home : fun : sailing : oct05- sam, christian, jason, will in the fog

Friends Sam B, Christian B, and Jason T from work joined me for a leisurely sail down to the bay, under the Golden Gate bridge, and back around Angel Island. It was a great day for some fun bay sailing. Perfect wind, just a little fog to keep things interesting.

Pictures:

Will Zissou (see the movie) (600x450:52Kb)		Golden Gate in fog repose (600x450:39Kb)
Jason, like a lion (600x450:69Kb)		Will and Christian, looking nervous (600x450:68Kb)

The sail down was pretty easy, very enjoyable. We got some wind through Raccoon Straight and over towards the GG bridge. It was mostly between 15-18 knots, with a few gusts to 22. But I'm just guessing from the Beaufort scale - no windo-meter measuring thingy.

OOoooh, foggy (600x450:35Kb)		Original Ericson 27 sail! (600x450:25Kb)
Schooner in the foggy chop (600x450:33Kb)		The Motley Crew (600x450:78Kb)

We ducked under the bridge, despite the fog and pleas for a safe passage by the whiny crew, and came back into the bay with a classic two-masted schooner. Very picturesque. The wind picked up and we did a couple of laps between the bridge and Angel Island.

Little bit 'o lean (600x450:67Kb)		Little bit more (600x450:63Kb)
Before the gust: happy, confident (600x450:70Kb)		After the gust: concerned, wussy (600x450:70Kb)

We stayed as long as we could, but the sail back up the bay to San Rafael takes a while. We zipped back up and were treated to a great sunset as we arrived. Fantastic day.

Sam and the freighter (600x450:49Kb)

Sunset (600x450:61Kb)