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.