sign...in the middle of the water. I couldn't tell how close we were because I lack depth perception. I tried to turn us away but it was too late! We hit a reef and our small boat started tipping from left to right. My brother in law jumped over my husband to the higher point of the boat. My husband got us out and we were back in deeper water. We called in to land to get a mooring and possible assistance. The whole time I was on the phone my husband's friend, Chipper, was yelling at me for a flash light. For what reason? I still have no idea what he needed it for. I was trying to talk to the person on land so I completely ignored him. He was already wasted in drunkenness and it was only our first night. This was my first time spending time with Chipper.We finally anchored to our mooring. We were all pretty tired except Chipper. He started talking to our neighbors about how he is a medic, even though he is an EMT. He created this story of his life that he told every single person we met that weekend. He even brought banana bags. Anyways, my husband and I went off to bed and listened to him tell drunken stories to our neighbors.
The next day we were so excited to go on land and join the other pirates who had traveled to Catalina for the weekend. We got in our pirate costumes and headed to land. Everyone we saw was dressed up. Everyone even spoke like pirates. That night was super fun. We hit up the local bar where all the pirates were dancing. Other pirates we coming up to us having us drink their buffalo milk. Chipper and my brother in law were off doing their own thing. My brother in law has a way with people and ended up getting most of his drinks free. He's quite the entertainer. We danced and drank the rest of the evening. We met some crazy fun people that evening.
The next day a small storm was making waves and we were sloshing back and forth. We didn't feel great from the night before. The mixture of these two was making us ill so we headed for land and just sat there. We needed stable ground to keep us from getting any sicker. That day we relaxed but Chipper was still going. He had been drinking for two days straight now. When he would start to get sober he would chug Fireball Whiskey. He told me of a woman friend that was coming to hang with him. I warned him not to bring her on our boat. It was loaded enough already, especially with the huge mess everyone was making. A few hours later when I was laying down I hear Chipper and a giggly girl. Let's just say she was a bit over weight and was trying to climb into the boat. She ended up falling into the boat, making the whole thing rock. I decided to try to be welcoming to her since she didn't know I told Chipper no more guests. She began to thank me for letting her stay on the boat and taking her home. Ummmmm...What? This is how I found out we now had a new permanent guest that weekend. So we had 5 guests on 25ft sailboat. Everyone pretty much did their own thing the rest of the weekend.
My husband had become ticked off with Chipper for basically making a huge mess out of our boat, being completely wasted and dumping rocks on deck, so he wanted to play a little trick on him. Chipper was in the dingy talking to more neighbors about how he is a medic, even though he is an EMT. To be a medic you have to go through a lot more schooling. My husband got in the water and swam under the dingy. All of a sudden Chipper was dumped out in the ocean and my husband was no where to be found. That is how sneaky he can be. After all the guy left us stranded on land many times because he would take our dingy whenever he wished to do so.
We decided to take our dingy out on a little venture around the harbor. We ended up running into a friend who we just sold our Tiller to back on land. He was a cool chill guy and invited us onto his ship. His ship was awesome! It had much more head room than ours and he even put a bean bag on deck. From there we hopped to another boat, a catamaran. We lounged on the netting and swam with everyone. People we had just met for the first time. In boating you meet lots of interesting people. We saw a huge starfish walking with long legs under the boat. My husband went down and brought it up for a second. The clear water was great for snorkeling. That night we enjoyed some more Buffalo Milk with the pirates of Catalina. The odd thing was, to get into the bar you had to pay for a wristband and Chipper didn't. We saw him there every night...hmmmmm.
After hours of sailing we finally made it back to the harbor. I turned on the lights and witnessed the worst mess I have ever seen. Everyone started grabbing their things and packing up. We were all exhausted so I wasn't going to deal with the mess yet. The next time I came back I had to clean everything, including blood and rocks that were on deck. I continued to find broken handles on our doors from "elephants" trampling the place, which my husband had to fix. That weekend we learned never to plan a trip like that again. Never spend a weekend with an alcoholic on a 25ft boat. Make sure you can get along for a whole weekend too...haha. Number one lesson is respect. If your friends don't respect you and themselves, they will not respect the space you invite them into. All in all it was an awesome pirate weekend in Catalina with some unforgettable experiences.www.mydoterra.com/jacquelinedavison
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