Day One 10 July 2004 1955 Departed Coyote Point Harbor to ride the strong ebb to somewhere in San Francisco. We're not making the same mistake we made last year by riding the ebb out the gate. 2232 Anchored in Clipper Cove. Day Two 11 July 2003 0730 Beautiful morning! Coffee and weather report (NW @ 11kts at HMB buoy). 0810 Underway via N of Treasure Island. 1005 Weather forcaster nuts. Fog, Small Craft Advisories, Gusts to 30. Beautiful and warm on Richardson Bay. Guess where we're going. 1613 Still anchored in Richardson Bay. Beautiful but hot. Day Three 12 July 2003 0909 Still anchored in Richardson Bay. Peaceful night except slapping cables in mast. Forgot ice...ran refer...batteries low. Annoying people by running generator, but being Monday, there are few to annoy. 1041 Weigh anchor. Head for Sausalito for ice and fuel. 1214 Side tie at Schoonmaker Point Marina. Plugged in to run charger. 1732 Took SunShower. Teresa gushing after reading her camera manual. Day Four 13 July 2003 0835 Another peaceful night. Most annoying noise was clock ticking. Morning fog. Filled water tanks. Filled SunShower. Dumped trash. 0935 Departed Schoonmaker. Destination Half Moon Bay. Cloudy with light to moderate winds. 1005 Under Golden Gate Bridge. Dolphins. 1101 Reefed main and reefed jib. Engine off. 1249 It's mellow out here. Good day for going N. Hope we see this in a week. 1258 No wind. Motor on. 1458 Dropped the hook in wind shadow of Pillar Point Harbor, next to the outer breakwater. 1755 Teresa, currently in the shower washing her hair, just got a lesson in wildlife photography. While getting closer and closer to a friendly sea lion, she was "shat upon" by a pelican. She wore a very fishy smell. Day Five 14 July 2003 0735 Calm night. Could hear the breakers. Slept well (both). Morning overcast but decks dry. Buoy report says NW @ 7 seas 3'/6 sec. 0815 Depart HMB. Breeze/Overcast. 0858 Reefed main & full jib with motor @ 1500 to charge batteries. Looks like we may get some wind. 1010 Saw whales. Too slow on camera. Killed engine. Under same reefed main and jib (The Rui). 1059 Still under sail. Nice but overcast. 1141 Changed course to Davenport. 1255 Had some good whale sightings. Saw a Grey...blow, back, and tail. Teresa got video. All is well. 1531 Blustery downwind ride past Davenport. More whales and Risso's Dolphins. Contacted Double Play by cell phone. They're just behind us. Doing 7.2 kts over the bottom. 1800 Arrived in Capitola just ahead of Double Play. Flip-flop overboard drill almost cost us the trophy, but in life-and-death situations Teresa performs quite well. It's windy and cool. Day Six 15 July 2003 0735 Beautiful morning in Capitola. It got calm last night, but by that time we were fast asleep after dinner and "a few" at Zelda's. 2358 To top off a totally mellow day, we joined Don and Terri for dinner and then had our ears assaulted at the Fog Bank kareoke night. When we went to return to the boats, we were locked in Capitola. The local police arrived to free us after Dudley had already demonstrated his sailing resourcefulness by climbing the gate and rowing the dink ashore. Day Seven 16 July 2003 0945 Departed Capitola after another comfy night. Destination Santa Cruz. Looked like the fog was going to dominate the morning, but the early morning heat won. 1009 Engine overheated. After checking filter, coolant, impeller: found raw water intake plugged with kelp. Removed strainer and used coat hangar to unplug. Back running again toward Santa Cruz. 1153 Moored to "A" dock (closest to Aldo's). Filling water, charging, refer. Teresa has rowed across to pay harbormaster. Day Eight 17 July 2003 1921 Another nice day in Santa Cruz watching the goings on. Pumped up Zodiac and raced Don. He won the motoring division; I won the rowing division. Double Play left in early afternoon. We puttered around the marina and showered. Waiting for Ryan to arrive to take Teresa's spot for a couple of days. Day Nine 18 July 2003 0853 Ryan arrived about 8PM last night on his new tires & rims. Dinner at Rosa's. Teresa drove tires & rims home. Ryan and Dudley rowed around the marina. Fell asleep in cockpit listening to 70s rock from Crow's Nest. Calm night. Breakfast at Also's. Getting ready to depart for a sail. Hoping to drop dink off at Double Play (now anchored off Boardwalk). 