Stillwater Cove

Little Marine Biologist

Not so still. I guess it gets this name from the calm waters of the summer. We continued to have swell after swell. Fynn is now a pro at balancing with the rocking and timing her movements with the calm. Kyber is less than pleased. We tucked Asunto in behind Pescardo Rocks just as the sun was setting. The bay is getting choked with winter kelp already but we found a hole and stuck well. Lining the shore is a world class gold course and the Pebble Beach Yacht Club and Resort. The Yacht club has a dinghy dock and the moorings in the bay are privately owned. Unfortunately the dinghy dock is raised during the winter (after Labor Day) so it was another beach landing for us. Although scattered with marine debris, the sand was luxuriously soft between my toes. Kolby went off for a dive in the afternoon, which was momentarily suspended when his BCD and tank rig fell off the back transom and sunk to the bottom of the sea. Fortunately he found it in the murk and had a great dive, finding abalone, lingcod and other rockfish. Returning to the boat with his loot we proceeded to learn how to process an abalone (more complicated than you might think; thanks YouTube!) and feasted on abalone chowder and fresh baked bread. We had a flash thunderstorm and discussed boats being struck by lightening. Tonight will be our first overnight passage since arriving in San Francisco as we head some 80 nm to San Simeon Bay and the base of Hearst Castle.