Journey to The Bay-Moving our Lovely Sailboat
The Delta is such an amazingly beautiful place. The summer was so much fun there; so many cool shore birds, coyotes howling at night, friendly dockmates, the warm water, INCREDIBLE sunsets...I will really miss it.
But it was time to go....to The Bay...I Love San Francisco!!
We set out on Thanksgiving Day and got all the way to a marina in Pittsburg. It was night by the time we went under the Antioch Bridge, very pretty with it alight. That was kinda trippy, my first time going UNDER a bridge in a sailboat. Of course I KNEW we could clear the mast by plenty, but it STILL was freaky!
We spent the night at a little marina there, then set out early on Friday...
So, it only took until Friday afternoon to get to our new marina in Richmond. We settled in for the night.
Saturday, we decided to go out on the bay for the first time. We headed toward marin and then decided to stop in Tuburon for a break for awhile. The little marina had a restaurant and we enjoyed some nice hot clam chowder, then hit the head and took off toward home. We got out on the bay...the waves seemed kind of rough and the weather was...MISTY? At least we THOUGHT it was just misty...until...The weather TURNED EVIL!! On the way home, we got slammed by the FREEZING waves from all sides. One hit me smack in the face, lol. That really sucked. But we made it back to the marina, dried off and had some dinner and enjoyed the sunset. whew!
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Sunday was soooo much nicer. The sun was shining, a nice wind a-blowin, really great sailing weather. We even went under the Gate (that was a bit choppy for me) and then headed back. Twas a Lovely day...
So...No, the weather isn't always perfect for sailing, but I can handle that. You have the good days and the bad in any relationship. I Love our Beautiful Sailboat!!
But it was time to go....to The Bay...I Love San Francisco!!
We set out on Thanksgiving Day and got all the way to a marina in Pittsburg. It was night by the time we went under the Antioch Bridge, very pretty with it alight. That was kinda trippy, my first time going UNDER a bridge in a sailboat. Of course I KNEW we could clear the mast by plenty, but it STILL was freaky!We spent the night at a little marina there, then set out early on Friday...
So, it only took until Friday afternoon to get to our new marina in Richmond. We settled in for the night.
Saturday, we decided to go out on the bay for the first time. We headed toward marin and then decided to stop in Tuburon for a break for awhile. The little marina had a restaurant and we enjoyed some nice hot clam chowder, then hit the head and took off toward home. We got out on the bay...the waves seemed kind of rough and the weather was...MISTY? At least we THOUGHT it was just misty...until...The weather TURNED EVIL!! On the way home, we got slammed by the FREEZING waves from all sides. One hit me smack in the face, lol. That really sucked. But we made it back to the marina, dried off and had some dinner and enjoyed the sunset. whew!
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Sunday was soooo much nicer. The sun was shining, a nice wind a-blowin, really great sailing weather. We even went under the Gate (that was a bit choppy for me) and then headed back. Twas a Lovely day...
So...No, the weather isn't always perfect for sailing, but I can handle that. You have the good days and the bad in any relationship. I Love our Beautiful Sailboat!!
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