View of Avalon casino from the deck of Calou
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Bruce installs a rebuild kit for the aft head while en route to Catalina Island. One of the sailor's favorite tasks!
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10/20/2008
After we left Monterey we headed towards Santa Barbara. It was a two day sail down. On the first day, we saw bottle nosed dolphins fly past us. On the second day, we saw humpback whales constantly rise out of the water. Hours later, we finally arrived at Santa Barbara at night. We then stayed another night.
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You write so well Antoine! :o)
- Antoine
10/20/2008, Two Harbors
We left Santa Barbara at 7 a.m. this morning with the sunrise.
To our dismay we found that the autopilot was no longer working. I did some checking, looking for obvious things like loose wires, with no luck. My assessment is that the autopilot motor is burned out. I think this will be an easy, albeit expensive, item to replace once we get to San Diego.
So, we had to hand steer for our 14 hour passage to Catalina Island, arriving here at 9 PM. We took turns steering in 2 hour shifts, the four of us (Bruce, Pascale, John, and Francois), so it wasn't too bad. We'll have to hand steer from Catalina to San Diego as well.
While we were underway I did some projects. First was to rebuild the aft head. I removed the pump and did the installation of the rebuild kit in the cockpit, much to the amusement of everyone else.
Then I completed the wiring for the masthead video camera. The camera has a view of the bow pulpit and the water immediately in front of the boat. I'm sure this'll come in handy sometime.
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Photo of crew at Santa Barbara
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10/20/2008, Catalina Island
We left Santa Barbara and headed down to Catalina Island, when we arrived the night sky was just gorgeous!
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We rounded Pt. Conception in mild conditions with 15 knot winds and 6 foot waves.
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10/19/2008
After we left Monterey we headed towards Santa Barbara. It was a two day sail down. On the first day, we saw bottle nosed dolphins fly past us. On the second day, we saw humpback whales constatnly rise out of the water. Hours later, we finally arrived at Santa Barbara at night. We then stayed another night.
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