San Francisco

 

San Francisco's Golden Gate Bridge

 We passed under the Golden Gate Bridge about 4 pm on Monday the 13th of Sept. You can't beat the view. GG Bridge, Alcatraz, Angle Island, San Francisco skyline all in one view. The lights last night were incredibly beautiful.

Our passage from Neah Bay took 6 days. We had good weather and managed to sail most of the way. We averaged 123 nmiles per day.

Nothing broke and all systems operated well. The interior of the boat is completely redecorated and the teak and holly floor has a nice sour dough starter finish. Fortunately I managed to save enough of the starter to grow a new batch. Cinbad the sailing cat spent most of the time in the cockpit and developed a fondness for sitting on the spinnaker bag. We managed to fly the spinnaker a few times and Cinbad was disappointed with its absence.


Approaching





Under the Golden Gate



We were both exhausted and not up to making things shipshape. As we lounged in the cockpit savoring our lunch of baked beans and summer sausage (thank you Debbie Morley) a friendly couple approached by dinghy. The lady introduced herself as a reporter for Latitude 38. We spent the next hour being interviewed. Don’t know which issue will have the article but I’ll post when I know. I wish I had had a bag handy to put over my head. I’m sure the photos won’t be flattering. (NOTE: the next day we discover she is the editor of Latitude 38.)






San Francisco Skyline



It's 70 deg and sunny - in San Francisco! Tomorrow we will dinghy around Richardson Bay and possibly visit West Marine. The nice lady from Latitude 38 offered to drive us to Safeway as well as suggesting that we tie our dinghy to their stern for easy access to shore. You meet the nicest people on the water.