Saturday
We cleared Point Conception mid-morning on Saturday in light weather conditions and headed more than 15 miles out to sea before we turned to continue our trip up the coast. We all were still getting our sea legs and used to the motion of ABlll.

On Saturday evening about 8:00 p.m. we had our first issue which was an air lock in the fuel line. This was cleared by purging the fuel lines. We believed the cause was a faulty electrical fuel pump which was by-passed. Our trip north continued with calm seas. We did consider putting into Morrow Bay however it was decided we should continue north along the coast.

While this was the Memorial Day weekend, we were surprised by the lack of other boats. Our weather forecast was still good with a prolonged settled spell expected. A good omen for our passage.