Heading into Coos Bay. Lost second reef line apparently. Should have kept old cables from the transmission because we could have used then to pull reef line through the boom again.

Cross bar at 10:20 auto pilot not functioning right.

We are heading in because the weather has deteriorated and we will not get around the cape before it hits.

The crew have to get back to their lives and have given so much to this helping get the boat this far.

I will hang out on the boat and reach out to potential crew to finish the trip. Fortunately Tom and Max are going to come back for the rest of the trip. This short notice recrewing is a real challenge though. People of course need notice to join on these passages so it seriously limits who we can get. We could do the rest of the trip with the three of us but we still have three capes to go and a boat that is proving to be worn out in more ways than one.

I decide to head up the river to the “City of Coos Bay” rather than Charleston the little fishing port close to the entrance. Coos Bay is a very charming little coastal town with a two big linear docks a short walk to everything. When we arrived the guys spit off to rent a car and Tom and I found City Hall to pay for moorage.