Santa Barbara

Sorry about the delay here. Our last email spot had this website blocked and could not get to it, must have thought it was a evil sight. (Sorry Barb.)
The Big blow came through Monteray while we were at the dock, it was like a big winter storm in Vancouver, heavy rain all day only even windier than Vancouver. Trees down, twigs all over our boat deck, and some flooding in the area. They said it was the biggest Ocotober storm since 1962.
We left a day later after the seas settled a bit and did an over night sail to Morro bay. about 105 miles down the coast, sailed about half of the distance in a moderate nw wind. Was huge and somewhat caotic swells until we rounded Cape Sur. We spent a couple of days in Morro bay anchored out in channel with a very strong tidal flow, need the engine to get the dinghy ashore, no rowing here.
Sunday Oct 18 left Morro bay for Santa Barbara, another overnight sail. I stayed up all night and let Dorothy sleep. It as a much busyier night that the last overnighter. I got almost no cat naps in. The wind was up and down all night and oil rigs and boats to dodge. We started out motoring for a few hours and then a nw wind came up and got some nice sailing. Then it kept rising until we were down to the 3rd reef with most of genoa rolled up, and wind stay like this until we rounded pt Conception. Then wind died and back to motoring, and then wind back up on a beam reach and we sailed nicely for an hour and then wind was up very strong on the beam I took all sail down for an hour and sailed along at 3 knots and more with no sail and no engine. Got Dorothy up briefly to help as could not get mainsail down in the strong wind without turning the boat into it. The last hour into Santa Barbara we motoring in calm seas, lots of oil rigs around.
Arrived about 1030 am in Santa Barbara and stayed in the marina for the next 3 days, Very nice place, getting around on our bikes as things are spread out. Bike lanes around so cycling is good. So far no boat problems to fix, except touch up a couple of rust zits I saw just starting deck. Also lost the end of my autopilot cable that attaches to trim tab, made up a new one out of a piece of aluminum while under way in about 20 minites.
Maybe heading South Tomorrow still deciding on next stop. Later.