On this week's episode of Onboard Lifestyle we leave San Simeon Bay and set sail for Morro Bay. We pick up a mooring ball and enjoy a few days dancing in the swift currents. Morro Bay was experiencing king tides so the debris was thick. Compass gets some beach time before the crew explores the iconic Morro Rock. Come back next week as we sail to San Luis Obispo Bay and enjoy the views of Avila Beach...see you then!

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previously on onboard lifestyle

we time our departure from monterey to

land in san simeon early the next

morning

the 91.3 nautical mile leg was textbook

and included night shifts for the crew

we dropped the hook in san simeon and

enjoy a dinghy ride around the bay

we're gonna go adventuring today look

how beautiful this is

this is so cool

the next morning we wake up to a kelp

surprise what do we have going on

oh man

emma is bummed that the hearst castle is

closed

and lynn creates another amazing meal

for the crew

well we've spent two nights here in san

simeon

both mornings you wake up to a little

bit of fog

it burns off quick though

we'll have a sunny day

it's been

nice both nights here so far we'll spend

one more night here before heading to

morro bay

was a

kind of out of the southeast last night

but it was pleasant it's really light

it'll be clocking around

to the west northwest

a little bit later today with a little

stiffer breeze

but we have great protection here

tomorrow morning's our first day where

we're gonna have uh some good winds in

our favor

it'll be west northwest starting in the

morning

so we'll head out of here bright and

early tomorrow

towards morro bay

and uh

do our best to sail the entire way it's

about 25 miles from here

enjoyed this anchorage so far though

it's real pleasant

too bad

the hurst castle is up on the hill over

here

right up in the fog once it clears out

i'll try to get a shot of it

doing a little fishing just relaxing

lin's uh making breakfast right now

thought i'd poke my head out and just

kind of

observe

well

after

three days and three nights

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in sensimion it's time for us to go

it was just it was nice and relaxing

here the anchorage is pretty calm

and the views are pretty spectacular

when the fog breaks apart

but

it looks like we're

getting a little weather system

so it's time for us to head further

south wildcards about during effect from

1pm 783 am civic center on monday

i really enjoyed this place

it was just too bad that the hearst

castle uh is closed because they're

they're doing some road repair so we

weren't able to go up and visit

but other than that just

gorgeous

oh except for that kelp bed that was

tangled in our port sail drive

that was uh that was a bummer but we got

that loose

and i don't think i see any other kelp

beds

nearby

so we should be fine

i look into your eyes i see we're out of

time

i guess no one should play nobody

crossed the line

i guess we couldn't see somebody we

couldn't feel

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uh

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we are about

i don't know four miles from the

entrance to morro bay

and it's supposed to be a small craft

advisory at one o'clock today and it's

been absolutely light wind i know

we're just kind of drifting on down it

was only a 25 nautical mile day

but it's nice yeah it's really nice out

right now even though we can't really

see anything it's so soft with fog

we can barely even make out uh marl's

morro bay rock i think it's called

anyways so emma are just kind of hanging

out here

trying to just enjoy

a little bit of

the wave action up here yeah it's nice

emma is assuming her favorite position

which is lying down

so many flies

i know we took the flies from simeon

with us

me

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we'll be no heart goodbyes like our

civilized

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beyond our separate ways as we fade into

gray

but i still miss the way the way you

used to feel

there's a lot of current here so

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so overall how was the pickup

