Our abalone feast at Willie-Birds house in Valley Ford made for sweet ocean dreams. We awoke at 3:30 for an early morning start to an entry into San Francisco to a) avoid the Americas Cup racing today on the Bay, and b) to avoid the ebb tide. &nb…
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#2013-77 Surfing Down to Bodega Bay
The anchorage was rocky and you needed to be accustomed to sleeping in a hammock rapidly swinging from side to side. By 2 am the marine weather forecast shows building winds to 30 knots and seas to 10 feet with small craft advisories in effect un…
#2013-77 Surfing Down to Bodega Bay
The Little River anchorage was rocky and you needed to be accustomed to sleeping in a hammock rapidly swinging from side to side. By 2 am the marine weather forecast shows building winds to 30 knots and seas to 10 feet with small craft advisories…
Hail to the Chief
Sail Komodo ended with a regal visit from the President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono. He is the sixth president of Indonesia since the republic was formed in 1945, he has won two elections, both by over 60% of the vote making him vastly more popular than a…
#2013-76 Eureka, Around Cape Mendocino to the Little River Anchorage
At 5:30 we joined about 10 commercial trollers leaving Eureka Harbor. It was dark but clear skies and some of the trollers illuminated their high power sodium lights to help all of us see along the 45 minute exit route. Outside the ocean was glas…
#2013-76 Eureka, Around Cape Mendocino to the Little River Anchorage
At 5:30 we joined about 10 commercial trollers leaving Eureka Harbor. It was dark but clear skies and some of the trollers illuminated their high power sodium lights to help all of us see along the 45 minute exit route. Outside the ocean was glas…
Our Sun Shade
When we were planning to go to the Sea of Cortez (no longer) we had two large sun shades made for Aries Too. One for the front of the boat, to keep the forward VIP cabin in shade, another to cover the boat deck and provide shade for the saloon. After…
#2013-75 Crescent City to Eureka
We’re off today in the daylight at 7 am for Eureka. The ocean is being our friend with low swell and no wind chop. ETA at Eureka is 3 pm.
#2013-75 Crescent City to Eureka
We’re off today in the daylight at 7 am for Eureka. The ocean is being our friend with low swell and no wind chop. ETA at Eureka is 3 pm.10 am update: A cushy ride so far much like an Inside Passage run. Reading Rock Light 5 miles off…
#2013-74 Coos Bay to Crescent City
Our 5:30 am exit from Coos was fine. Visibility in fog was 1/4 mile. The ocean is 2-3 feet well=spaced swells from the West and at 7:30 we have 8 knots from the North. Ran into about 10 fishing boats off Bandon and the visibility impr…
