Big Sur Sailing Trip

Reese Hodges and myself sailing Pazzo off Big Sur

So I was just finishing up my last couple weeks of school, studying for the approaching MCAT when I realized that I have not had an adventure in a while. The sun was out but the wind was howling and like most days that meet this description I thought to myself, I wish I were sailing. This time, I did something about it.

Sixteen hours later, fellow People of the Sea crewmen Reese Hodges and myself were piled in a car along with photographer Kellock Irvin, headed up to Monterey.

Fire in San Ardo that we stopped at on the drive

We had a lovely dinner at my family's house (the Nurcanyans) and shared some great stories before heading back to my house to prepare for the trip the next day.

We spent a few hours that night going over charts and familierizing ourselves with the GPS equipment that we would be using.

Reese and I going over the course

The next morning we went and purchased food water and extra fuel. 

We emailed out our float plan then left the harbor around 12:45 and headed south

 Reese at the helm

Kellock navigating 

As the day came to a close the wind decided to disobey the weather report as it often does and shut off. 

W/o the anticipated 25kt breeze our dreams of making it to SB in a reasonable time frame were dashed and we decided to turn around.

 We motored into the night and arrived at Stillwater cove at 0300
and after a tricky entry into the cove with reese on the bow with a dive light
I finally got to get some rest

Overall it was a great trip!

Special thanks to the Nurcanyans (Sima, Herman, Ara, Jackie, Nicholas and Natalie), George (Stillwater Harbor master) and  Darla Barsoain