Hiatus in Half Moon Bay

The road to Half Moon Bay under wet weather and southern winds. We are still here waiting for parts to repair the engine - if you have to be stranded somewhere, this is a good place. The rain blew through with three reefs and, with NOOA warnings that we were facing La Nina weather, and Jeff and I worked in the sun while Robert and Frank ran around the Bay area looking for parts. We have some options at this point, but are dependant on others to say if the work can be done. We can go, after repair and make the start out of San Diego; we can go after the delayed start (hurricane Rick) and catch up with the fleet; or we can go and chase them to Turtle Bay; or we go back to the Bay area and sulk. The boat sails beautifully even with the load we have added to it. We are very fortunate and blessed to have such a great crew: Frank is a wonderful sailor and navigator, Bill was with us for a few days but would have been late to his race on Saturday and left this AM, and Jeff, who has done an incredible amount of work on this boat, is on deck adding netting to the railings for the dogs. Jeff is one of those people who doesn't let you know he has the talent to take us around Cape Horn and quietly surprises us with his talent. Thank you, Jeff.

- These are our neighbors - thank heaven the harbor master is moving us -towing- us into a slip as these lovely critters woke us up at 5am with a war. The pelicans chase the party boats in to get the scraps and we get to watch their clumsy ballet. The next news had better be us on our way south.