Sailing S/V Bella Marina

We spent the whole day at the Monterey Aquarium today. They have some amazing exhibitions, including a young great white shark and a huge kelp forest.

We are slowly making it down the California coast. Today there was a gale warning offshore, which gave us great sailing conditions in the Monterey bay, with 15-20kts winds. We had an awesome downwind sail from Santa Cruz to Monterey … Read More »

We spent the night at anchor off the Municipal Pier in Santa Cruz. Remember Captain Ron’s first depiction of the sailboat rocking at the dock? That was pretty much us all night, dock not included 🙂 I think today we’ll … Read More »

We had a glorious sail through the Golden Bridge this morning. The fog lifted completely for the first time in two weeks just for our departure. There was a Saint Francis sailboat race getting ready to start on in the … Read More »