Wintering in California? Well you really can’t call it wintering, especially this Winter!With the lack of rain, constant sun and warm temps, Redwood City has really lived up to its moniker “Climate Best By Government Test”. A joint study co…
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#2013-78 Bodega, The Golden Gate, San Francisco Bay to Redwood City
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…
#2013-78 Bodega, The Golden Gate, San Francisco Bay to Redwood City
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…
#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…
#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…
#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…
