One of the crew said NO WAY NO HOW, in 15 - 20 foot seas the autopilot won't work and we'll have to hand steer and not be able to cook or move around easily, and the anchorages are recommended for wind not swell, so we went out for the parade and are delaying departure until Thursday a.m.

We hope to catch the fleet in Turtle Bay - assuming most of them lay over Tuesday evening-Thursday a.m., we probably will. If not, we will hope to catch them in Bahia Santa Maria. After Wednesday night, the weather looks very benign, so we'll just see what happens! Most of the fleet started, some dropped out, and they were again strongly recommending everyone to anchor before dark on Tuesday til the weather moderates. A few boats left last night hoping to get to Turtle Bay before the swell arrives.

We went to the Cabrillo National Monument in the afternoon to pass the time and watched a Navy ship go out and a submarine come in, meet up w/ a boat of some sort, then turn around and go back out. No idea what they were doing.

Tomorrow we'll maybe do Sea World as Henry and I have both never been (Mike, Henry joined us last night!) and/or Balboa Park.

This was very disappointing and an excruciating decision - we spent from 7-9 a.m. going back and forth, discussing options and comfort levels, and decided that with one less crew and me probably getting very anxious and scared, it wasn't worth going today. I considered that, if this were the forecast and we were heading to Catalina, we wouldn't go. Might turn out to be a big ado about nothing, but at least MY comfort level is higher and anxiety level is lower. It was still a very difficult decision as we were out there with all the other boats as it was a BEAUTIFUL day, light winds and very tempting to just keep on going.

So, we'll monitor the morning roll call and see how things progress....