Tuesday, October 30, 2007
SUNDAY, 28 OCT. 07-- A BRIEF OUTING IN SMAZY SUNSHINE
We left port about 2:30 pm with moderate winds blowing on the bay.
As we headed out into the central bay and sailed down the cityfront toward the Bay Bridge, we began to encounter a number of other sailboats, like this small one headed in the other direction.
Behind us, the charter ketch PRIVATEER was headed out for an afternoon outing.
This Beneteau was headed west along with other sailboats.
This small sailboat crossed in front of us, also headed west.
CRAZY JANE was also heading west along the cityfront.
The charter sloop, RUBY, was motorsailing toward its home port south of the Bay Bridge.
This beautiful dark hulled cutter rigged sailboat sailed under the Bay Bridge and passed us heading west.
This trimaran did the same and was making fast progress to the west.
SEAFOX was heading north over by the shore of Yerba Buena.
This small sailboat was headed for the cityfront and crossed in front of us.
This cutter rigged sailboat with tanbark sails was also heading north.
These two sailboats were heading east, presumably heading for home port.
A large center cockpit ketch was motoring toward the Bay Bridge, and later motored back to the central bay and was seen finally pulling out some main sail to do some sailing in the stronger late afternoon winds.
As we continued on toward the Bay Bridge, a trio of sailboats were following us.
The race boat under spinnaker passed us to starboard while beautiful cloud patterns floated over the financial district.
This large blue hulled sailboat was about to sail under the Bay Bridge with Port of Oakland cranes in the background.
Alll during our outing, we were hearing the sound of cannon blasts as the Hawaiian Chieftan and the Lady Washington tall ships were engeged in mock sea battles south of the Bay Bridge.
Tha trimaran that we spotted earlier headed west, was now passing us to starboard, headed for the A-B span of the Bay Bridge.
A bit later, we headed back to home port and encountered much stronger winds in the central bay and this sailboat passed to port.
As we tacked and headed for the lee of pier 35, this Ericson sailboat was sailing along the cityfront.
This Islander was heading out of the pier 39 marina ....
...as was the Ericson named Corto Maltese.
We doused sail in the lee of pier 35 and then motored into port after a couple of pleasant hours on the bay.
We left port about 2:30 pm with moderate winds blowing on the bay.
As we headed out into the central bay and sailed down the cityfront toward the Bay Bridge, we began to encounter a number of other sailboats, like this small one headed in the other direction.
Behind us, the charter ketch PRIVATEER was headed out for an afternoon outing.
This Beneteau was headed west along with other sailboats.
This small sailboat crossed in front of us, also headed west.
CRAZY JANE was also heading west along the cityfront.
The charter sloop, RUBY, was motorsailing toward its home port south of the Bay Bridge.
This beautiful dark hulled cutter rigged sailboat sailed under the Bay Bridge and passed us heading west.
This trimaran did the same and was making fast progress to the west.
SEAFOX was heading north over by the shore of Yerba Buena.
This small sailboat was headed for the cityfront and crossed in front of us.
This cutter rigged sailboat with tanbark sails was also heading north.
These two sailboats were heading east, presumably heading for home port.
A large center cockpit ketch was motoring toward the Bay Bridge, and later motored back to the central bay and was seen finally pulling out some main sail to do some sailing in the stronger late afternoon winds.
As we continued on toward the Bay Bridge, a trio of sailboats were following us.
The race boat under spinnaker passed us to starboard while beautiful cloud patterns floated over the financial district.
This large blue hulled sailboat was about to sail under the Bay Bridge with Port of Oakland cranes in the background.
Alll during our outing, we were hearing the sound of cannon blasts as the Hawaiian Chieftan and the Lady Washington tall ships were engeged in mock sea battles south of the Bay Bridge.
Tha trimaran that we spotted earlier headed west, was now passing us to starboard, headed for the A-B span of the Bay Bridge.
A bit later, we headed back to home port and encountered much stronger winds in the central bay and this sailboat passed to port.
As we tacked and headed for the lee of pier 35, this Ericson sailboat was sailing along the cityfront.
This Islander was heading out of the pier 39 marina ....
...as was the Ericson named Corto Maltese.
We doused sail in the lee of pier 35 and then motored into port after a couple of pleasant hours on the bay.
# posted by charlie bergstedt @ 1:57 PM 
