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Old 18-10-2019, 13:36   #91
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Re: San Diego to San Francisco

Well? Don’t leave us in suspense!
How did it go?
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Old 20-10-2019, 19:16   #92
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He got the boat up to Monterey by going from Oceanside to Catalina on day one leaving in early morning.
To Santa Barbara leaving in the evening on day two.
To Morrow bay on day three leaving in late afternoon.
Then all the way up to Monterey bay after a week long wait for the perfect weather window.

I brought it up as soon as possible from there by sailing it to Santa Cruz leaving just before the sunset.
Then onto Pillar Point harbor after leaving around 3:00 in the morning.
Then to Richmond at around 8:00 the next morning.

The captain said he did not have any trouble and the weather was good the whole way except for some bumpy stuff around point conception.

The weather got progressively worse each day for me. Going across Monterey Bay was fairly pleasant except for a couple waves during the first couple hours that had some breaking capabilities.
The second day was just painful! Tacking back and forth in that boat in 15-20 knots of wind made it seem like forever to round Pigeon Point and Point Ano Nuevo. The very short wave period was not a help at all. Neither did staring at a sheet of fog for 10 hours. The period got much longer once in Half Moon Bay and just motored for the last few hours straight for the harbor with wind around 10 knots on the nose.
The last day was easy but a little bit frightening at times. One wave every 20 waves or so came down on the cabin top right over the port bow. Of course they found all of leaky spots in the port lights. Though, it was a perfect 15 knot wind and took only one tack to get to the main shipping channel.
It felt great to get back into the bay, but it definitely seems very small now and I look forward to going back downhill again. Hopefully I will have more time to enjoy it.

Since that trip in late August, I have rebed all the deck hardware and stanchions and replaced the portlights. Hopefully no leaks for this winter because it passed the hose test, but we will see.
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Old 20-10-2019, 21:12   #93
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Catalina to Santa Barbara in one day, then Santa Barbara to Morro Bay in one day? Impressive! Clearly he had a few jerry cans of gas, no? The Morro bay to Monterey is the part I am curious about. He went non-stop? Motoring?
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He went nonstop with his electric autopilot. He kept the full main up to add some stability, but the motor made the headway. He had a 15 gallon tank in the cockpit along with the 6.6 gallon of fuel connected to the motor and two 5 gallon jerry cans in the cockpit locker!
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It got the job done, and I''m sure you're pleased to have the boat home at last.

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