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Finding Slips And Anchorage While Cruising

Finding Slips And Anchorage While Cruising

by Mai Tai | Apr 26, 2021 | Central California, Coastal Cruising, Cruising the California Coast, East Coast ICW, SF Bay, SF Bay Delta

Finding slips and anchorage while cruising is a critical aspect of trip planning. What we discovered on our journey cruising the California Coast may be helpful to other cruisers and want-to-be cruisers. Need a Slip? On a long cruise there will be times when you will...

Santa Cruz To Half Moon Bay Then On To The Golden Gate

by Mai Tai | Apr 25, 2021 | Central California, Coastal Cruising, Cruising the California Coast, San Francisco Bay Delta

Santa Cruz to Half Moon Bay Weather and sea conditions were forecast to be good overall. Wind below 20kts and seas less than 6 feet. And, they were accurate. Fishing boat traffic in Monterey Bay was heavy the morning we departed Santa Cruz. It was with us for a couple...

Cruising California Coast – San Simeon to Monterey Bay

by Mai Tai | Mar 29, 2021 | Central California, Coastal Cruising, Cruising the California Coast

The trip from San Simeon to Monterey Bay is one of the longest legs of our entire trip. This is a rugged and sparsely populated section of the California coast. There are no real refuges from wind and angry seas. Choosing a weather window that allows enough time for...

Cruising California Coast – Morro Bay To San Simeon

by Mai Tai | Mar 12, 2021 | Central California, Coastal Cruising, Cruising the California Coast

An ideal stop over on our way to Monterey Bay from Morro Bay The distance between Morro Bay and Monterey Bay is farther than we wanted to commit to. There is only one viable refuge on this part of the coast and that is San Simeon. The home of Hearst Castle. This is a...

Cruising California Coast – Santa Barbara to Morro Bay

by Mai Tai | Mar 6, 2021 | Central California, Coastal Cruising, Cruising the California Coast, So. California

The dreaded cruise from Santa Barbara to Morro Bay, around Point Conception Point Conception Map Cape Horn of California Cruising the California Coast has a few areas famous for unpredictable and rough seas. One of those areas is Point Conception, sometimes called...
Cruising California Coast In Gas Powered Cruiser

Cruising California Coast In Gas Powered Cruiser

by Mai Tai | Dec 29, 2020 | Central California, Coastal Cruising, Cruising the California Coast, So. California

Chronicle of our adventure exploring ports and islands from San Diego to the San Francisco Bay and Delta A New Day Dawns The Cruising Mindset The dream of every boater is to cast off from the docks and head out to sea. Very few actually take the opportunity to do it....

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