Archive for July, 2006

Sailing log

Saturday, July 29th, 2006

We had a pleasant sail out toward Alcatraz and back via the cityfront. Today’s crew was Reid, Ed, Cindy and Cynthia. Winds were moderate, with a little excitement out around “The Slot.”

I like having the boat in Alameda, but it’s been making for sailing in the same areas as of late. It takes about an hour to motor out to the open bay, and an hour from the bay back in to the estuary, so a lot of time is used up “getting too and from.”

I like sailing out of Richmond, but it’s not as convenient to get to.

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BVBC Plastic Classic

Sunday, July 16th, 2006

I joined Ellen and her crew for the Bay View Boat Club Plastic Classic race on Saturday. It ws great fun sailing with Robertta, Space, Rambo and Ellen, even though we missed our start again and DNF’d after making it through about half of the course. Oh well.

The weather was fine and the wind picked up in the afternoon, so we did have some fine boat handling. The current was wicked fast when the race started, which was the main reason we didn’t start in time. It was damn near impossible for us to get across the line since we were being pulled away so fast.

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Pre July 4th sailing

Monday, July 3rd, 2006

Lorriane, Tim, Cindy and I had a nice sail today since we all had the day off. We sailed a little Southward from Alameda, ultimately heading toward Ballena Bay and the old NAS before heading back. Then we stopped at the “local chain Mexican place” for dinner.

I’d like to plan some longer trips, but blocking out longer timeframes has been challenging lately!

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