On this week's episode of Onboard Lifestyle, we leave Pillar Point Harbor in the fog and sail to Santa Cruz. We enjoy the nice weather for a few days as the girls experience the historic Boardwalk. We set sail on another foggy leg to Monterey. Emma is exited to explore this new area so come back next week to see what she discovers...see you then!

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previously

on onboard lifestyle we sail south from

san francisco bay and drop the hook

in pillar point harbor we settle in to

our new home for the week

as i ramble endlessly about our yacht

log

lynn gets nostalgic and prepares a

delicious meal that brings back memories

the girls walk the docks and meet some

friendly local fishermen

so here i got a fish for you guys right

here thank you oh that's beautiful

thank you so much eric this is awesome

not to be outdone i take emma out

fishing to prove to her mother that i

can catch a fish as well

pillar point harbor

you know it's been cold and kind of

foggy every morning

but it's just a beautiful beautiful

protected harbor here

i mean look it's just flat you could

barely feel the motion

at all i've really enjoyed it here

but it's time to go as you can see

though

we're facing due south been waiting for

the southerly to stop

uh because our next stop is south looks

like we have a little bit of a break

tomorrow

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it's gonna be light and variable in the

morning but then uh winds are supposed

to clock around

to westerlies by early afternoon

so we should have a a good beam reach

and tuck it around into santa cruz

that's about a 50 mile run tomorrow

we have to get out over the pillar point

reef so we'll wait for daybreak for that

but we're leaving bright and early that

way we could just drift on down

yeah i'm gonna miss this place

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okay we're up put it in gear

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and drag this muddy anchor

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so

the float plan today is to leave pillar

point harbor just

after daybreak the forecast is light and

variable wind with patchy fog in the

morning shifting to partly cloudy with

winds 10 to 15 from the west

we have to cover 51.2 nautical miles

today

so the first few hours we run the

engines

i'll be honest this stretch was boring

and uneventful with calm winds and low

visibility

the view felt closed in and colorless

once the sun started to burn off that

thick marine layer the winds picked up a

bit

not quite in our favor but enough to

douse the engines and start sailing

so

started out pretty slow but as the day

went on our speed increased

we're not setting speed records today

but it was a comfortable passage and it

felt good to be sailing

the santa cruz anchorage will have a lot

of boats in it

so we want to drop our hook during

daylight hours

i'm constantly calculating our arrival

time throughout the day

but with our increasing speed it became

more and more clear

that we'll have plenty of daylight to

get settled in

well here we are on our approach just

drop the main

gonna fly the jib till the last minute

here

santa cruz it's a big pier right here

there's boats anchored on this side last

time we're here we anchored on the other

side

we're gonna go check that out first

looks like there's a little bit of sun

right over it that'll be perfect

we made it here in good time about nine

and a half hours

and have a a sea otter right here

looking at me

looks like he's cracking a crab on his

stomach

okay we'll get settled in and relax a

bit

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we are now in santa cruz last night we

sailed here it was a great sale and

i also slept great while we were uh well

we were anchored out it was

amazing but today it's a beautiful day

so we're gonna go check out the santa

cruz boardwalk

it's supposed to be amazing and it looks

really nice

so we're gonna go check out some shops

and rides and

did i mention that i love roller

coasters it's great

hmm

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fred w swanton who is considered one of

the greatest promoters and entrepreneurs

of his time

laid plans for a casino and boardwalk in

the late 1800s

his vision was to create a coney island

of the west

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first ride down and it was a bust

because

they did not believe that she was my

daughter

and so they separated us saying we need

one adult

one child i said i'm the adult this is a

child they said no

you have to split up i can't believe

that founded in 1907 the santa cruz

beach boardwalk is california's oldest

surviving amusement park

and one of the last seaside parks on the

west coast of the united states

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the giant dipper is a historic wooden

