Sept 20: Coho Anchorage to Morro Bay

Boy, it was difficult sleeping with the seals babbling on and anticipating a 1:30 wakeup alarm.  I probably got maybe an hour sleep, but the seaman's life must go on.  I awoke Dennis and we off within a half hour.  It is strange to be traveling at night.  We are using red led lights to get around as white light opens the pupils and it is more difficult to pull all night images that one must be at watch for at night.  The only light we see are the stars which are tremendous and a few oil rigs. There is not much and the waves are low, so we are expecting fairly easy sailing around Point Conception.   Indeed that was the case.  In a couple hours we are joined by Vickie and Les to take over for us.  All of us attempted to nap during the next 12 hours trip.


Video Link: Passing a lighted oil rig in early morning hours.


We had many visitors joining us on this leg during the morning hours.  We couldn't keep count of the number of dolphins who came by the boat.  Some seem to follow the boat jumping along side, others were going in other directions.   We did see a handful of whales, but all were away from the boat and most were just spouting off, getting air and heading down.   We were hoping to get a closer up view, but hopefully later.  We did talk to one sailor at the dock in Morro Bay who saw about 10 humpback whales, all breaching around him.  That is what we hope to find.

We past Morro Rock at the head of Morro Bay about 2pm.  Morro Rock is actually a volcanic plug formed 10's of thousands of years ago.  It is part of a series of volcanic plugs called the Nine Sisters.

The Nine Sisters (Volcanic Plugs)

We made it into the harbor, but had to wait for the dock to be free as the Morro Bay Yacht Club was having a kids' regatta.  Once docked, we had an early dinner and showers.   Les and I both felt like the bathroom was rocking even though we were on dry land. Later we walked along the harbor which is a major tourist area.  Everyone went to bed early, but I stayed up to watch the Packers beat the Seahawks(Yea!).

Windhorse resting at the dock.

Morro Bay with Windhorse in the foreground and Morro Rock in the background.

More pictures and videos to come.