Bruce
10/23/2006, 20 miles offshore past Morro Bay

I'm on watch until 5:00 a.m., as we make passage towards Point Concepcion. John piloted from 9pm to 1 a.m. just prior. Our current course puts us on track to round the point mid morning. We had a great sail today, with a 15 knot following breeze, we put up the kite and sailed until it started getting dark. Right now we have a 15 knot wind coming from astern. The fog is thick so I'm watching the radar.

Earlier today we started taking on water, I pumped a bucket or two out of the sump under the engine. We traced the leak to a small puncture in one of the cockpit drain hoses. The puncture was under the waterline intermittently. Fortunately I had brought along some Zspar Splash epoxy. This stuff cures in the presence of water. Got the leak fixed right up, until we can replace the hose.

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10/22/2006

Here's a photo from CALOU

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10/22/2006

Clear evidence that she is (A) still aboard and (B) still happy! Go Calou Go!

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10/22/2006

we have foggy conditions, visibility less than 1/4 mile, and it's a moonless night. all one can see is the bow wave. navigating by radar and gps. the wind is coming from the north at 8 knots, though it was reaching 15 knots earlier. have to motor to make headway.

we filled up the diesel tank at Monterey, and calculated fuel usage. When motoring at 6.5 knots we use 0.7 gallons per hour. This gives us a range of about 464 nautical miles on a tank of fuel.

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Bruce
10/22/2006, Pacific Ocean

we all got up at 6 a.m., refueled, and left Monterey harbor this morning. Winds are less than 5 knots and coming from the south (grumble). Se we are motoring again. We look forward to that downwind run to San Diego we kept hearing about.

We saw a pod of dolphins just now.

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10/22/2006

John at Monterey

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10/21/2006

Bruce At The Helm

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10/21/2006

Heeeeeere's TO-TO!

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