Winter in the bay

Half Moon Bay, California, USA

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Record Cold Lows Reported This Morning

These are the headlines on the marine weather Internet site this morning.  Sounds pretty grim doesn't it?
San Francisco, Oakland and Monterey all set record lows for this date overnight.  Here in the marina, it was very rainy and windy yesterday, at times topping 30 knots of wind, even in the sheltered harbour.  As such, in spite of the fact that the winds have lessened somewhat today, the seas are still running a bit high from the yesterday's storm, and we once again decided to wait another day before venturing out.

To put this in perspective, the dreadful, unprecedented cold got down to 5 degrees (C) last night.  Today, it will probably only get up to about 10 or 12.  Not exactly what we would call winter where we come from.  With the nice blue sky and sunshine, it would actually feel warm, if not for the bit of a breeze that is still blowing occasionally.  These pictures were taken about 10 AM this morning - if this is the worst winter has to offer, I think we can take it.

Tomorrow (Thanksgiving day here) we will be taking our leave of this port, heading for Santa Cruz, some 45 or 50 miles further south.  The relatively calm seas should make seeing the crab pots much easier, and that is our biggest concern until we are at least past Monterey Bay.  Of course, it will still feel pretty cold out on the open water and we will be wearing our Mustangs (cold weather gear) the entire way.

Notice the nice hotel in the background.

It is courtesy of their wireless Internet and our big WiFi antenna sucking in that free Internet, that we are able to update this blog.

 

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