As night turned slowly into the next day we dropped the sails shrouded in the fog of the Santa Barbara Channel and revved up the motor. Matt helmed us through thick pea soup and avoided a near collision with another vessel. As the sun woke and illuminated the sky we could see we were in a little pocket clear of fog yet surrounded by fog. The further the sun rose the greater the diameter of our pocket. When at last the sun cleared the mountain tops the fog burned off and we could again see land.
Winds were taking a vacation today. We motored on heading towards the end of Santa Barbara channel. Hours passed. We crossed the shipping lane and set our heading for Catalina Island.
As we lost sight of land offshore from Malibu and Santa Monica the winds returned slowly. We saw a few other boats on the waters with us for the first time. Until now we only saw one of two and those vessels were at least 12-15 miles away.
The wind filled into to 10knots and the crew wanted to sail. As we caught first sight of Catalina, we brought the spinnaker up on deck.
We sailed to the lee side of the island and as the day was wrapping up the wind died down. We motored into Two Harbors, grabbed a mooring ball and went ashore.
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