Peaceful week at SFYC here.
The ferry to downtown San Francisco. See the fogbank in the background? This is a look across the Raccoon Straight to the eastern part of the Bay.
Another view of Mahdee at the SFYC. See the San Francisco skyline shrouded in fog in the background. Belvedere Cove is often sunny when the rest of the Bay area is foggy.
We really didn’t take very many pictures while sailing during the Schooner Race. We were far from other boats most times. Towards the end of the day, I took several shots “in the cockpit” including a couple good ones of David standing on the aft-deck above Jim as Jim guided Mahdee around the last rounding and up through the finish line.
I’m almost certain that I was admonishing Jim while I took this picture as Mahdee is heeled quite beyond my limits at this moment.
Finally in front of someone! We can feel like we’re going somewhere. Sal and Lacey enjoying the last bit of time before the finish.
Lacey took a bunch of pictures. I can’t wait to see them.
Sal in the doorway, grinning. Bob in the background looks a little cold. Bob got a face full of spray several times during the race.
David went up the mast a few days back to install boom lifts for the foresail. Here are a couple pictures he took. The first is looking East at the farmland with the sloughs running through it and a boat anchored at almost each bend, the second view is to the West. In both you can see the rock walls of the levy around the slough. These levies used to be tree covered–which must have been quite lovely–but farmers have taken to using ugly rocks instead. I imagine that 30 years ago visiting the Delta was much prettier than it is today. It also probably provided much more shelter for wildlife and birds.
Each morning we have a lovely sunrise over the water.
