by sailingwithbloom | Oct 12, 2016 | Families on Boats, Sailing, Sailing California, Sailing the Pacific Coast
Redondo Beach was a quick 7 nautical mile hop from Marina Del Rey. We spent two night there at the King’s Harbor Yacht Club. They offer reciprocal slips to anyone outside of SoCal! Hermosa Beach was right next door and the town was very cool as well. Carson and...
by sailingwithbloom | Oct 10, 2016 | Families on Boats, Living Aboard, Sailing, Sailing California, Sailing the Pacific Coast
With our sights set on Ventura, we set sail in the late morning for the 22 nautical mile journey over to Port San Luis. Without enough wind to sail, we motored the whole way- luckily having a nice dolphin sighting along the way. Approaching Ventura, even with calm...
by sailingwithbloom | Sep 30, 2016 | Families on Boats, Sailing, Sailing the Pacific Coast
After eleven wonderful days in Monterey, it was time for the Bloom crew to head on. We had a great weather window of 3 pretty calm-looking days in a row, so decided to do the jump to Santa Barbara with a stop in between in San Luis Obispo. We left Monterey at about...
by sailingwithbloom | Sep 30, 2016 | Families on Boats, Sailing, Sailing the Pacific Coast
We pulled out of Emery Cove Marina on September 10th and headed out of the shallow waters that are San Francisco Bay towards the Golden Gate Bridge. Passing Alcatraz, Bloom pushed forward towards dozens of other sailboats gliding across the bay. Under the bridge we...
by sailingwithbloom | Sep 8, 2016 | Families on Boats, Sailing, Sailing the Pacific Coast
After several days in Newport, there were quite a few other boats moored around us that had all bottlenecked in Newport Marina on their journeys South as well. We got to know several of them as well as a delivery captain on an 80′ power boat. It was great to...
by sailingwithbloom | Sep 5, 2016 | Families on Boats, Offshore Preparations, Sailing, Sailing the Pacific Coast
We arrived in Neah Bay on August 1st after a long, 12.5 hour journey from Port Angeles in conditions that did not permit us to sail. Our friends on sv Muskoka had just arrived in Neah Bay as well, so we got a much-needed rest and the next day, the Muskoka crew...
