We are comfortably tied to the pier in Monterey Bay. The Sea Lions are quite boisterous, jousting for the best place to haul out often resulting in quite the battle. We plan to take on the not quite fun part of cruising, laundry and shopping. Yesterday the seas where flat and the wind non existent at 0500. We where greeted by a full moon in Half Moon Bay. The sky was full of stars, the big and little dipper, Cassiopeia, and the north star with no fog which never happens and was amazing to behold. I started the log book and the journey was on it’s way. We motored for the first 8 hours before the wind returned and the sailing began. I was excited to hoist our new asymmetrical which I have very little experience with. Youtube only goes so far. Chris King has joined the crew and was able to coach me on the finer aspects of flying a kite. We were able to carry this sail until we were within a couple miles of Monterey. Truly awesome sailing! Our arrival in Monterey was spectacular with Whales breeching over the trench followed by a pair of Orcas surfacing within a hundred yards of the boat. One of the pair had lost half his dorsal fin. Debbie got some Pictures so check it out. Till next post S/V Sosiego and crew.