Eureka!

Well, we're in Eureka...finally made it to California! We left Newport around 8am Thursday morning and arrived here almost midnight last night (Friday). There was little wind so we motored the whole way and the seas had settled down and were running between 3 & 8 ft most of the time. Thursday evening we decided to put the main up to try to get a little smoother ride and it did help for a while. Unfortunately, in the middle of the night (isn't it ALWAYS in the middle of the night?) the outhaul let go and went all the way forward in the boom. Then the foot of the sail was flapping like crazy and had to be taken down. Patty & Chris went up the the mast to pull it down & tie it up while I tried to keep the boat headed into the wind. The sail is now rolled up & lashed to the aft deck and will be going to a sail loft for repair once we get to San Francisco. Patty & Chris worked all afternoon & finally got the lines fished out of the boom and the tangled halyard straightened out. We're heading for Bodega Bay tomorrow morning and the next day we'll be heading for San Francisco. We're off to a little soiree' on Island Grace (some folks with a big powerboat we met in Newport who are also on their way to Mexico).