We sit here at San Simeon, relaxing after an unexpectedly exciting passage. With good Web access via the Sprint EVDO network, I’ve uploaded some pictures of the trip so far. Here’s the photo essay:
We started our SFB exit with a lovely sunrise in Brisbane Marina. As I did the last minute stash-and-lash I looked out the door to a lovely 6:30 am view.
Oops, yes, before leaving the dock, I did get some pictures of David aligning the engine and making sure all was clear around the bilge pump under the engine tray. He used our come-along to lift the front of the engine so he could put more shims under the front engine mounts. Luckily, the charthouse sole lifts out in little sections so he had easy access to attach the comealong to the engine lift-tabs.
It’s always fun to stick your hand under the engine tray and try to get at the bilge pump without falling into the bilge yourself.
Back to our trip…quickly the lovely sunrise and blue sky with scattered clouds turned into “yuck.” It was an appropriate goodbye to the city as most mornings in SFB are overcast like this.
We saw this cute little sailboat motoring into the Bay as we were just getting close to the Golden Gate Bridge.
David is always hungry while we’re underway. He’s eating lunch in the drizzle about halfway to Drakes Bay.
Getting into Drakes Bay, it was quite foggy and wet. I could see the USCG mooring buoy and knew that good anchoring was between it and the westward shore.
Once anchored in Drakes Bay, we tied down the sails for the night and started enjoying the soggy, but lovely scenes.
We could see the old red-roofed Coast Guard station as well as an old fishing company building through the fog.
As the fog lifted and things cleared with the passing front about an hour after we anchored, we could get a much better view of things.
The red-roofed USCG building came into sight.
The next morning, as we were leaving for the Farallon Islands things were bright and sunny. The fish company building was looking positively chipper.
The rocks that we could barely see on the Southeast tip of Point Reyes just the prior afternoon were now bright and pretty too.
More later…
