Friday, October 30, 2015 October 27 (Tuesday) through October 30 (Friday) Arrived in Bodega Bay, CA Our next opportunity to leave Humboldt Bay did not present itself until the following Monday. We probably wouldn’t have left if it wasn’t for a fishing vessel that entered the bar and moored just down from us. With a need to verify the bar condition apart from the Coast Guard’s report of 12 foot breakers, I rushed over to the fisherman to ask about…
More of Humbolt Bay, Eureka CA We are still in Eureka. Our expectation was to leave earlier to head further south but I guess it wasn’t meant to be. Humbolt Bay Marina has been the longest stay so far with a total of 11 days. The following scenes are what we have seen. Red sky in the morning Sailor’s warning. We should have heeded the old wives tale for the bar condition wasn’t so great for us. We made an…
Still in Humbolt Bay of Eureka, CA Waiting for the favorable weather window we were wondering what we should do to occupy ourselves in Eureka. Well, let’s just say that our lives have taken a dramatic slowing down in pace. The weather seems to be predicting all kinds of havoc along the coast especially around where we are. Surprisingly the weather inland was a lot more favorable with warm sun and light breeze. Between a few days of small craft…
Humbolt Bay- Eureka, CA. Left Port Orford in the morning. Was a little worried the anchor would be dug so deep we wouldn’t be able to get it out, but it came up just fine. Getting here took almost all of 24 hours. The day started out beautiful with great clarity and visibility. What the forecast sited as a patchy fog after midnight turned into dense fog from 10 nm off the coast all the way in to the marina. Thank…
Port Orford, OR . We set out of Coos Bay, OR thinking that we’d either stop in Crescent City, CA or Eureka, CA if weather allowed. It was a high pressure system, clear skies, and unseasonably warm temperature most of the day. The girls were mostly bored and didn’t know what to do. I haven’t been able to get Sophia to take another turn at the helm since leaving Jones Island, when she shrewdly observed that “the boring thing about steering is…
Hanging out in Charleston-Coos Bay, OR . Bus ride into town for a grocery run. For a 20 min ride, we spent 1 hr getting to Safeway. There we found a recycled can and glass compartment. It’s Anna’s great fascination with making money with no-investment: take Washington bought canned goods and recycle it for 5 cents a can in Oregon. I believe there was fairly popular episode of Seinfeld where Kramer went all over NY with cans from a…
Arrived in Charleston Marina near Coos Bay, OR Boy were we happy to see a dock again! We toiled over 10 hrs trying to stabilize our boat from swells and resultant bow lurches. Leaving Grays Harbor, WA we knew that we’d be dealing with 5-10knots of southerlies. The night started out clear with surfacing of a bright crescent moon around 9pm. In a moment, I looked down into the cabin and then looked up to find no moon, no stars,…
Looking around Westport Marina in Grays Harbor We ducked into Grays Harbor waiting for the next good weather window to head south. We are likely to depart on Sunday Oct4th for probably a 36 hr shift at the helm. With 10 kts of northerlies, we hope to test out our hydrovane. Again, Grays Harbor like Neah Bay is a fishing marina. They tout that Westport Marina of Grays Harbor has the largest fishing charters on the west coast. At…
Arrived in Grays Harbor Although we planned to end our shift at the helm in Astoria the decision was unanimous to head into Grays Harbor primarily due to our desire to be off shift, enjoy some sleep, gourmet food, and play with our girls. Downside of being on shift is that one can’t do much other than tend the helm, navigate, or sleep. Meanwhile the girls’ attempts at occupying themselves and pestering Cutip waned and their need for our attention grew,…