Santa Cruz was another great stop, with a lovely yacht club looking after us. Also spent a few days in San Francisco, which was cool. Went to Alcatraz and the museum of modern art. Was great to be in a big city again, and i even managed to fit some karaoke in!

We left Santa cruz a couple of days ago,and got off to a great start - first over the line and first to the first mark. We were then accompanied by a large pod of dolphins and seals as we set of down the coast (although for a while i thought the seals were some weird deformed dolphins with no dorsal fins!). Nice to see some wildlife again.

We have great weather at the moment - beautiful clear nights - though a bit cold considering we are off the coast of Mexico - nice sunny days, and some great kite action. Apparently our boat was also in the FT (not sure why!) and is on posters in the tube advertising the next race - so look out for us!