We departed Monterey at 3:00am making passage to San Simeon, a 90nm trip. The weather forecast was for 3-4ft swell and wind waves 1-3ft. Winds to 15kt. It was pretty much as we expected and we had a great sail downwind until we approached Pt Sur and conditions became frisky. The seas came up and were very confused, winds gusted to 30kts and we set the reef. The excitement lasted for about another two hours (I went downstairs and went to sleep, so this is an approximation…) until the wind completely died and we had to motor. The nice thing about our arrival at San Simeon was seeing other sailboats we had met in Monterey, the gorgeous sunset and smelling the eucalyptus trees that are on shore. We are both glad to be here, having arrived at 7PM. Today we commented on feeling warmer weather, having sunshine and what a grand thing being able to see this part of the coastline for the first time from off shore.
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I remember San Simeon as one of the most beautiful stops of our trip back up the coast. Wisps of fog and birds seemingly by the thousands made for an almost surreal afternoon. Or maybe it just felt surreal after a 2am rounding of Conception! Regardless, I loved our brief stop at San Simeon, and I'm enjoying thinking of you in that beautiful spot!
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