Racing against a America’s Cup Boat
We were faster upwind than Team New Zealand on Sunday with just the jib up! That's it, I am entering the cup with the J/92, any one want to join as crew 😉
US Pacific Cruising
Arriving in San Diego, end of leg one.
End of the first leg of the trip. Now need to get the boat ready for Baja Haha Rally to Mexico leaving on the 25th! Arriving in San Deigo at Sunset after a long light air sail from Oceanside..
Avalon, Santa Catalina Island
Made our way down to Santa Catalina island after Marina Del Ray. Avalon was amazing, it was like we were in Italy! Spent a couple of days relaxing and exploring Beautiful Avalon Bay with boats all tightly packed Stops moored using the special mooring bouys that are attached fore and aft to prevent swinging catching…
Santa Barbara
Arriving in Santa Barbara was surreal, like we had entered another world. Sunshine, beaches, surf, heat.. Thank you Point Conception for diverting all that northern californian weather! Palm trees, beaches.finally! Gorgeous day, entering Santa Barbara Marina Beach action Sailing past oil rings in one long line in Santa Barbara channel Sailing in shorts finally! 10-12…
Sailing with Dolphins
Lots of Dolphins from Point Conception to Santa Barbara!
Rounding Point Conception, the “Cape Horn of the pacific”
Apparently Point Conception has been known as the "Cape Horn of the Pacific" since the nineteenth century, so we approached this point between San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara with trepidation. I heard many tales of boats being lost here. Leaving Port San Luis at dawn, we motored with no wind until we rounded Cape…
Sailing Big Sur coast
We left Monterey for Morro bay, some 120 nautical miles away just after a low had gone through. We saw some huge 20+ feet ocean swells, remnants from a storm. Wind was on the nose until it died in the middle of the night and we motored rest of the way to Morro Bay getting…
Bodega Bay Sail – Sept 25-27th
Left San Francisco on Fri afternoon in dense fog which later appeared again in Drakes Bay when we anchored at 9:30pm at night. We couldn't see anything, we had to rely on the radar chartplotter to avoid bouys and other boats. Gadgetry saves the day again! James at Drakes Bay on Sat morning.. Reading the…
Farallon Islands and Drakes Bay Sail – Aug 7-9th
Approaching the Farallon islands after motoring most of the 26 miles from the Golden gate in fog. We experienced a fog white out in the shipping convergence zone, which gave us a little scare. We were thankful for Radar! Saw some very big ocean swells as we got near the Farallones. As we anchored in…