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and good morning

well last week we had a nice sail we

left coos bay

sailed into port orford and

cape blanco didn't disappoint we

had a nice brisk winds as we rounded the

cape

probably hit 25 to 35s and anchored in

uh

port orford with a nice stiff wind

it was a lot of fun actually we

got up the next morning and sailed over

to the checkco river this is brookings

and it's misleading look at this

it's just calm as can be in here but the

coast guard

is flying double red triangle flags

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that's a gale warning out there and it's

been for the past four days

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i know it's ugly out there because the

transient dock here is full there's a

lot of boats

that are trying to either go north or

south right now

and as i walk by these are all boats

that are hiding out

from the awful weather out there you

know we've talked to all of them

and they're seeing some pretty crazy

conditions and they're all doing the

same thing we are we're going to hang

out here

for the next few days let the winds calm

down and the sea state calmed down out

there

so it looks like this weather will

calm down a bit here in about two days

and i think that's our window to head to

the next

there's three more stops before we hit

cape mendocino that's the next

big cape that has

notorious bad weather

but i want to get at least a little bit

closer

so when that weather window for kate

medicina opens up we could just bounce

around it

that means from here we'll go to

crescent city

from crescent city trinidad head that'll

be in anchorage

from trinidad head down to eureka and

that's where we'll uh

wait for that weather window

it's amazing how many boats are in here

right now the transient dock is just

packed

all these boats are going from

california to washington or

washington to california

it's a nice place to hang out this is

definitely a safe harbor the bar

entrance was

easy in a north wind it is

just flat from the south i hear it's

pretty ugly out there

so we'll be here another two days before

we head out

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it's kind of nice because now that

emma's a little bit older

she can help out a lot more than she

used to so

earlier she and teal dropped the dinghy

because we are going to go for a little

boat ride and explore the czecho river

so it's a great day not too hot

not too cold just perfect

as we explored the czecho river it made

me think

of the nine athabascan speaking groups

that occupied this region for thousands

of years

the czecho people are the earliest

inhabitants of the brookings harbor

area we spent some time at the czecho

memorial to learn about their history

and culture as early as the 1500s

spanish explorers visited the pacific

northwest

europeans had increased contact with the

oregon's coastal tribes into the 1800s

bringing trade disease and new

settlements

of people 1854

af miller led an attack and burned both

villages at the mouth of the czecho

river to extend his ferry business

the people were shot as they came out of

their houses and two were burned alive

all 23 men and several women were

massacred

in 1856 the u.s army forcibly removed

the czecho people to the silets

reservation

the checo had to travel 200 miles north

over rough terrain and swim over rivers

with their children and

elderly in tow some were abused by

soldiers and many died on the long

grueling march i understand why the

czecho people lived here

this area is beautiful with its lush

green forest the natural warmer

environment

and the abundance of fish in the bay and

river they lived here in peace while

living off the land which makes me so

sad how they were driven

from their home by outsiders i am

grateful to have stopped in this little

port and learned more about the rich

history of the chetco people

okay we're leaving the chetco river

a little bit of fog this morning but

visibilities

a third of a mile should burn off here

in a couple hours

it's the first day the coast guard's not

flying uh

gale warning flags looks dead calm out

here

again short-lived it's just a small

little window

to get down to the next port looks like

uh the weather will be ramping up once

again here

later tonight and starting again

tomorrow but we'll be in a new place

california here we come baby

there we go bar is unrestricted have a

nice journey it says

wear your life jacket

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uh

it's fog's just starting to lift the

sun's coming out

we're running with the swell it's

so much more comfortable going south

than it is north right now i mean look

at this guy right here

this is calm as it gets out here

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well here we are in the saint george

channel

this channel splits the saint george

point

with the saint george reef this reef has

hundreds

of exposed rocks all awash right now i

can see them

as far as i can see out here a couple

other fishing boats

are cutting through it's uh much faster

than

taking the 10 mile trip around all this

the channel itself looks fairly wide

we're just powering through this wind

has

been light and variable it's on our nose

right now

but i want to make sure that uh we get

through this area

safely just amazing

amazing how many rocks i could see i

mean i'm looking at

at least 20 or 30 exposed rocks out here

the major one right up here we're

cutting right between that one

and the point looks like plenty of uh

space for us and all these fishing boats

i'm sure it's a

a mile wide but it feels narrow when you

look at the charts

we're about 10 miles out maybe a little

less

so we'll be into crescent city just in

time for lunch

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so we're about halfway through the saint

