Half Moon Bay

The passage from Drakes Bay to Half Moon Bay was our shortest so far, only 47 miles and it only took us about 5 hours.  Short and sweet.  We did see lots of whales, one shark, some seals and the high point for me was seeing Mola mola (ocean sunfish),  We probably saw 8 or 10 of those unusual creatures which was very cool. 



So this is where we’ve landed.  It’s kind of crowded, kind of cozy, kind of famous (home of Mavericks, one of the famous big wave surf breaks in the world) and defiantly all Californian.    As we were walking around town tonight a mint Porsche 356 Speedster went by with the top down.  What could be more Californian than that?

We’re going to enjoy some showers, do some laundry (clean out my skivvys from our Eureka bar crossing), enjoy some internet, phone reception and fix some boat things such as a couple of twisted up halyards (mast money anybody?), the jammed anchor windless, dinghy wheels, rig a kettle for the anchor, check over the engine and a few other odds and ends.  



We’re also going to hook up with some sailing fiends and check out this place too.  Then, after all that, we going to head on down the coast, probably to the Channel Islands before heading down to old San Diego and staging for Mexico.