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okay we left

eureka two hours ago this is

dead calm and foggy wind should pick up

here in a couple hours

just bizarre it's hard to tell where the

water ends

and the sky begins the sun's just

peeking out

and look at this we've got this like

interesting

halo effect happening out here

this is eerie

we're heading towards cape mendocino

right now

you know i don't really care that it's

this calm

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because cape mendocino is my nemesis

i've done it a dozen times

11 times it kicked my ass

today well i'm not going to talk about

it

because i want the seas to stay calm

we're heading into shelter cove tonight

we'll anchor there and then scoot into

fort bragg tomorrow

it'll be 65 nautical miles uh today

and about 38 tomorrow

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hopefully this wind picks up as we get

by the cape

we're about 15 18 miles from the cape

right now

after the cape i'm hoping for wind

just amazing look at this

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well it's been just a leisurely trip

here

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it's been peaceful sometimes it's boring

this is punta gorda here we just

rounded cape mendocino

and we're about 25 miles from dropping a

hook up here

so let's keep plugging along

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it's real interesting this section of

the coast

a lot of unsettled water right through

here you can see the difference if you

look off in the distance here

it's all around us we go through

or we have to pass over four large

canyons

and we'll be sitting in or we'll be

traveling across 300

foot depth of water and in a matter of a

mile you go to three and four thousand

feet deep

and then back to about 300 feet

and there's four of them we have to go

go across right here so

your speed will go from five and a half

six knots down to three knots

as the water's boiling all around you i

mean you can see it if you look off in

the distance here

it's crazy we're going through the

motole canyon right now we have two left

we've already went through the

mendocino canyon

pretty interesting

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the wind's finally picked up and we are

about 15 miles from shelter cove

just right around that point over there

we're doing about six and a half

almost seven knots here and there and

it just seems like every single time we

get close to where we're supposed to be

landing

the wind picks up

it's been the calmest seas i've seen

in a very long time all the times that

t.l and i have gone around cape

mendocino it's been

nasty so i'm pretty happy about how

uneventful it's been

god these capes along this stretch of

coast are

interesting five minutes ago we're in 25

knots

now apparent is zero

everything's just flopping

hate to lose the wind but it will be

nice

for a nice quiet night at anchor

we're still about two hours out so we're

just mosing our way in

this is hilarious there's so many flies

in this area and compass is just having

a blast just trying to catch them

there's one right here

oh right there right there go get it go

get it

you must be cautious on the approach to

shelter cove there are many exposed and

submerged rocks that extend

south of point delgada nearly a full

nautical mile

the anchorage is framed with high cliffs

with a mountainous backdrop

known as the king range that elevates to

over four thousand feet above sea level

this area is comparatively isolated and

is referred to as california's lost

coast because of the steepness and

geotechnical challenges

to develop here

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yeah i want to just swing around on this

and straighten the boat out just let the

wind take us

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okay back down

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okay stop

back down one more time

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okay we're good we're good so this is

our home for the night it's a beautiful

anchorage

prevailing wind obviously

we're getting a little bit of swell

wrapping around here but it's

pretty mellow we'll be leaving first

thing tomorrow morning

probably uh six in the morning we need

to get into

fort bragg before uh there's a small

craft advisory that's building up

tomorrow afternoon so we have about 37

miles to go

so we'll hit up bright and early now

we'll get inside make a little dinner

and relax

well we left shelter cove about half

hour ago

it was a beautiful anchorage

i didn't sleep well i'll be honest we

came in

and it was blowing 20 out of the north

and that's what that anchorage is great

for

but about midnight the winds clocked

around

to the south about 10 knots not too bad

you know it wasn't hardly moving us but

we're on a leash or in a roadstead

anchorage

so it's a bit unnerving i was watching

my

anchor watch system closely and got up

and walked the deck

a half a dozen times last night but

all's good

got up this morning pulled the anchor

and

we're off to fort bragg in the noyo

river

it's about 37 miles so it'll be a short

day

winds are kind of calm like they've been

every morning here but they always pick

up in the afternoon so we should uh

be sailing soon

well lynn is hard at it again

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we had a fishing boat pass us and blast

us with some exhaust

and it speckled the decks

lynn figured she'd get up this morning

and use the dew to

scrub the decks

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and there's a lot of deck

right as we were leaving we heard a

crash and

this bird hit our boat so

it was soaking wet and really freaked

out

so we want to see if it can fly now

that it's all dry

good job man

oh he's all better

i hope it's gonna be okay

the rest of today's passage was calm but

very interesting

we had times of dense fog and clearing

skies and then

back to fog at one point the fog lifted

just in time for us to pass through

a large pot of blue whales it was all

hand on deck

to help navigate through as many as 50

whales in two nautical miles

it was awesome the approach to the noyo

river entrance is spectacular

the coastline is rugged with massive

rock formations extending for miles

the entrance is narrow but well marked

as you cross the bar and under the

bridge it feels like you were in a movie

set

this was a magical experience that i

will remember forever

it's really like eerie out here i keep

seeing like water crash

where i didn't even know there were like

rocks

look it opens right up in here it

doesn't look uh very wide

on the charts but i'm sure there's

plenty of room

okay here's the bar right now it's a

good day to come across this

we're coming in on a flood tide the tail

end of a flood tide which is perfect

timing

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the no-yo river this is highway 101.

got plenty of clearance on this bridge

93 93 feet i think is the clearance on

this

but look at this entrance narrow with

kelp on

both sides

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well that seemed easy yeah not too bad

we're doing a stern to stern with that

the sea wind

because there's not much room on this

dock

emma yeah engines

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i'm impressed every time

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so

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