September 4, 2004
While I'm mending the jib...
...Christof takes us out of Emeryville, and set course for the Racoon Straight.
It's the first real hot Indian Summer day, so everybody who owns a boat goes out on the bay today.
Good winds, we whisk up towards Tiburon and Angel Island in just a couple of hours.
Hot, windy...out sailing...perfect setting for a good book.
Christof is trying out his old SLR camera...things that almost get forgotten in the digital era!
And then...more reading...
...and reading.
The favourite spot, favourite setting, favourite weather...a pretty darn good day out here!
all smiles :-)
view through the Racoon Straight
The Angel Island ferry may not be pretty, but it sure is popular.
sailboats are nearly timeless
tailwind heading back
within minutes, we were back down beneath the Berkeley Pier
[view of Bay Bridge]
silhouette of Chrisotf and Imola loading up their car, right by sunset
Our day trip totalled about 14 nautical miles...in 6 hours.
Lots of tacking upwind, and some currents through the Racoon Straight (the passage between Tiburon and Angel Island).
