Trip On Hold

It's a beautiful morning in Morro Bay. Or so it seems.

But not nice outside in the ocean. Would you like to see the conditions? Here is our wind meter. It was pegged all day on our trip around Pt. Conception.

If you want action, click the link below which will open another window to a 15-sec video:

---  Rough Weather Video ---

The film shows 6-8 foot seas. But the weather will get much worse for a week to ten days. We are expecting 9-13 foot seas with winds to 35-40 kts. 

Here is a photo (not taken by us) of the Morro Bay Coast Guard 47-foot cutter coming out of the bay. It's the same size as JASON. 

But it's a million and a half dollars of taxpayers money, and built for such seas.

After multiple calls, weather reports, conversations and soul-searching we have decided to stop for now.  While Morro Bay has its attractions ...

I'm heading South to San Diego and Jim will fly back to Seattle. JASON will wait here.



We've had a visit and talk with Reid, the skipper of Janus, our next-door neighbor. He gave us some suggestions about new packing on the prop shafts, to stop water dripping too much while JASON sits in the company of other beautiful yachts. 

We'll offload what we need to take home, save what we can in the refrig, and start again later.

Please come back and check this site later. But before you leave, this is the forecast that encouraged us to stay safely in the harbor:

 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TUESDAY NIGHT...
 
 .MON...NW WINDS 20 TO 30 KT WITH GUSTS TO 35 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT PERIOD 8 SECONDS.

 .TUE...NW WINDS 20 TO 30 KT WITH GUSTS TO 40 KT. SEAS 10 TO 11 FT IN THE AFTERNOON.

 .WED...NW WINDS 20 TO 30 KT WITH GUSTS TO 40 KT. SEAS 11 TO 13 FT PERIOD 10 SECONDS.

 .THU...N WINDS 15 TO 25 KT WITH GUSTS TO 30 KT... SEAS 10 TO 11 FT.

 .FRI...NW WINDS 15 TO 25 KT WITH GUSTS TO 30 KT. COMBINED SEAS 8 TO 9 FT. PATCHY FOG.

 .SAT...NW WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. WIND WAVES 2 TO 3 FT. NW SWELL 6 TO 7 FT.