Wednesday, August 4, 2010
Tuesday, August 3, 2010
Cruise with Benoit
Wet Rohan, trimming the jib on a wet reach in 25-30 knots of wind
Trim 2 Guillaume
Driver Nat
Benoit wearing Nat's clothes!!! (including the fleece!!)
Driver Benoit who may need some new glasses to better spot giant tankers. They are a little hard to see a few boatlengths away
Coastal fog on San Francisco Bay getting ready to swallow Sausalito
Doing a good job at it...
The team heading out to the anchorage
The fog was also over the East Bay.
After we anchored (under sail), we enjoyed a fabulous dinner (thanks Benoit)
Breakfast was fabulously ripe strawberries and French almond chocolate
Let's see, which knot was a constrictor again?
The kids are asleep - and the cruising cushions are out for the first time in a very very long time!!
At Sam's for lunch
Sam's burger is awesome
What would I do without my morning coffee??
Sam's oyster sandwich
I guess that I like it!
The team!!
Back out sailing for the day into the San Francisco summer...
Guillaume and the gate!
Coast Guard helicopter and Adventure Cat
Practicing a start (with Rohan doing bow)
Going down the city front to find some sun and do some sightseeing
Sailing upwind - on the rail!!!
The car got a little full on the way back - and Benoit and Guillaume became really close friends in the back of the car :-)
Last three photos are courtesy of Serge from Ultimate Yachtshots!! Thank you!
We had to slalom around posts in the harbor as a lot of J105s and J120s all crammed into the even narrower channel (because of a dredging effort going on), all under engines and us under sail but it was hard to tack in no space ;-) When asked to kindly give us some room a boat said that there wasn't much water ahead (if it is true for them, it is true for us) which we kindly replied that perhaps they could consider putting their engine in reverse (backing your sails is a lot more involved...)
hmm, I am learning new tricks every day, hadn't done slalom yet :-)
Trim 2 Guillaume
Benoit wearing Nat's clothes!!! (including the fleece!!)
Driver Benoit who may need some new glasses to better spot giant tankers. They are a little hard to see a few boatlengths away
Coastal fog on San Francisco Bay getting ready to swallow Sausalito
Doing a good job at it...
The team heading out to the anchorage
The fog was also over the East Bay.
After we anchored (under sail), we enjoyed a fabulous dinner (thanks Benoit)
- Hot lentil soup
- Salad with ginger dressing
- Cold cheese pizza
- Macademia Nut cookies
- Cherries
Breakfast was fabulously ripe strawberries and French almond chocolate
Let's see, which knot was a constrictor again?
The kids are asleep - and the cruising cushions are out for the first time in a very very long time!!
At Sam's for lunch
Sam's burger is awesome
What would I do without my morning coffee??
Sam's oyster sandwich
I guess that I like it!
The team!!
Back out sailing for the day into the San Francisco summer...
Guillaume and the gate!
Coast Guard helicopter and Adventure Cat
Practicing a start (with Rohan doing bow)
Going down the city front to find some sun and do some sightseeing
Sailing upwind - on the rail!!!
The car got a little full on the way back - and Benoit and Guillaume became really close friends in the back of the car :-)
Last three photos are courtesy of Serge from Ultimate Yachtshots!! Thank you!
We had to slalom around posts in the harbor as a lot of J105s and J120s all crammed into the even narrower channel (because of a dredging effort going on), all under engines and us under sail but it was hard to tack in no space ;-) When asked to kindly give us some room a boat said that there wasn't much water ahead (if it is true for them, it is true for us) which we kindly replied that perhaps they could consider putting their engine in reverse (backing your sails is a lot more involved...)
hmm, I am learning new tricks every day, hadn't done slalom yet :-)
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