Finally have a chance to update the blog, since we now have reliable Internet access via AT&T. We had originally planned to stop over in Santa Cruz and take Joseph up on a dinner invitation, but as we checked the weather on the way down it became clear that it was better to keep going and pass Point Conception in a fair weather window. This kept us far enough offshore that we lost our Internet access via AT&T.
Along the way we had visitors in the form of three small birds (of the kind without webbed feet). That must have been blown off course and sought refuge for the night.

We continued sail south east about 20-25NM offshore through Thursday and Friday, with only one patch of spectacular clear skies in the middle of Thursday night. We’re also visited by dolphins in the night, identifiable by their phosphorescent trails in the plankton and flashes of light as they surfaced to breath.

Friday evening we approached Point Conception passing the platform “Irene” near point Arguello

and rounding Point Conception as the sun was setting.

We anchored overnight at The serene Cojo anchorage, shared with only one or two other boats and are now back under way in the warm Southern Californian Sunshine toward Santa Barbara.