roller coaster that was built in 1924

the construction took 47 days at a cost

of 50

000 with a height of 70 feet or 21

meters it can reach speeds of 55 miles

per hour

or 89 kilometers per hour it is

considered one of the most popular

wooden roller coasters

in the world this is the perfect end to

the perfect day

i know it's so nice up here and she

didn't even want to come

up here she said this was a lame ride

it's not a ride it's awesome

you get to see everything from up high

you can see our boat back there

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we have a little situation here

our d dog is occupied by

all these sea lions we don't want to

disturb them but we really do have to

get to

our uber hey guys

so we're going to have to hop the fence

huh yep

although you want to walk through that i

don't want to disturb them

all right climbing over

thanks for the ride camp you guys have

fun yeah it was a lot of fun

what's your favorite him uh the um

the giant zipper that was my favorite

one

that was horrible that was the best one

we are now leaving santa cruz i

love this town yeah it was cute honestly

it's so

cute it has a little micro climate it's

always warm

except for right now it's a little bit

faster it's always kind of

foggy with the marine layer and then it

kind of splits off and

blue skies looking for some wind

this bay is actually pretty predictable

the afternoons always has a westerly so

we should be getting a beam reach in

an hour or so perfect conditions perfect

am i excited i am

okay hook out around all that sailing

fleet there

okay

uh

well we're a few hours into our sail to

monterey

and everything is running smooth

it is light winds but we are

having a good time it's so comfortable

in here emma is just hanging out in her

stateroom

on a video chat with some friends

so she's enjoying herself

oh you see our mess

and yeah compass is just chilling in

here

let's go see what the captain's doing

hey hey it's a little chilly out here

though huh

i'm crazy teal has a little blanket here

blanket two pair of pants two jackets i

thought it was supposed to be summer

man

but we're scooching scooching

where's that wind we're supposed to be

getting i don't know look at this

telltale we're

about going into it right now

we've got about 12 knots of wind and

we're coming pretty steep into it doing

about four and a half knots

touching fives occasionally but

this guy over here gets to sail downwind

opposite direction

why is it we're always going upwind

that's just the beauty of sailing

you can't decide teal i know

still a beautiful day a little foggy but

did you hear that the only thing i hear

is wind

no engines it's a 22 mile run today

so i don't care if we do one knot or

five knots we're gonna sail the whole

way

it's so peaceful though i know i love it

absolutely love it

i'm just waiting for no more foul gear

but

i'm driving a dragon a lure i'm going to

catch you with salmon today

don't don't don't hold your breath oh

man

don't say stuff like that you're such a

tease i know

i missed it

i missed it

i missed it

i was zoomed in okay here we are on the

approach

to monterey we're going to be dropping

the hook

in uh the harbor here in i don't know

half an hour or less

we're getting real close only a mile and

a half away

yeah it's coming up quick wind is

starting to die we had some nice winds

coming across there we were hitting

you know six plus knots we're still

in the fives getting behind the

peninsula here so things are slowing

down

we'll drop the sails here in about 15

minutes and uh

drop the hook i'm so happy the sun came

out the skies

after all this marine layer i know

that's nothing weird

the last two stops think about it we

were in that

foggyness all the way down from pillar

point harbor all the way to santa cruz

we pulled the santa cruz

sun the last 10 minutes same with here

this is awesome

this last leg

we ran the engines for how long about a

minute and a half

the rest of this has been sailed and

we're gonna we're gonna sail

right up the anchorage and probably you

know we'll kick on the angels to set the

hook but that's it for today

feels good

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so

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thanks for watching this week's episode

of onboard lifestyle

santa cruz was a fun stop for us and did

not disappoint

i had so much fun doing the santa cruz

boardwalk and it was hilarious seeing my

mom on the roller coaster

she was terrified it was too bad my

dad's ribs were still sore

he would have loved it we are back at it

and sailing into monterey

i can't wait to explore another new area

come back next week to see another

awesome new video

see you then