Sailing to Monterey - Cruising Blog

Short sail yesterday from Santa Cruz to Monterey most of it in the rain. Did I say sail? I meant motor. It may have been raining but there was no wind again.

The Marina here is excellent. The people in the Harbor office are always friendly and helpful with all of ones needs. I have a 38 foot boat that is a little broad around the hips, 12 foot beam, and it has to squeeze into a slip that is 10.5 feet wide if you don't ask for a wide slip. So if you girl is a little broad in the hips, it is best to ask for a larger slip. The water is very clear here and you can see many large Star fish on the bottom around the boats.

After cleaning up the boat, I did some work on the auto pilot steering oar to see if it prevents the oar from falling away, which is not good if you want to maintain a course and not have to manually steer the boat for hours on end. This is what we had to do when i helped sail a boat from Hawaii to San Francisco. Steer by hand for 21 days and night because the auto pilot did'nt work.

Keeping my theme of drinking and eating in dive bars and restaurants now that I am retired, I always have breakfast at Lou Lou's when I sail here. They serve the best down home breakfast's here and you do not go away hungry. The coffee is also great. They were listed as the third best restaurant in Monterey for breakfasts in today's paper. Lou Lou's is on the wharf at the end of the Marina. You can also buy fresh caught fish at the end of the wharf and take it back to the boat for a great dinner that evening.

Fisherman's wharf is also a small walk from the Harbor. I can't say they is any place good there to eat but you can find great Clam Chowder. It is a fun place to walk around and just look into the shops along the wharf. For us men, if our wives or girl friends get carried aways with shopping, you can tuck into a bar for a beer until they finish.

There is also a fun place to visit if you are interested in Maritime history around the area. Marty and I visited here and if you take your time to read the displays, it can take you an hour to get through it all.

This a a nice photo of another are just on the other side of Fisherman's wharf. If you fallow the trail here, it will take you down to Cannery Rows and the Aquarium.

That's all for now. I will post again when we reach Morrow Bay.

Photo Below: Marina in Monterey, California