Here are some pics that Ted and Nancy from Aloha Friday took from the point as we came in the tricky entrance to Emerald Bay Marina. It was lucky that a large set had just past us, so the waves were manageable. However the beach was right in front of us, we had breakers on both sides and had a tiny dredged channel in which we had to go sideways to the swell in. We had never entered here before, in fact we hailed a motor yacht in front of us just to find the entrance. There were 3 sets of buoys and reported 14 ft deep. We made it, mostly because we had hove to to let the 100ft motor yacht go in first. So when surfing into a 100ft wide channel, have your jib as if you were hove to, and motor in, it keeps the boat stable but doesn't add speed.

These pics were taken over a two minute period by Ted and Nancy and look awesome! I remember seeing them on the point thinking, oh great I have an audience to see me mess up.