SERENITY DOCKED IN MONTEREY
08/29/2009
sERENITY AT REST, DOCKED IN MONTEREY. NOTE ALL THE WORKING BOATS.
AT MONTEREY
08/29/2009
07/29/2009
ALTHOUGH IT IS BEAUTIFUL SITTING HERE AT THE DOCK IN MONTEREY WITH UNLIMITED ELECTRICITY AND WATER (THE SIMPLE THINGS MEAN SO MUCH), WE WILL LEAVE TOMORROW FOR HALF MOON BAY. WE PLAN A ONE NIGHT'S STAY THERE BEFORE WE HEAD TO SAN FRANCISCO. BY THE WAY, TO THOSE CRUISERS OUT THERE-- THE FIVE-MILE WIFI ANTENNA IS A GREAT DEVICE. WE HAVE FREE INTERNET ACCESS ON OUR BOAT AT MORRO BAY AND HERE IN MONTEREY--THOUGHT YOU MIGHT WANT TO KNOW THAT.
MORRO BAY TO MONTEREY
08/29/2009
07/28/2009 MORRO BAY TO MONTERY
THIS WILL BE AN OVERNIGHT LEG AS WE WANT TO ARRIVE AT MONTEREY DURING DAYLIGHT HOURS:
WE LEFT MORRO BAY AT 6:30PM WITH LIMITED VISIBILITY (FOG AGAIN), 7 KNOTS OF WIND ON THE NOSE, 4-5 FT nw SWELL--ALSO ON THE NOSE. REALLY, THE CONDITIONS ARE GOOD AS THE SOUTH SWELL HAS DIED DOWN. SERENITY HANDLES THE NW SWELL FINE, BUT WITH A CROSS SWELL WE ROCK AND ROLL.
THE TRIP WAS A LITTLE SCARY AS WE COULD ONLY SEE ABOUT 100 YARDS IN FRONT OF THE BOAT. VERY DARK, VERY COLD (SLEEPING BAYS FOR THE COCKPIT IS A MUST), AND A LEE SHORE TO STARBOARD. BUT WITH RADAR, AIS(AUTOMATIC IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM), AND OUR CHART PLOTTER WE MADE IT TO PINOS POINT AT ABOUT 7:30AM. WE USE A TIMER THAT GOES OFF EVERY TEN MINUTES AND ONE OF US LOOKS ALL AROUND (360 DEGREES), CHECKS THE RADAR AND CHART PLOTTER, AND REPORTS ANY TARGETS ( SHIPS SEEN ON RADAR) TO THE OTHER CREW MEMBER. ONE THING WE DID LEARN IS THAT WE MUST SET SEA WATCHES. WE WERE BOTH SO ANXIOUS THAT WE WERE BOTH UP ALL NIGHT. SO WHEN WE MADE IT TO MONTEREY WE WERE EXHAUSTED!
WE CHECKED IN WITH THE HARBORMASTER, SCOTT, AND WERE ASSIGNED A SLIP BEHIND THE SEA WALL--H5. WE PROMPTLY WENT TO BED FOR FOUR HOURS.
MONTEREY BAY IS A MUST STOP FOR BOATS PLYING THE CALIFORNIA COAST. IT IS A WORKING HARBOR--WE HAVE A CRAB BOAT AND A TOUR BOAT AS DOCK NEIGHBORS. BUT EVERYTHING IS WITHIN WALKING DISTANCE. JUST ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE MARINA IS THE OLD FISHERMAN'S WHARF. THERE ARE MANY QUAINT SHOPS AND RESTAURANTS THERE--THE RESTAURANTS HAVE A SERVER OUT FRONT OFFERING FREE SAMPLES OF THEIR CLAM CHOWDER. YOU COULD PROBABLY FILL YOUR BELLY WITH ALL THE FREE CLAM CHOWDER AND NOT NEED DINNER!
DOWN A NICE PEDESTRIAN/BIKE PATH IS THE FAMOUS CANNERY ROW. NEAT SHOPS AND MORE RESTAURANTS AWAIT THE MANY TOURISTS. WE DID NOT VISIT THE MONTEREY AQUARIUM AS WE HAVE SEEN IT BEOFRE AND IT COSTS $30/PERSON.
WE HAD LUNCH AT BUBBA GUMP'S SHRIMP FACTORY AND THE WAITRESS( A YOUNG GIRL ABOUT 19 YEARS) ASKED US WHERE WE WERE FROM AND WHAT OUR PLANS WERE. SHE WAS IN SHOCK WHEN WE TOLD HER THAT WE WERE ON THE FIRST LEG OF AN EXTENDED, POSSIBLY AROUND THE WORLD, CRUISE ON OUR SAILBOAT. SHE SAID WE INSPIRED HER TO FOLLW HER DREAM TOO.
PHOSPHORESCENCE IN THE WATER
08/25/2009
07/28/2009 ON OUR WAY TO MONTEREY WE HAD PHOSPHORESCENCE IN OUR WAKE. THE LITTLE BRIGHT BALLS ARE PHOSPHORESCENCE.
CAPTAIN AND ADMIRAL
08/25/2009
SHERRY SAYS I CAN BE THE CAPTAIN, BUT AS A SHIP CAN HAVE ONLY ONE CAPTAIN--SHE IS THE ADMIRAL.
MORRO BAY TO MONTEREY
08/25/2009
GOODBY MORRO BAY. BY THE WAY, THE POWER PLANT STACKS ARE A GOOD IDENTIFICATION MARKER FOR MORRO BAY--IF YOU CAN SEE THROUGH THE FOG.
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