The U.S. Navy vessel "Monsoon" was escorting a large submarine
as we were heading west out the Straight of Juan de Fuca. It positioned itself so
that we would not be able to get near the sub (as if we could attack it with our flare pistol!).

And this is the sub that the "Monsoon" was protecting.

Our additional crew for this leg, Dean Smith, standing in front of Gumbo Ya-Ya
while she was tied to the dock for 4 days in Coos Bay, Oregon.

Dean on watch somewhere off the Oregon coast.

A sunset at sea, somewhere off the Oregon coast.

The skipper enjoying his morning Snickers bar.

Rounding Cape Mendocino, one of the "Graveyards of the Pacific".

Dean with the Chinook salmon he caught somewhere off the coast of California.

A few of the dolphin that swam in our bow wave. We also managed to get into a pod
of grey whales, but had the camera set to the wrong setting (!).

Gumbo happily sailing downwind in light airs off the California coast.

Gumbo laying at anchor in Drakes Bay, just south of Point Reyes, California.

Approaching the Golden Gate on an overcast morning.

Passing under the Golden Gate Bridge.

Passing under the Golden Gate Bridge.

Alacatraz.

The San Francisco city front.

Dean and Nancy aboard Gumbo in the Berkeley Marina, California.

While at the Berkeley Marina, we were lucky enough to be visited by the world-reknown
rock band The Dead Science, who were currently on tour in California.