oceanside to mission bay to shelter island

11/5and6
we left oceanside with hotel del coranado on our minds. we plotted our course and departed oceanside at 7:30AM. motor sailed for a couple hours with no wind. dad caught a seagull while trolling. wind picked up real nice and we turned the motor off. 4 grey? whales were feeding right off the side of our boat in a huge ball of baitfish with birds going crazy. sailed at 5kts. when it comes to sailing you kind of just have to let the wind guide you if you want to save on gas and get maximum speed. and the wind led us perfectly into mission bay, so we took it as a sign. the suns setting early these days and we needed to get in and get that hook down. so we pulled into mariner's cover, free anchorage. sleep. lots of it. woke up, cold showers in the public area. pulled up anchor and set off at 11:30am for shelter bay san diego. right around point loma. great sail out at 3kts. then the wind shifted right off the bow. sails down. motored the rest of the way through lobster pot bouys and thick kelp. hit a huge thick fog patch coming around point loma into the harbor. found the guest slips. hitched a ride into town and got a new anchor chain stopper and our mexican fishing licenses! walked back to the boat. made clam chowder, had some wine. super thick fog forecasted til the morning, checking forecast when we get up deciding our departure for ensenada, mexico. first port of clearance, visas.

workin the rods

she likes to sit here while we sail

whales!

nothing but kelp and fog

fog line

clam chowder

krockodile dumbdee

chillin and groomin

lunch is served

coming into mission bay under sail, big swell

where we anchored for the night

talking to mom

morning phone calls in the fog

dangerously thick

just before we pulled up anchor in mariners cove mission bay

breakfast. blueberry pancakes and bacon.

the crew leading us through the fog, kelp, and lobster pot buoys.

checking the charts

"i don't have a car, i don't have a job, pretty much on vacation for the rest of my life, i'll have the biggest drink that you have"

safety first riggin up the jib

point loma

beautiful lido 16 cutting through san diego harbor. thick fog we just came through out on the ocean.

skyline with the fog rolling in

oh ya!

seemed appropriate

currently we are tied to a guest slip in shelter island san diego. awaiting the fog to clear out and an updated forecast. hopefully everything blows away so we can continue onto ensenada and get our paperwork handled. we're also working on setting up our SPOT connect. should be up and running soon so everyone can see us on the map.