Last Sunday was a great sail on Ellen’s boat with her, Joe, Roberta and Jean. We went to China camp and hove-to for lunch. Worked pretty well. Then sailed back to San Rafael and motored up the canal to sight-see. It was hot and warm — very nice, but I got pretty tired and wanted to get home.
Sailed on Selene Saturday. A neat boat, to be sure, but I’d never want to own it. Too much woodwork and whatnot to maintain. No wonder Stan has his sailing crew do the maintenance work for him. But it was a nice sail to the SF Cityfront. We hung out by the ferry terminal and had lunch, then around Yerba Buena and back toward Richmond East of TI. I was driving on the way back, and we snuck through the J/105 fleet that was sailing to Tiburon after their race.
Sunday Elisa met me at the dock and we went out for a sail. Her lessons have really paid off — she was doing great running the boat. We tacked over to Angel Island with a reef in the main, hove to for lunch off Pt Simpton, then sailed back downwind, unreefed. It was an awesome sailing weekend! The only downside was missing Ellen and her crew who were, I found out later, on a mooring at nearby Ayala Cove.
Thu, Jun. 5th, 2003, 10:50 am