Eureka CA

We made it to Eureka.  It's is supposed to have one of the most dangerous entrance bars on the west coast so we did a night passage in order to arrive during the day, particularly the morning when it's calmest.  It was a beautiful night but a lumpy ride.  The combination big waves a light wind made the ride erratic.  I had a hard time steering by compass in those conditions so I steered by the stars.  It turned out the the milky way was right over where we were headed so for most of the night I headed right for/into that.  It was magical as my night vision became acute and the sky darkened it seamed like I was sailing right into the Middle Way it self.    Just beautiful.  The crazy motion of the boat got the better of poor Bev.  She was sea sick all night long.  Bummer.  But we made it and are safely tied up in a deliciously funky marina.  

Bev and I usually share the sailing, watch on watch, throughout the night the with but because Bev was sick I did most of it which helped to put me into some kind of altered state.  By morning I still felt pretty good so I was surprised when I couldn't do some simple math.  Rut row!!!

The bad news of this passage is that broke 4 more of our sail slides in the rough conditions last night so we've got that do deal with.  They're made out of plastic.  I'm going to see if I can get a local machinist to make us some out of metal or some other fix.  Who knows at this point, we might be here a while.  

Other that the sail slide breakage, Malo is doing great.  She's such a fun boat to sail.  Sort of like riding a spirited horse, responsive, sensitive, willing and somewhat fast...