9:30 AM - Monday, November 28, 2011

Current location: San Simeone Bay. Estimated time of arrival: 4:00 AM this morning. Estimated time of departure from Monterey Bay: 11:00 AM yesterday. Miles traveled: 90. Hours spent actually sailing: 3 at most. Estimated speed of the Red Star during that time: 3.5 knots.  Hours spent actually sleeping: 4 at most. Hours spent shrouded in fog listening to Led Zeppelin: undetermined – a lot. Current location of coffee: to my right, and spilling down the front of my fleece. Current location of the Captain: sleeping in the cabin down below. Current location of persimmon pudding: in my belly – I was hungry when I went to sleep, and hungry as soon as I awoke! Thank you kindly to Maria and Oswaldo for the abundance of persimmons currently on the Red Star. A persimmon a day keeps the doctor away! And if anyone wants to make the trip down to Morro Bay, we still have a whole other persimmon pudding in the frig. Estimated distance to Morro Bay: 23 miles. Estimated time of arrival: 5 hours. Estimated time of departure: Undetermined – whenever the Captain awakes from his slumber.