Author: HJ

Newport Beach

This has been an amazing stop over. We are so lucky to have amazing friends and family here. Thanks for making us feel right at home!  

Avalon to Newport Beach

Left Avalon at 10am, hoping to arrive in NB around 4pm. A little overcast with 5 to 10 knot winds. Looking forward to spending time with Family! With enough wind that we put two...

Avalon in the Winter

February 1 – 6, 2014 I recommend Avalon in the winter. It feels as if you have the bay and the town almost to yourself. I think even the locals are more willing to...

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...

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...

Anchored in Half Moon Bay

We made it to Half Moon Bay by 4:30 Thursday January 17th, after an amazingly calm and beautiful sail.  Conditions were bperfect. Clear sky with winds at 10 knots coming from the East. Beam reach, making...

Here we go! Leaving San Francisco

Gas House Cove, SF. Sail Date: January 17, 2014 What an incredible 24 hours…We woke up Thursday morning and decided to run with the weather and finally GO! Thank you Dori and Sean for untying...