george channel

and the fog is starting to creep in on

us once again we started today

in pretty dense fog cleared up for a

little bit

sun came out just for a glimpse

check the weather report looks like

we're going to be uh entering crescent

city and heavy fog again

the saint george reef here

this is the largest rock out here

star rock it's just

starting to disappear in the fog

we'll be fine visibility is still about

i don't know at least a mile

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we'll be in soon it's actually kind of

interesting

i really like the fog it just gives this

kind of serene feeling out here

so we'll just keep clipping along

so we just changed directions which

means we could finally

pull out our jib emma is starting to

kind of learn the ropes when it comes to

sailing so it's kind of nice

and we're probably about two miles from

heading into crescent city

i wish that the sun came out but you

know

it is what it is and that's why we're

going

further south to find some of that warm

weather i don't know about you but i'm

so looking forward to it

finally we are in the state of

california

should be fun

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okay here we are

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this is round rock we'll uh

literally around that rock for the

entrance to crescent city

here's the breakwater here we're about

there

now that we've uh come around that st

george point the sea state just calmed

right down

there's hardly any swell hardly any

waves hardly any wind

fog is lifted it's just ideal conditions

to enter the harbor

we're entering crescent city and my dad

said that now that we're in california

we get a new fishing license and i get

to go fishing again i'm so excited

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so here we are tucked into crescent city

california

it feels good we're uh past

washington we're past oregon we're now

into california heading south

you know crescent city is

it's a quiet little town but they have

had

historically two tsunamis

in the last 50 years one in 1964

and one in 2011 and they decimated this

this whole marina wiped out

they've rebuilt to amazing standards

i've never seen a marina

that has built this stout i mean take a

look at this

look at this these are three foot

pilings every six

or eight feet

all down this dock it's crazy

feel safe here amazing protection

we'll be here a couple days and

we'll start looking for those weather

windows to head south

we want to anchor out a trinidad head

and then on to eureka

you know i'm not sure what day that'll

happen but this is a great place to

camp out for a few days explore and

maybe get a project done i'm not sure

we'll see

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now that we are safely tucked into

crescent city

the real magic begins because guys i

have been waiting for this

this is one of the upsides to having a

short passage is that we can actually

sit down and have a meal together

after out sailing because

you know when we're underway you we just

snack

we just eat whenever the other person's

not on shift or

or whatever but i look forward to this

especially

this meal because i have been craving

this

for a long time and i realized how much

i took it for granted

i am making vietnamese meat sandwiches

and this is something that i grew up

with

and it just brings back so many memories

usually

we don't even make it at home because

it's so easy and accessible

at all the asian delis and they're so

cheap and they're so quick this is

our version of fast food so now that

we're

on the coast there's not like very many

vietnamese delis to

grab a sandwich so i had to figure out

how to make it myself

this obviously has been in the works for

a few

uh for i guess a week because i had to

plan

out first the meat and that is the

chinese barbecue pork

i have been marinating this for about

three days before i actually cooked it

tea and emma have been hammering me

about getting that done because every

time they open up the fridge they see it

and they want it but

it just takes a little patience and once

that is ready then i just slow cook it

for

a few hours on 200

fahrenheit degrees and it just is

amazing and then obviously i you know

the biggest thing about the vietnamese

sandwich is the baguette the baguette

is one of the pluses

of being a french colony is that we were

able to

glean their version of baguettes ours is

airier and lighter but the outside is

still really crispy

and light and it's just it's amazing so

i had to figure out how to make it on

board

i think i got it down i'm going to

change the sizing next time but

it turned out pretty good so it's time

to assemble

because i'm hungry

one of the things that i have learned

being on board is you just have to

improvise

obviously this is not all the

ingredients that you do in a vietnamese

sandwich

but you know you got to work with what

you have and i think that i have all the

flavors there anyways so

it still packs a huge flavor punch

and i'm pretty happy with it

you ready to eat yeah let's eat

another successful passage yep it was a

short day

wasn't bad it was kind of weird though

wasn't it

a little bit it was like foggy most of

the day it cleared up right as we got

here

and the wind was kind of light and

variable

and well i'm gonna stop talking i gotta

heat i'm sorry

so we're finally in california

let's toast to that

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california and i got my fix

oh i think i might do it again that's

delicious

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what do you think em it's amazing

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you