Connie Allen
MMSD Crew
July 18, 2008, Location Fisherman's Wharf, Monterey
Our ship computer hard drive crashed. It devoured the detailed account from RPS who joined with others here in Monterey. Hope he is willing to rewrite some of it. Mr. Nelson has offered his laptop to fill the hardware gap.
Washdown this morning showed off the crew's deck scraping to great advantage. We hope to look our best when we get to San Francisco. Tourists here in Monterey talk about visiting again next week end and especially joining us for gun battles on the bay. The crew is ready to cast off mooring lines and move north even if it means anchoring for a night or two. I'm anticipating hearing tales from the ships joining us from the north who have been seeing heavy weather and high seas.
John Gottlieb
MMSD Volunteer Crew
July 18, 2008, Location Fisherman's Wharf, Monterey
Greetings from the ship in Monterey. There of us drove up from San Diego a couple of days ago to join the crew, Pete Sharp, Ann Morrison and myself. We had a very pleasant trip in Ann's car which would eventually be driven back to San Diego by two departing crew mates, Paul Dempster and Susan Baird.
It was a great feeling seeing the masts of the Californian rising above all of the others from across the marina. After my anticipating our trip from Monterey to San Francisco for months, the moment had finally arrived. It was hard to believe I am actually going to transit from Monterey to San Francisco, sailing under the Golden Gate Bridge and into San Francisco Bay. What an experience this will be!
The crew told us of all the calm winds and flat seas that they had encountered on their way up from Santa Barbara with conditions so good that the ship arrived in Monterey a day early. Now, we are given the news that there are strong winds and high seas gathering off the coast and it might be wise to sit them out for a few days. We are probably waiting until the evening of the 19th. After remaining in port since Sunday, everybody is raring to go.
In the mean time, I must say that Monterey is certainly the city to be in to sit out sea conditions. The weather in Monterey is currently quite nice – cool in the evenings and mornings and warming up beautifully at mid-day. There are so many tourist attractions to visit including the world famous Aquarium, Cannery Row, various museums, and movie theaters and I have been doing them all as I get the chance off watch. The ship has been open to the public for the past three days and we have had hundreds of locals and out of town tourists visiting her. Everyone has been blown away by our awesome vessel. We are all very proud to be a part of showing her to the public.
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