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Santa Cruz to Long Beach



We left Santa Cruz on Saturday, October 16 at 10:00am. As we crossed Monterey Bay we saw a large pod of humpback whales that were breaching and putting on quite a show. It was a real thrill! I tried to take pictures, but didn't get a very good one.
Humpback whale breaching in Monterey Bay

We did our first overnight sail that night. We passed Morro Rock early in the morning.




Passing Morro Rock in the morning.
As the day progressed the weather deteriorated and we pulled into San Luis Obispo Harbor around 1pm in the midst of a thunder/lightening/rain storm. 
Heading toward San Luis Obispo

We ended up waiting three days for the storm to pass.  Here are two views from our cockpit.


We left San Luis Obispo at 7:30am on October 20th. Our plan was to round Pt. Conception and anchor in Cojo Anchorage just past Pt. Conception before dark, however when we pulled into Cojo the wind looked like it was changing to SW and there were two sailboats on the beach up by the cliffs that must have been blown ashore in a south wind in the not too distant past. We decided to head out and do another overnighter to Channel Islands Harbor in Oxnard.  We arrived in Oxnard at 8:30 am on October 21st.
A Meadowlark hitched a ride with us out of San Luis Obispo - first on the backstay and then on a spreader until he finally flew away (two or three miles out)
Between Santa Cruz and Point Conception we saw lots of groups of Ocean Sunfish floating on the surface flapping their fins. It looked like they were waving at us.
Rounding Pt. Conception. The "Cape Horn of the Pacific".
The moon going down and daylight breaking off of Santa Barbara.

The Radar and GPS screen as we approach Long Beach. The green triangles are AIS markers for registered ships.... there were so many........a little daunting!


Whew! We made it into Alamitos Bay Marina at 4:30 and Drew came and met us at 5:30.













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  1. dolffunOctober 25, 2010 at 1:59 PM

    Looks like you're having a great time. Thanks for posting the photos so John and I can live vicariously. Miss you!

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