We hung out listening to some music on the stereo for a couple of hours down below like this. This is our view out the starboard side of the living room, very nice. From time to time when we smacked a wave it would send white-water spray by the living room windows. It was very pretty, as you can see below. That's Big Sur up ahead, the last main obstacle.
Water can get rough around the points.
Nope, water was glassy smooth around Big Sur, so we just kept the throttle on going about 20 mph up around it. That's Santa Cruz dead ahead, I'm crouching on the side of the boat while it's moving along, so the water is beautiful. My boat is now in a guest slip in Santa Cruz, awaiting the final leg of the trip.