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We've safely rounded Pt. Conception. Seas are nearly flat. Feels like the Strait of Georgia! Approx 4 hours to Santa Barbara.

Any idea how much it would cost to move a 36' boat (17 tonnes), 12.5' beam from Thunder Bay to Vancouver? Ballpark?

Awesome! I'm seeing Thursday as the first good day, so we might leave then. Would be awesome to see you out there. Do you broadcast on AIS?

Yup we're at the Yacht Club. Just went to the happy hour and met some great people. Even met some fellow Canadians that are anchored out in the bay that we wouldn't have met otherwise. I will keep "The House of Juju" in mind!

I think we might be in Morro Bay for at least 10 days. I see a small window to get around Pt. Conception on Saturday but I'm not really interested in tackling the "Cape Horn of the West Coast" via small windows of opportunity. Will continue to monitor the forecasts...

Feels like we're in a hotel room. Didn't know a boat could be this steady and still afloat.

We anchored at San Simeon as well. Took the advice of a reviewer on Active Captain and tucked into the point as far as possible but it was no use with the SW swell. Pretty miserable night. If we had arrived earlier, with more light, I may have attempted a stern anchor to keep us pointed into the...

Appreciate you waiting until afterwards to post the story! We actually anchored in darkness, though under a full moon and with a great handheld flashlight. Managed to find a decent spot just before the mooring balls and the anchor set on the first try.

You're absolutely right. Fortunately things worked out, but at the end of the day there was no need to go out in bad weather.

Yup, it was rolly as heck. So was the next one (San Simeon). It was either that or cruise in the darkness, and I'd rather be in an unpleasant anchorage than pull an overnighter, though they're both not great options. Doesn't look like the SW swell is going to let up anytime soon.

Looks like I have some catching up to do here. We're now in Morro Bay. The entrance was a non-event. 2-4 foot swell. River-like. Santa Cruz was still the most challenging entrance for us... even worse than the Columbia River, but much shorter!

The original plan was to hang out in Monterey until Wednesday, but there's some nasty weather due to hit this part of the coast on Thursday, so we decided to leave today (Sunday) in order to get to Morro Bay well in advance of it (11 foot swell with wind on top). Ironically that meant heading...

The latest is that the internal leak (i.e. the drip into the oil pan) has subsided substantially. Since San Francisco it's probably been 50ml or so. Why has it decreased? Not sure. I've got a different type of oil in the engine now (Delo 400 15W40 vs some generic Canadian Tire 15W40 diesel oil)...

If you're still headed south when you leave, and plan to stop off in Marina del Rey (Santa Monica Bay) shoot me a PM as I'll likely have excess dock space available for a visit. It appears that Stout will be sold and gone, but I'll have to give notice to release my end tie. Happy travels, Jay...

We DID end up going with Cruise RO in the end; chose the 30 GPH unit. I anticipate we'll have the hardware by Thursday for Friday and I'll hopefully get the install done on the weekend. As for the rest of the jobs, the HF whip is now installed and I'm 80% complete the cable runs. Once I have...

So, we like this place so much that it's going to be our "maintenance stop" instead of San Diego. Cheaper, great marina, good weather, easy access to West Marine and other hardware stores, and the marina office is more than happy to accept packages on my behalf. I'll finally be installing the...

Carmel looks beautiful, but don't think we'll make it there. Spent most of my day today equalizing the batteries - turns out they're in great shape. Tonight we're celebrating Canadian Thanksgiving with two other Canadian boats that are with us in Monterey. Tomorrow we'll finally have a chance...

Wow, Santa Cruz was nuts! The marina seems so quiet but hundreds of people pack the restaurants at night! Yesterday, four of us decided to be kids again and got all-day passes at the Santa Cruz Boardwalk. We must've done 15 rides, including the Giant Dipper twice! We finished the day at the...

We were. After one night, though, we'd had enough and pulled into the marina this morning. Speaking of which, the entrance to the marina in Santa Cruz was far more precarious than any bar crossing we've had to make. We basically rode in on the back of a wave. The entrance to the marina is...

Thanks for the tips! We went out for some happy hour beers and appies on the pier yesterday, which were great. Does it normally get busy here on Columbus Day weekend?

Now anchored in Santa Cruz with S/V Tenacity rafted up to us. NOAA issued a Small Craft Advisory for 15-25kt winds and 3-5ft seas starting at 1400 but we just managed to sneak into Santa Cruz before it got too gnarly (we got in at 1415). Tenacity got in three hours later and experienced the full...

So after a week in Alameda we are once again underway. We departed with our friends in S/V Tenacity and arrived in Half Moon Bay at 1730. On the way out of Alameda, just before the Bay Bridge, we ran into S/V Buenaventura I who was with us in Newport and Coos Bay. They were going to be in the...

Right now the plan is to cruise back up to Victoria once we've had our fill, however I know there are lots of people that have had similar intentions and ended up selling their boat, so we'll see!

Thanks again for following, and occasionally motivating me to keep everyone updated. You don't quite want to follow in my footsteps, as we'll have to go back to work when all of this is said and done! This is more of a "time-out" than a retirement.

We'll see how far we can go, budget permitting, but the first target is the Sea of Cortez. We'd be very satisfied with ourselves if we can spend a winter in Mexico and beat back up the coast in the summer. That being said, we have loftier goals, but I'd hate to ruin the surprise.