August 29, 2010

Lynne and I took some of her friends from club Nautique, Sheila and Mike (and his wife and son) for a sail around the Bay. We motored out the estuary under light winds leaving at about 1200. Once on the bay we sailed under variable winds (9-17 knts) first south and then NNW as we passed under the Bay Bridge towards Alcatraz. Mike had the wheel from the estuary to the Bay Bridge and the Sheila took the wheel up to Alcatraz. We put in a reef at mid bay when the winds we consistently 21+. Once the started gusting over 25 I took the helm. We sailed past the west side of Angle Island, down Racoon Straights and back to the slip. Winds in the slot were gusting over 30 knts making for a fun sail. We got back to the slip about 1745.