1041 Departed Santa Cruz Harbor after 1-hour saga involving a cracked gas can. It's not easy to get rid of such a thing, and being responsible enough not to dump it into a trash can, I ran around the harbor asking for advice before SCYC finally agreed to take the fuel and dump the can. Dropped dink at Double Play. Day Ten 19 July 2003 0807 Ryan and I a wonderful sail yesterday. Winds 15-20kts. Beam reach out 12 NM. Beam reach in 12 NM. Anchored at Boardwalk at 1500. Jitterbug arrived. Visited for a while. Ryan baked a cake for dinner. We sat in the cockpit listening to our music amid the screams of teenage girls from the Boardwalk. 0815 Plotted yesterday's position as 36 45.92' 122 02.00'. Weather report says High moving N bringing increased NW winds through Thursday. Currently very cloudy. Gary and Claudette reported thick fog on yesterday's sail down the coast (and conditions as nasty as any they saw across the Atlantic). Glad to be at anchor. 0931 Deflated *#!@^% dink (Zodiac), weighed anchor, motoring toward Santa Cruz. Day Eleven 20 July 2003 1048 After leaving the Boardwalk anchorage yesterday, Ryan and Dudley motored to Santa Cruz Harbor for breakfast at Aldo's. Teresa arrived about noon. The surge at the guest dock was terrible. Waves were crashing on the breakwater. After Ryan left, we contacted Double Play whom had plans to move to Capitola. We headed straight there, anchored, and watched the surfers as the waves broke along the shore only about 100 yards from the boat. Riding the swells at anchor and watching breakers so close was awesome. Ate a nice dinner and headed over to Double Play for Happy Hour. Had a jolly time and returned to KO for another peaceful night. The waves are still breaking this morning with lots of surfers again very close. 1622 Had a close encounter with a couple of otters and a couple of dolphins. Watched otters at 6' range for half and hour...eating and washing. Awesome! All this from the dink (Achilles) which I rowed into a kelp bed and held onto a stalk for an anchor. Day Twelve 21 July 2003 0943 Last night was a bit rougher and this morning a bit gloomier than it has been. Had a good sleep after skipping Happy Hour and listening to the Giants beat Arizona. Making coffee. Ryan is taking the day off to join us again [Note: He never made it due to a screw-up with his pay check] 1125 Weighed anchor in Capitola and immediately snagged kelp in the prop. Some reverse/forward action finally freed it all. Heading to Santa Cruz to re-supply. 1330 Tied up at Santa Cruz guest dock. Teresa paid harbormaster and met a mail carrier while Dudley re-watered and re-charged. 2029 Went out on Jitterbug for Wednesday night races. Almost as fast as a Santa Cruz 70. Heading to SCYC. Day Thirteen 22 July 2003 0847 Had a good time at SCYC, then spent some time on Double Play before hitting the rack. Smooth, quiet night. 1239 Breakfast at Aldo's w/ Don and Terri. Checking alternator, found dust from belt and decided to replace with new Napa 3VX400 50 I had on hand. 2154 Went for row and readied the boat for trip N. WX still says S winds close to shore thru Saturday. Dinner at Brew Pub. Margaritas at Rosa's. Beer and such on Double Play. 6AM wake-up. Good night. Day Fourteen 23 July 2003 0643 At fuel dock (no diesel). Preparing to depart. Overcast and drizzly. Picked up water, beer, and ice. 0725 Motoring 1.5 miles offshore. Double Play just ahead. Fog, drizzle, light swell, no wind. 0843 Passing Davenport cement plant close to shore. 1003 Passing Ano Nuevo. Still close to shore and Double Play. High overcast clearing to coast, light swell, no wind. 1204 Passing Pomponio. Very smooth seas. 1356 Entered Pillar Point Harbor. 1405 Anchored. Day Fifteen 24 July 2003 0730 Harbor dink tour with Don and Terri last evening while we awaited the arrival of Jitterbug. Dinner at Ketch Joannie. Back ot KO. Sat in cockpit in thick fog. Planning on leaving for home today (we're out of coffee but Teresa squeezed out one last cup). 0829 Departed HMB after circling DP and JB to say "Bye!". Don still in bed. Drizzly and overcast. 0946 High overcast, light swell, very light winds from S. 1245 Under the Golden Gate Bridge. 1350 Finally some sun and wind. PacBell and SF in background. 1525 KO safely home with crew 8-) 8-)
