We had a perfect 24 hour run down to San Diego. Flew the spinnaker for about 8 hours into the night, then under a bright starry sky continued on with main and jib through the night. This was our first passage since the gale, and as the day ended and we prepared to sail through the night I felt some trepidation. I watched carefully for signs that the weather was deteriorating, waited to see if the breeze was strengthening but no gale was imminent. We sailed on through the night and as the 3 hour watches ticked by I became increasingly comfortable with being on passage. I was able to sleep below, rather than lying there anxiously listening to every noise (of which there are many on a moving boat). By 6am (Jacob's watch) I watched Orion's Belt setting in the NW and knew this night passage was coming to a close.

After a week at Cat Harbor moored in a town of 200 people coming into the San Diego channel was breathtaking, there were boats everywhere-big power boats zooming by, sail boats tacking across the channel, kayakers, anchored boats fishing, military boats and we even saw the tall ship Californian crossing paths with an America's Cup boat.

We are currently at the municipal docks in San Diego. We will be at the dock for about a week to do some boat work that we didn't get finished before we left San Francisco, get more food and top up on water, diesel and propane before making the next leg into Mexico.

Here's our view when I poked my head outside this morning.

32'42 N 117'14 W