Thanksgiving was a great time to try out our cooking situation on the boat. We had an amazing trip with great food provided by Jamie's parents John and Janet. We left the harbor a little before 5am headed for the east end of Santa Cruz Island and motored out about 3-4 miles before the wind started up. This morning was also the the first time we were able to sail with our new mainsail! The wind was great for the next 3 hours and while we were sailing through the separation zone between the shipping lanes we spotted something. We could tell they were whales because of the spray, but there were a lot of them, really close together. Soon after we had a jaw dropping sight. ORCAS!! There were well over a dozen of them, all in their own little groups. We took down some sail and turned the motor on to keep up with them. They were all over the place and were jumping and feeding on something. They were hard to keep up with in the swell, but a group of them came right up to the boat and took a look at us. We considered it a good omen and continued around towards the east end of the island. The weather report was calling for 15-25 knots gusting to 35 both days we were out there, but it never materialized to more than 15-20 at best. The backside of the island was dead calm and sunny so we motored up to Alberts anchorage and dropped the hook for a thanksgiving feast. We roasted a chicken in the oven and had the works to go with it. After a great night we woke up at 6 to Tommy and the crew on the loud speaker of the Vision dive boat looming about 20 feet over us...thanks. The sail on the way back was great and nothing broke. We all conisdered it a great shakedown trip. Thanks again to john and janet for the food!
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