Saturday September 30th.
We are in Santa Cruz this morning and planning on heading across the bay 20nm to Monterey. Finally had some sunshine yesterday and went for a long walk with Cooper. He just loves to push his stroller, and push his stroller, and push… He also got to play on the beach for a while near the Santa Cruz Pier. We are not having much luck posting pictures to the blog but will keep trying.
Saturday, September 30, 2006
Thursday September 28th.
Yesterday we sailed, well motored.. from Bodega bay to San Francisco. We passed under the golden gate bridge at 5:00pm and looked for moorage on the Sausalito side of the bay. All the marinas were full or could not accommodate Wiz’s 8’ draft. We decided to check out Angel Island and found a mooring buoy in Ayala cove. It was very convenient though a little rolly. Today we did a short trip to Half Moon bay and are tied up at the county marina. So far the marina’s we have stayed at are run by the county and are quite reasonable at between $20-26 per night. About half what we are used to in the San Juan’s. I’m pretty sure that will change by the time we get down around Santa Barbara. Since we had a short trip today we went ashore and had a restraint meal and gave Cooper plenty of walking. On board Cooper is still a bit unsure why walking which was getting easier every day is suddenly more unpredictable. He sure likes new things and is adjusting to life aboard. He is getting lots of bumps on the head, though I’m not sure it’s a lot more than he would get ashore. Tomorrow we are planning to go to Santa Cruz which is a larger city than we have stayed at for a few days. Santa Cruz is 45nm south of us and that translates to about an 8hr trip. Just a bit over 50% faster than walking! Wiz is working well though we are still working through a few kinks. Today the starter solenoid started acting up. I cleaned all the terminals and it started several times in a row. Time will tell if the fix is that simple. We are settling in to the routine. Susan used a patch for sea sickness even though the conditions were quite calm. The side effects seem to be not worth the cure and she will be trying something else tomorrow. We are planning on moving south every day until we get warm. It’s San Francisco grey and cool. Nights are a bit chill and Cooper isn’t proficient in staying covered so we are anxious for So-Cal sunshine soon.
Yesterday we sailed, well motored.. from Bodega bay to San Francisco. We passed under the golden gate bridge at 5:00pm and looked for moorage on the Sausalito side of the bay. All the marinas were full or could not accommodate Wiz’s 8’ draft. We decided to check out Angel Island and found a mooring buoy in Ayala cove. It was very convenient though a little rolly. Today we did a short trip to Half Moon bay and are tied up at the county marina. So far the marina’s we have stayed at are run by the county and are quite reasonable at between $20-26 per night. About half what we are used to in the San Juan’s. I’m pretty sure that will change by the time we get down around Santa Barbara. Since we had a short trip today we went ashore and had a restraint meal and gave Cooper plenty of walking. On board Cooper is still a bit unsure why walking which was getting easier every day is suddenly more unpredictable. He sure likes new things and is adjusting to life aboard. He is getting lots of bumps on the head, though I’m not sure it’s a lot more than he would get ashore. Tomorrow we are planning to go to Santa Cruz which is a larger city than we have stayed at for a few days. Santa Cruz is 45nm south of us and that translates to about an 8hr trip. Just a bit over 50% faster than walking! Wiz is working well though we are still working through a few kinks. Today the starter solenoid started acting up. I cleaned all the terminals and it started several times in a row. Time will tell if the fix is that simple. We are settling in to the routine. Susan used a patch for sea sickness even though the conditions were quite calm. The side effects seem to be not worth the cure and she will be trying something else tomorrow. We are planning on moving south every day until we get warm. It’s San Francisco grey and cool. Nights are a bit chill and Cooper isn’t proficient in staying covered so we are anxious for So-Cal sunshine soon.
Thursday, September 28, 2006
Tuesday, September 26, 2006
Tuesday Sept 26th. We are in Bodega bay 50nm north of San Francisco. We have been here since last Thursday when Darrell, Jerie, Cathy and Ester arrived from Seattle.
Briefly, since I don't want to recall the trip in detail, it was an ordeal. 25-30 knots on the nose for 3 days, half a day of reaching in the sun, Then 2-1/2 days of 25-35 knots nearly dead astern. The whole time the seas were large and confused so we rolled incessantly. Wiz sailed herself upwind with the wheel locked-better than could be hand steared. The running in heavy seas was to much for the autopilot so we hand steered with Darrell and Jerie alternating all night. We were all quite exhausted when we arrived.
Staying in Bodega bay was real convienient as Susan's mom lives 45 minutes from here. Susan, Cooper and I spent yesterday getting settled in and things stowed. We are departing in the am for San Francisco. Conditions look calm with southerly winds (light) filling in to westerlys later in the week. Long time between posts, but it should get better from here.
Briefly, since I don't want to recall the trip in detail, it was an ordeal. 25-30 knots on the nose for 3 days, half a day of reaching in the sun, Then 2-1/2 days of 25-35 knots nearly dead astern. The whole time the seas were large and confused so we rolled incessantly. Wiz sailed herself upwind with the wheel locked-better than could be hand steared. The running in heavy seas was to much for the autopilot so we hand steered with Darrell and Jerie alternating all night. We were all quite exhausted when we arrived.
Staying in Bodega bay was real convienient as Susan's mom lives 45 minutes from here. Susan, Cooper and I spent yesterday getting settled in and things stowed. We are departing in the am for San Francisco. Conditions look calm with southerly winds (light) filling in to westerlys later in the week. Long time between posts, but it should get better from here.
Monday, September 11, 2006
This is the log of the yacht WIZ and her crew: Darrell, Susan and Cooper Clark.
The trip has been three years in planning an has been changed greatly by the arrival of our new Son Cooper who will be 11-1/2 months old when we depart.
The trip plan is to depart Seattle Sept 15th-sail direct to San Francisco, where Susan and Cooper will join me. Then we will harbor hop down to San diego where we will join the Ha-Ha fleet to sail down the Baja. From there we plan to spend a few months in Mexico then dry store WIZ until next winter when we will have to decide where to go next.
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