Delivering Limitless to the Bay Area from Southern California

Starting out in her home harbor of San Pedro, California, team Limitless worked together to bring the boat up north to the Bay Area for weighing, measuring and inspection in preparation for the start of the Pacific Cup 2016 race.

Shawn and Bryan delivered her to Santa Barbara, where Gabriel joined the crew after a one-day delay due to needing to check on the engine. From Santa Barbara the next stop was Morro Bay, where Bryan got off the boat in order to make it back home in time for his wife’s birthday. Shawn and Gabriel then set off for the 26 hour trip from Morro Bay to Santa Cruz. After arriving in Santa Cruz and refueling and relaxing for a few hours, they then made the final push from Santa Cruz to Berkeley, leaving at 0430 in the morning, successfully arriving Sunday evening in time for the weigh-in to happen Monday morning.

Winds ranged from 3kt to 30+kt, averaging 20-25kt out of the northwest (i.e. directly on the nose). Seas ranged from 2-3 foot waves to 9-12 foot waves. Typical conditions for a delivery from southern California.

Gabriel making his way to Santa Barbara from Oakland

Provisioning for the delivery

Taking Greyhound from Oakland to Santa Barbara

Stopping for donuts at 24 hour donut shop on the way down to Santa Barbara

Stopping for donuts at 24 hour donut shop on the way down to Santa Barbara

Made it to Santa Barbara!

Beautiful pier in Santa Barbara

Arrived at Santa Barbara Marina

Gabriel arrived at Santa Barbara Marina

Santa Barbara Yacht Club

Time for some delicious breakfast at Dawn Patrol in Santa Barbara

Taking the train to San Luis Obispo and back to Santa Barbara after the delivery got delayed by a day

Train back to Santa Barbara

Beautiful countryside

Gonna be driving Limitless up the coast soon!

Wind conditions building over the next 5 days

Meeting up with the boat in Santa Barbara, getting underway to Morro Bay

Delivery mode

Installing hardware for the jib tack

Bryan

And we’re off!

Autopilot working A-OK

Smoke from the wildfire on the horizon

Wildfire smoke over the ocean

Beautiful light coming through the smoke

Heading to Morro Bay

Our route to Morro Bay from Santa Barbara

Driving at night, checking gauges

Wet trip in the dark

Sunlight! Almost to Morro Bay!

Getting closer…

Beautifully calm approach to Morro Bay after a night of bashing through waves

Bryan driving

Shawn is glad to be almost done with this leg

Otters in Morro Bay

Approaching the entrance to Morro Bay harbor

Famous Morro rock

Hey, we’re on land again! 🙂

Limitless in Morro Bay

We made it!

Next leg of the delivery: double-handing Limitless from Morro Bay to Santa Cruz – 98 nm

With enough fuel to make it to Santa Cruz, we set off from Morro Bay shortly after lunchtime. Building pressure and winds means we don’t have a lot of time to spare before we need to get going again.

Starting our trip from Morro Bay to Santa Cruz

Passing by Big Sur

Rounding Point Sur

Sails up!

Beautiful sailing conditions

Rounded the point and headed for Santa Cruz

Just sailing along!

Almost there…

Full sails on the way to Santa Cruz

Tightening the spectra lifelines on the way

Final approach to Santa Cruz

Drying out our gear on the dock in Santa Cruz

Yay we made it!

Tasty salad for dinner

Delivering Limitless from Santa Cruz to Berkeley – Monday 6/20

The final leg of the trip was from Santa Cruz to Berkeley. Traditionally this involves getting some rest, then leaving early in the morning (think 0400) to avoid some of the heavy winds and waves that can be found rounding the various points along the way. This was again a wet and boisterous trip leading to spotting the Golden Gate Bridge and passing under on the way to Berkeley. We got kind of emotional about that. 🙂

Charting our trip from Santa Cruz to Berkeley

Sunrise over the Pacific

Moon setting over the Pacific

Sun rising

Happy skipper

Moving right along

Approaching the turn to the Bay

Can just barely see the Golden Gate

Approaching the Golden Gate Bridge

Almost there!

Happy crew

Wind shut down just outside the bridge

Shawn driving

Limitless going under the Golden Gate Bridge

Happy? You bet!

Thumbs up!

Passing under the Golden Gate Bridge on Limitless

San Francisco in sight

On our way to Berkeley now

Approaching Berkeley, surfing the little waves

After all that, arrived successfully in Berkeley to a warm welcome and parked at Berkeley Yacht Club’s guest dock to prepare for weighing and measuring at Berkeley Marine Center the next morning.

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