Captain Scott's Log ~ Saturday, July 5th, 2008

Subject: P Dream July 5-6

We begin with a short sail across Osaka Wan to the Westin Resort on Awaija
Island. The small marina here had only 2 other boats and was populated with
100 enthusiastic Japanese fishermen. They surrounded our boat and used 12ft
long bendy rods to reel in fish that ranged from 1 to 3 inches in length.
On the 6th we passed under the bridge that connects Awaji to the mainland.
It is the longest single span bridge in the world. We had 2 kts of current
with us and in the space of a hundred yards the current switched to 3
kts` against us. A power ride in light fog got us to Takamatsy. We had no
idea of where to dock but found a youth sailing program on the water and
followed them to their small basin. ( 34 12.3n 134 02.5 e). Clearly we were
not supposed to be here. But the Japs were to polite to say no. So we stayed
and saw Ritsurin Park which is hailed as the 3rd best garden in all of
Japan--133 acreas. That night we found a small Udon noodle restaurant for
which the town is famous. These large noodles are 2 feet long and using chop
sticks they are prone to slide off before they can be consumed. We amused
each other and the waitress