Today’s sail was from Alameda, southward for a bit, up past the San Francisco Ferry Building and around Treasure Island/Yerba Buena Island, with Lisa, John, Eric and Eddie. The weather was overcast but bright and the winds were moderate instead of howling. Our sailing in the slot was actually pretty smooth and comfortable. Fantastic conversation and lots of things to see including a close look at the new bay bridge structure.
We sailed about 26 nautical miles yesterday (about 30 statue miles), from Alameda to Angel Island and back. It was a blustery windy afternoon; we came across the slot reefed and close hauled and then eased off to duck behind AI as the winds picked up a bit. We stopped at the dock at Ayala Cove at Angel Island for awhile; Cindy, Steve, Lieva and Solon went to get an iced coffee and look around the island; I took some pictures and napped in the cabin. The sail back across the slot and down the Cityfront was equally vigorous and we even had enough wind leftover in Alameda to sail down the estuary at a good speed. A stop for diesel at Jack London and then back to the slip around 7pm.
It was just a gorgeous day with fun conversation, singing bad songs and fairly epic sailing.
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