Elise

Saturday, December 5, 2009

Thanksgiving Sunset Sail - Photos

Goodbyes

Beauty in its simplest form

Getting Elise ready. The blue of the trailer, the blue of the logo, the blue of the boat cover are NOT coincidences.

Strange - where did this coin come from?

No, we have not fast forwarded 25 years. This is not Nathan and Gary, this is Henry and Gary.

Your truly

I love the line composition of this picture. The spinnaker pole seems to be pointing at the South Tower

A glitter of gold in a sea of hope

Just reaching back and forth, waiting for the sun to set. We ran this like a race starting sequence (5 min warning, 4 min, 1 min and gun) - unfortunately, there was a postpone because the weather application I checked to get the actual sunset time got this wrong by a few minutes.

A bridge eclipse of the sun

Like mother like son

The demon of the South Tower is making an appearance.

Gary and Nathan - all smiles

"Ra"

Gorgeous Sunset...and it wasn't even cold.

Photos courtesy of Henry

Thanksgiving Sunset Sail - 2009

Nathan, his parents, Henry and Maggie and Gary (Phantom Mist) and I went out on a sunset sail last Sunday. We left the dock around 3:30PM, sailed out of the gate, then back into the Bay in time for the sunset - in a dying breeze, we sailed over to Sam's in Tiburon, docked and got a wonderful sailor's dinner, before heading back to the city under a full moon. The lights from the city and the bridges were breathtaking.

Here is Maggie's comment (even though technically, Elise was the hostess :-))

"I just couldn't say enough about the wonder of that evening sail on The Bay: wonderful company, gorgeous sunset, scrumptious dinner at Sam's, and a full moon for the way back. [...] The sailing crowd is generous and wonderful. We enjoyed two Sundays out on The Bay. The first pleasurable day was a tour of the sights with our delightful host Joy. The following Sunday was the evening sunset courtesy of our other delightful host, Nathalie. "