Cojo Anchorage - Sept 28

The cruise to Cojo Anchorage was very smooth. Aside from a disappointing and awful, stinky oil slick that went for a few miles we were delighted to see quite a few pods of dolphins.  

Cojo a little cove that is a convenient spot for resting before going around Point Conception… known as the “Cape Horn of the Pacific.”  It seems to be a point of extremes; either there is little or no wind or there is a great deal of it.

Cojo Anchorage / Pt Conception

Using our Sail flow app we determined the best time to arrive and when our departure would be. Our journey was just over four hours.  Tripp switched from auto pilot to manual steering and alas, no steering. Thankfully I managed to drop the anchor and got ISB situated. Tripp fixed the steering and we settled in for the night.

We pulled up anchor at 0400!! 150’ of chain in about 30’ of water. Relatively easy except that it was dark. We lost the port engine for awhile on the way out. Not fun! Left straight to the south to clear the point by about 3 miles before heading NW. We got the port engine back on line before we started a 17 mile track to get around Pt Arguello. The seas were the worst that we'd had thus far, about 10 kts of wind going straight into it. Turning north on the next leg we faced heavy fog and rolling seas.

Click the link below to see where I am located.
 http://fms.ws/bg-Cu/34.44596N/120.44601W