October 28

Due to the unpredictable temperament of the weather gods we spent some time exploring Santa Cruz. Beautiful beaches and the boardwalk,  even closed, was pretty awesome. Roller coasters and ferris wheel towering over the beach. And a special bonus was dinner and football ( yeah Hawks 7-1) with our friends Frank & Amber and their two amazing, intelligent, adorable daughters.  We really enjoyed ourselves despite the foul smelling marina and uncooperative yacht club.

So now its a little after 10 am and we are trying to leave but the engine is being temperamental .....to be continued

October 26-27 San Francisco to Santa Cruz

We passed under the Golden Gate bridge at 12:38 pm Oct 26. It started out with fair winds and sunny skies but around 4 pm we hit heavy fog and seasickness hit Dominga. James manned the helm, hand steering about 17 hours. We arrived at Santa Cruz Harbor at 9:40 am Oct 27th and the rest of that day is a blur :) With an unfavorable weather report we decided to stay 2 nights.

October 24-25

We did it! We finally left Berkeley Marina at about 2:30 pm on the 24th after a rough two days of waiting for a part for our water pump and hours of installation work on said part. The weather was perfect. We averaged 5.5 knots and made it to Clipper Cove (between Yerba Buena and Treasure Island) at 5:30 pm. We had homemade chili veggie dogs on cornbread for dinner and enjoyed a peaceful evening at anchor. This morning we unloaded the dinghy and went for a hike on the beach.

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Crew of Nomatia

Captain: James Lathe
First Mate: Dominga Martinez
Ships Mascot: Mika Lathe-Martinez

Thank you Elaine!!

Today we received a most awesome gift from James' mom Elaine. A GoPro camera!! WOOHOO! This will come in so handy, and allow us to upload some hopefully great video of our cruising adventures. Thank you again Cookie!! Now I just gotta figure out how it works :)