On this week's episode of Onboard Lifestyle we leave Monterey and have a perfect overnight passage to San Simeon Bay. This run was textbook and the entire crew had a good time. We spend a few days at anchor exploring and eating amazing food. Come back next week as we set sail for Morro Bay...see you then!

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previously on onboard lifestyle we make

a planned stop in monterey it had almost

been a month off the dock so it was nice

to catch up on a few well needed chores

lynn and emma give basic a good

scrubbing both the top side

and the bottom

gracefully

we took full advantage of our time in

monterey and took in a few sites on our

short visit

monterey is a special place but our next

window opens up so it's time to head out

so we left the marina this morning

and

our thought is we don't want to just

head straight out

because it's about a 90 nautical mile

trip to san simeon that would put us at

anchor in the middle of the night

so we came out to the general anchorage

it was a big trip but about 0.8 nautical

miles

but here we are uh enjoying the last

little bit of sunshine looks like there

might be a little bit of fog in our near

future because we're going to pick up

the anchor and leave in about a half an

hour that'll time us out to pull into

san simeon

first daybreak

another

three miles will be halfway through this

trip

my goal was to be halfway through the

trip at nine o'clock tonight it's 7 42

so we're ahead of schedule

as it stands if we hold the pace we're

gonna

hit the anchorage and pitch black

so we drop the jib

try to slow the boat down we're still

doing mid fives

to

mid sixes

if this wind keeps up we'll have to uh

reef in the

main

and if we can't slow it down enough

we'll drop the main and just fly the jib

we want to time this for morning

we'll figure it out we have options

it's been a great run so far

the winds picked up just like it was

supposed

to it's right on

well

almost right on our butts

perfect nice run for the next

45 miles today

it's getting chilly though

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i am all bundled and ready for my night

shift

oh my god it's freezing

oh but it's so nice we've had a pretty

good sale

and we're anticipating an even nicer one

overnight even though there's not going

to be much of a moon

uh we're not too concerned about that

but

it is cold you guys

and we're almost into southern

california what is the deal

when we dropped the main

we were in the high sevens

that's not what we want we don't want to

arrive at three

so we pulled the gym back out and

actually reefed it in quite a bit

we're still doing uh

five five and a half

but this is a much better

speed to uh time it for daylight

feels pretty balanced right now i think

we'll be pretty calm

if the wind dies down tonight we'll uh

raise the mate again

but we're good for now

it is now a little past midnight and i

am on my night shift

teal is uh

taking a little break and getting some

of these

emma's inside

but so far

this has been a pretty good sale

we dropped the main and we're just

flying

a little bit of the gym

so then we can slow our speed down

in order to get into

our nest

our next stop

during

the day versus coming in and anchoring

at night

the winds has been pretty good

and i feel like it's getting a little

bit warmer god it's just been cold

but

not too bad

i love this time

and it's crazy there's like absolutely

zero moons out right now

but the stars are just beautiful

it is

about 4 20

right now in the morning

and

of course

we're only about 15 miles

out from

dropping a hook

and the wind dies

so we're just kind of

coasting down

doing about three knots three three and

a half

and uh

yeah it's been um

it's been fun

i am a little tired though

feels tired a little bit too

our overnight passage went smooth and we

timed it correctly our float plan to not

run the engines overnight and enter

saint semion bay with visibility was for

an important reason

this stretch of coast is riddled with

live kelp beds

on our final approach we saw hundreds of

floating kelp islands and we had to be

alert as we entered the bay

lynn and i take the night shifts

splitting time at the helm by roughly

two hour intervals

if one of us gets tired after an hour

and a half

we switch if one of us could go longer

they stay the system works well and

gives us each roughly two to three

watches during a typical night passage

emma earns her keep during the day and

will slowly start taking night watches

as her confidence builds

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about to see

the world in action

what we can be

like with no distractions we'll get away

this is what we waited for

take my hand we'll make it somehow

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be free

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what do we have going on

oh man it's a peaceful anchorage tell

this thing drifted in

it's wrapped around our sail drive and

our rudder i just want to get it clear

oh man

well they weren't messing around when

they said that they're

there are kelp beds around here you know

what's funny this isn't attached i think

it just drifted in

but it's heavy

oh yeah

i'm just cutting the ones three that are

wrapped around us

hopefully i get most of this

off the sail drive here

i'm starting to get it

uh

i think this kelp bed wants to just hang

out with us

well once it's free i think it'll drift

away

looks like you broke it free almost this

couple work

thank goodness for that uh

long push-pull

okay we're free at least now i gotta

clean it out of the

little bits and pieces

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the fog finally lifted

yes it did so where are we going

i don't know let's tool around i'm

bringing a pole with me

you've struck out

i've caught two fish here

were they too small for you they were a

little too small

no they were awesome it was dinner last

night

if you can give me three then you'll

redeem yourself

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so our outboard is running a little

rough

it is about the last month now

tried all sorts of uh carburetor

cleaners i think it's time to uh break

it down and clean out the jets

works great at high rpms but low rpms

struggles

i think emma's volunteered to clean it

for you

oh come on emma you know you want to uh

we're gonna go adventuring today look

how beautiful this is

this is so cool

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just don't cast into those kelp beds

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normally i would dare emma to get into

this water to the freezing cold

unfortunately

there's been a lot of sightings of great

white sharks so

i'm not gonna do that to you

would you do it

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now that we're in san simeon i am super

excited to visit the hearst castle it is

a national historic landmark and it was

conceived by william randolphurst and

his architect julia morgan it was built

between 1919 through 1947.

i'm so excited

unfortunately due to road construction

the hearst castle is temporarily closed

after our overnight passage needless to

say i was so exhausted so i passed out

for the entire night but i feel so good

now and refreshed and nothing makes me

happier than cooking at anchor i mean

come on look at this this is just

amazing it's just

there's nothing better so i prepared for

this because you guys remember when teal

uh caught that cabazon back in pillar

point grab the net grab the net the big

net

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come on big boy

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oh my goodness

there we go

well we've had now four meals out of

that monster and the first night we did

fish tacos then we did fish and chips

and then i did an asian inspired braised

fish and this time i

baked it in parchment the night before

because i knew that i wanted to do

something

that everybody loves and that is fish

cakes

in the meantime now that the

fish cakes are done

i'm going to make a little tartar sauce

and don't kill me

i've never really been much of a tartar

sauce person but teal and emma love it

so

burger sauce i must make

i do

mayonnaise a little onion

um

i do like

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i do like

i can't use that one

i don't just

like using pickles i like using

sweet and spicy pickles

and obviously a little sugar

and

a little apple cider vinegar

and that's it oh lemon

we get the lemon

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get that acid in there

i think it really makes the tartar sauce

a little bit more lemon

perfect

and there you go homemade tartar sauce

well

i was hoping to cook outside today but

the flies are

this is just crazy

around here and as soon as i started

cooking they seemed to swarm so i had to

pull it inside

and with this fish fry um i like to just

do light

a mixture of light olive oil and canola

oil just because obviously with olive

oil you can't have high temperature

but i still like the flavor and i mix it

in with canola oil and i think that's a

good balance

the beauty of these fish cakes is that

because it's already pre-cooked

it's only going to be about three

minutes on each side and then we are

ready

okay

this looks

fabulous don't forget the tartar sauce

i'm not gonna forget the tartar sauce

wow

okay here we go

thank you cabazon

thank you

fisherman thank you chef

okay let's see

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yes

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the fish is still so fresh

boy that's wonderful

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was a great stop to rest and explore i

was really hoping to spot some great

whites as well as tour the hearst castle

but we still had fun

come back next week to see another

awesome new video see you then