Welcome Aboard the Avalon Express
Left Oxnard just before sunset with 4 to 6 ft. seas with a pod of around 80 to 100 dolphins surrounded us, jumping into the waves. Sailed all but 1 hour of the 15 hour...
Monthly Archive: January 2014
Avalon, here we come
UPDATE 1/30/14 3:51pm: we waited an extra day for better wind but be careful what you wish for 🙂 it should be a rockin night. We are leaving Channel Islands Harbor now, 3:51pm, and...
Holy Moly Roly Poly
Smuggler’s Cove was beautiful but uncomfortable due to the swell. We decided to leave early (0800) and head back across the channel to Channel Islands Harbor near Oxnard. The weather reports are predicting pretty...
Made it to Santa Cruz Island
We are snuggled up cozy in Smuggler’s Cove. There’s a bit of swell making for a rolly evening, but the winds are light, stars are out, and we are 20 peaceful miles away from...
On our way to Santa Cruz Island
We left Santa Barbara around 11:30 and are on our way to Smuggler’s Cove on Santa Cruz Island. It should take us about 5 hours to get there.
Made it to Santa Barbara
We made it in just before sunset, grilled some pork steaks, had a beer and some wine, and fell asleep! We plan on spending one day here at the (expensive) marina before heading over...
Around Pt. Conception, the Cape Horn of California!
Sail Date: January 25, 2014. Total hours at sea: 13.5 Left Morro Bay at 4pm arrived Santa Barbara 5:30pm January 26, 2014 The weather window was closing for conditions around Pt. Conception, a sometimes-tricky...
Our stay in Morro Bay
Salty boats, charming wharf, good fish and chips, and a kick ass barber shop! I have always wanted visit Morro Bay. My adoptive Father and Mother lived here when they were first married 1949-51....
First All-Nighter to Morro Bay
Santa Cruz to Morro Bay: Sail Date January 19, 2014. Hours at Sea 14.75 Left Santa Cruz at 2pm 1/19 and arrive 1/20 at 4:45pm. “Men really do need sea-monsters in their personal oceans” ― John...
Cruising into Santa Cruz
Half Moon Bay to Santa Cruz: Sail Date January 18, 2014. Hours at sea: 9. Pulled up anchor at 7:00 and left Half Moon Bay. We had no wind. We started out the harbor...