pretty smooth

i mean we got it right yeah

this current is pretty cool

are you doing some gardening

ball had a lot of creonic

there we go i feel better about that

nice and secure

look at that

coming out to say hi

okay good job

you'll have to grunt so much don't try

to it just happens oh this just feels so

nice yeah we're settled in now

on our mooring ball here in morro bay

and

the fog is lifted slightly yeah the

winds died down this is beautiful out

absolutely beautiful i'm excited to

explore this area because the last time

we completely skipped it yeah we just

rolled right by here so this is a treat

for us yeah so

i know that there's a birth sanctuary

around here there's tons of

sea otters all around us and some cute

little

cute little seaside town with shops and

restaurants you could hear all the

hustle and bustle and the boats

everywhere and i heard ruber has it that

the fishing is good here so maybe you

and emma will go out

we'll do what we can

you know here we are i'm i'm looking at

or piling number 14 right here

marker 14. it looks like it's 20 feet

from us

but it's actually quite a quite a ways

away you know we've a lot of the current

here in this uh bay is

phenomenal obviously it's rolling three

to four knots it seems like all the time

yeah yeah during slack is short it just

kind of flips you back and forth and

but the moorings are nice and secure

look at that rock look at that majestic

rock that beautiful thing i wish we were

able to hike up on it but yeah i think

you can just kind of

yeah it looks like there's trails around

it it looks a little steep

i would love to climb that mountain okay

yes

i'm sure you would your shoulder would

really hold up another night

time to explore tomorrow bay yeah it is

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you guys ready to go play on the beach

yep

i know compass is looking forward to it

compass

compass

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i think we're gonna need some dingy

wheels

yes we are pull hard

keep going

a little bit harder ready

compass is so excited

sexy legs

like beacons in the night

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come on in it's super nice

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i think it's so nice to just stretch our

legs on the speech it's so nice i think

we should do this every day while we're

here and i know compass is loving it

compass

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well we've been in morro bay

a couple days now

it's real interesting

these tides just rush in and out with

very little slack in between

feels like you're underway all the time

you look out the window and the water's

just rushing by i mean look at this

it's not water you'd want to swim in

looks dirty but it's just uh packed with

sea grass and sea foam

but boy it's pretty here

you don't want to fall in the water

right now

your only option is to

not swim back to the boat but swim to

the next boat

i mean this has got to be rushing two

knots right now

maybe a little more

you could hear the diesel heat in the

background here

it's been a little chilly

about i'd say low 50s at night but

very pleasant during the day

really nice

ora bay

we're uh looking for the next

weather window now

you know it's not that it's bad out

there just where we want wind in our

favor not on our face

it's coming

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so a couple times a day

i have to clear

the rudder and the sail drive so much

debris comes in and out

look at what i have to clear this

morning

pretty easy to do

just gotta knock it off it's caught up

i'm sure on the looks like that one's

caught on the rudder

okay let's get it out of here

look at this

there it goes

i mean look at this you have no chance

this one's drifting by

just gonna keep clearing it

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since we're in morro bay we had to hike

over and check out morro rock

and naively we thought that we'd have

the entire place to ourselves i don't

know what we were thinking

but we're here now and this place is

packed full of people

and rvers and surfers

that's okay at least we get to see the

rock from apart

morro rock is a special geological land

formation called a volcanic plug

moral rock is 581 feet tall or

177 meters and is one of the many plugs

that formed on a chain in this region

these plugs were formed between 23 to 27

million years ago when lava hardened in

an active volcano

the original volcano eroded away leaving

behind the harder rock of the plug

moral rock has been an important

navigational aid to mariners for

hundreds of years because of its

distinct shape and that it's the most

visible of the chain of nine peaks

portuguese explorer juan rodriguez

cabrillo named the rock el moro in 1542

in spanish moro means crown shaped hill

moral rock is sometimes referred to as

the gibraltar of the pacific

the morro bay skyline is dominated by

this geological figure along with the

three 450 foot or 137 meter stacks of

the decommissioned morro bay power plant

built in 1955 this plant produced

electricity by using natural gas as fuel

and could generate up to 650 megawatts

future plans for the dormant plant have

yet to be determined

well that was pretty cool that was cool

what do you think him that was awesome

that's so cool i did get a little scared

though there was one area that we were

walking through and it was really shaly

so it looks like all these rocks high

here the side of the the

this rock was like crumbling it was not

going to crumble i kind of wanted to run

past

i'm such a chicken

i know what do you say we go get

something to eat i'm starving hungry

smokey

what i do

we got perfect conditions to uh

hit the next part

so we're gonna go over to angela

yeah we're good

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you can morro bay was a fun stop and i

was so happy to see the iconic rock in

real life but it's time for us to sail

further south

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