The Big Adventure 2025

27 Aug - Our plan for today was to fit the new windlass motor and then head around to Stillwater Cove, a little bay by Carmel that had been recommended to us by a couple in San Francisco. After ge ...

25 Aug - We now had a couple of days to enjoy Monterey as the weather was flat calm until after midweek. Having chatted with Amelia she had advised us that the Aquarium was worth the visit and she ...

28 - 30 Aug - The morning dawned beautifully sunny and still. We were planning today to make a big (200NM) push 'round the corner' to Ventura. The weather was showing that it would be fairly calm bu ...

20 Aug - With all the fun and games of the last few days we decided it was time to chill out a bit today and do a bit more touristing. After a leisurely start to the day we moved off the mooring b ...

17 Aug - It was now time to move on from St Francis. Our plans for the day were to head down the bay and go see a baseball game and then head over to an anchorage at 'treasure island'. We were ...

15 Aug - Today we said goodbye to the laid back and exclusive enclave of Belvedere Cover and SFYC and moved onto the more vibrant, but apparently even more exclusive St Francis Yacht Club. This club ...

13 Aug - Now we had arrived, it was time to start exploring. After an uneventful, if broken nights sleep, we woke with amazing views of the skyline of San Francisco although it was still overcast. ...

12 Aug - As I came on watch at 03:00 we were still sailing but by 04:00 the wind had dropped and the sail was just flapping so I rolled in the Genoa and we were back on the engine, motoring slowly ...

10 Aug - Slack tide at the bar was due around 7 so we were up and away, in lovely weather around 6. As we got towards the bar though the weather closed in and we could see some fairly significant b ...

03 Aug - 09 Aug AFter making the decision to not head out into the stormy seas, we are now just biding our time until the weather breaks. We are keeping busy with tidying up some of the to do jobs ...