When we left yesturday we had little to no winds. We motored out (reluctantley) until we were about 15 miles offshore and hit a little bit of wind. That was soon shortlived as it was blowing from the south at about 4 knots, the air was warm, the seas were flat and the hammocks were being used!!
It was so pleasant that the dogs were running around the topside and Daisy even tried to jump up on top of her lookout above the Bimini...I, of course, discouraged her but it was neat to see them all enjoying themselves.
While sitting in the hammocks and putting along at a whopping 3 knots, (didn't want to push our little engine too much) we happened to see a fin about 20 feet of the starboard side. It was a sunfish! We circled around him a few times. We haven't seen one of those guys since we were in the bay over by Angel Island a few years ago. It was pretty cool.
We didn't see any dolphins this time. I think they hide when there are no waves for them to play in. We did, however, see a huge yellow balloon about 20 miles out, barely visible, with about 4 or 5 others attatched to it. Just as we got close to her, she sank!
The sunset was gorgeous and I am looking forward to many more to come as I have seen others pictures of just how beautiful it is when there is no fog getting in the way.
We tried putting up the Ginnaker but didn't have enough to keep her full either. Bummer!
Just after sunset the fog rolled in super thick, like pea soup! We put the radar on, the AIS, and set the chart with her coarse heading for Santa Cruz.
After 2 am. the fog let up and I got to see a shooting star. I really do like night sailing, when you can see.
I did learn a lot about all of our equipment on board and I am amazed at how much nicer all of our "improvements" have just made it so simple, relaxing, and safe!
We pulled in around 5 am. Dropped the hook on the northwest side of the Wharf (thanks Jack...haha) and got to enjoy my first time in the hammocks in my bathers...the sun was so warm!
Around 2pm. the fog rolled in and the waves picked up so much that even with our flopper stopper out we were pitching side to side about 15 - 20 degrees! I think all of us were like...blaahhhhh...where's the crackers!
We were hoping to meet up with a few people while here but it doesn't look like we are going to be able to say our goodbyes in person. That's ok though. Around 3:30 pm. we all started feeling a bit icky and I think we may have caught a tiny cold.
So we are going to rest up tonight and hope to leave at a decent hour tomorrow morning as long as everyone feels better.
We hope to shoot straight out, and not stop until we clear past Point Conception. We hope to be well offshore and hope the conditions there will be better than running close.
That and if there is no wind again we can sit and wait for it to pick back up without the fear of land nearby.
I must say that it was a strange sensation leaving our home port of Half Moon Bay, for what may be the last time in a very long time. So long little harbor...we will miss you! (and all of our great friends/family as well)!
If you want to see a live shot of us today or first thing tomorrow click on the web cam link below! We are all in blue!
http://www.walknet.net/myl
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