Channel Islands Harbor to Marina Del Rey - Oct. 16

We enjoyed the hospitality of the Pacific Corinthian Yacht Club at a side slip just under the bridge into Oxnard.  A lovely club, friendly people and some Internet access; however, those of you who saw our SPOT message wondered why we were sleeping under a bridge!  We left the yacht club October 16th headed for Marina Del Rey, which was as close as we could get to visit with Kelly´s brother and sister in law, who live in a suburb of  Los Angeles.

Guest Dock Welcome - PMYC

The Pacific Mariners Yacht Club gave us three nights of reciprocal moorage.  We paid for an additional three nights to deal with ongoing electrical repairs. We enjoyed the hospitality of Dick and Susan for our first three evenings who provided a real bed, space to move and a warm, generous family ambiance.  Our visit was too short, due to the issues with the regulator, alternator, connections.

Kelly was able to take his brother and a friend out for a short sail and soon discovered his hopeful fix did not work.  Back to the navigation station drawing board.  However, it was time to keep moving south and we left Marina Del Rey for King Harbor Yacht Club at Redondo Beach,  arriving about 3 pm October 22nd.

Updates: Moss Landing - Monterey - Santa Barbara

Posted from Bahia Tortugas, Baja California Sur, MEXICO:

Hello everyone!  It appears that all our posts sent out from the Los Angeles area went nowhere and we've had no chance to update since then.  Here is the condensed version, without pictures.

From Moss Landing at the east side of Monterey Bay, where the previous pictures were taken, we spent a few days in the lovely city of Monterey at the municipal dock, visited Cannery Row and enjoyed the Spanish architecture.  We provisioned at Ralph´s and dined at the Monterey Yacht Club. INTREPID II left October 9 about 10 am for our first day and overnight voyage as just two crew  - a bit daunting.  The weather was supposed to turn quite nasty a few days out, so we chose to bypass stops such as San Luis Obispo and Morro Bay.  We had quite a benign transit past Point Conception and were grateful for that; soon after INTREPID II "turned the corner" and tucked into Cojo Anchorage.  Kelly set the anchor and we slept.

Next day we were off to Santa Barbara before the weather changed.  We managed to snag the supposed last spot in the huge municipal marina and stayed put for three days while the winds blew and the first rains of the year dumped down.  Santa Barbara has an efficient electric shuttle which we took advantage of for 25 cents a ride, to sight-see, shop and provision, but we were still soaked by the time we reached the boat.  Thursday, October 15 we were fueling up and ready to leave when the sun finally came back out.   (Posting now to ensure it gets on the blog while we have Internet).