We are having several cargo ships come through as we near Point Conception. Since we are not in the shipping lanes and under sail, we actually have some rights and have had a few of these behemoths change their course to avoid running us over. What’s of concern is that the captain on the bridge didn’t seem to know we were there until we called them on the VHF calling out their MMSI number. Two ships particularly needed to change course to avoid hitting us and hadn’t seen us until we hailed them.  😐    They were coming from the south and the north.