Bluewater Coastal Cruising: Leg 2, Half Moon Bay to Morro Bay

The Crew:

Mark Barrish

Michael Sevy

Lawrence Kerver

The Journey: Pillar Point Harbor in Half Moon Bay to Morro Bay (165 nautical miles)

MotionX GPS Track

Prepping for departure: Michael, Lawrence, Mark

Sunset departure from Half Moon Bay

Leg 2 of the BLUEWATER journey south is underway at 6:58pm Pacific Time Friday October 12, 2012 from Half Moon Bay enroute to Morro Bay with 3 souls aboard (Mark, Lawrence and Michael Sevy). Sail plan is to motor south into a light southwest breeze. Estimated time enroute is 40 hours. (actual was 30 hours).

9:45pm Friday night October 12th: They are seeing crab pots. The seas are totally calm. They are motoring. The stars are out. There is not a breath of wind. They are seeing jellyfish with a bright spotlight.

Michael has the 9pm to midnight watch

Mark has midnight to 3:00am

Lawrence is 3:00am to 6:00am

Sunrise

On Oct 13, 2012, at 3:40 AM, Lawrence <lmkerver@gmail.com> wrote:
Good morning,
I'm up for my 3-6am watch. We are abeam of SC. Departed Half Moon Bay at 7pm to a gorgeous sunset. Liz made us an outstanding salmon salad which hit the spot and I went to sleep. No wind, so we are motoring about 6kts heading for Morro Bay. The sky is deep with approx 1 zillion stars, many shooters here and there. It is quite warm with tons of moon jellies and luminescence one the water. My coffee is kicking in and it smells delectable in the cabin. Mmmmmmmmmm coffee. Wish you were here too :)

Michael on the bow

From: Liz Barrish <liz.barrish@yahoo.com>
Sent: Saturday, October 13, 2012 6:26 PM
Subject: Another Update

Update: Phone Call Received 6pm Saturday 10/13. Mark was able to reach me by phone with a good connection.

At 6pm, they are about 5 miles north of Piedras Blancas, 5 miles offshore.
They are ahead of schedule and could arrive as early as 2:00am.
They have been taking naps here and there.
Lawrence and Michael enjoyed racing with 2 dolphins while Mark was napping.
They have been motoring about half the time.

Early this morning was exciting sailing with 20 Knots of wind, sailing/surfing downwind.

Dolphin

When the wind died down to about 10 or 11 knots, they put out the Screecher (multi-hull genoa type head-sail).

The breeze is coming up again and Mark was off to put up another sail.

Liz

p.s. For Kevin: They will likely anchor or tie up to a mooring ball because the Morro Bay Yacht Club's dock is closed this weekend for racing. I am planning to change the rental car pick-up time to about noon on Sunday. They will need a ride to SLO Airport for the rental car and I'm hoping you're the taxi man. Keep us posted when you see the whites of their eyes.

Mark & Michael setting up the bowsprit

Ready to hoist the screecher

Screecher

From: michael <seaveez@yahoo.com>
Sent: Saturday, October 13, 2012 7:05 PM
Subject: Re: Another Update

Thanks Liz. We're now motor-sailing with just the screecher and making good progress.

Can see lights on at Hotel California (Hearst Castle). ETA to Morro Bay could be 1:00 … good thing we finished work on the second anchor today.

-Michael
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Michael fishing

Lawrence and Michael napping

Mark

Michael on the bow

Michael and Mark

Sent: Sunday, October 14, 2012 1:27 AM
From mark:
Woohoo!
We are secured to a mooring in morro bay!
Mbyc mooring 5 is our home for the night
After this cold one I will need some sleep and then to hear from you and Amanda