January 1, 2011

Wildcat was out on the water on New Years participating in the Around the Island event on Alameda. We started the morning at the Island Yacht Club for breakfast. Deb, Dave and captain John then left our slip about 10 am and started motoring along the estuary to Aeolian Yacht Club. Along the way we passed under the Park Street, High Street and Fruitvalle bridges. At the AYC we stopped for chili and refreshments before continuing on to the Balenna Yacht Club. Lynne joined us at Aeolian for the rest of the trip around the island. After passing under the Bay Island bridge we set sail at the end of Bay Island and sailed up to Balenna Bay marina. At the BYC we had lunch of hamburgers and irish coffees. After lunch we set sail for the Encinal Yacht Club. As we passed Alameda point Doron and Sandra Paz met up with us on their new boat Messin About. We all met up at the EYC and the crew of Nanaimo joined us there for a drink. We arrived back at the slip at about 1800.