Breakin the law!

Thankfully I've always had a fairly healthy disregard for authority:

Section 17.23.020 Permits Required.


No person shall live-aboard any vessel assigned to an offshore mooring without first having obtained a live-aboard permit from the Harbor Resources Director. No person shall live-aboard any vessel on an onshore mooring in Newport Harbor. No live-aboard permit shall be issued except to a person holding a valid mooring permit issued pursuant to Chapter 17.22 of the Newport Beach Municipal Code. (Ord. 2002-18 (part), 2002)

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I swam home tonight. No dinghy at the club; no yacht club boat to borrow, no shore boat to catch. I figured this might happen, but decided to chance it and go for a nice long run to clear my mind. So I ran, and when I got back to the club I found myself stranded. I called Matt to see if I could crash there. He wasn't home. I called Mark to see if I could crash at his place. He wasn't home. Having exhausted my local friends with spare beds, I parked on "F" street, stripped down to my shorts and swam the 50 yards to my boat in total darkness. Im such a bad ass. Kind of like a commando. Everything went really well until I swam in to the middle of a school of large fish. The water turned a little jumpy as they broke the surface to get out of the way. At 9:00 pm (whilst swimming half naked in darkness) a school of fish is just as terrifying as a shark. Don't let anyone tell you different.

I've been playing around with a camera in low level light conditions. I leave the lense open for 6 or 7 seconds or so. Even in almost total darkness Im able to get these really cool photos... I finally got the idea of using a tripod which helps reduce the bluriness caused by holding the camera. Here is a picture I just took from Faith: