Over the Spring Break week Char and I did our first overnight cruise to Angel Island’s Ayala Cove. And forgot the damn camera. Again. Annika was busy that week riding herd over 16 sixth-graders as camp counselor so we were on our own.
The exciting element was the weather, with a Small Craft Advisory posted, and winds in the bay forecast into the 25 kt range. But we talked about it, and decided we could be OK by reefing the main from the get-go, and using our #4 (75%) jib. We would bail if we had to. As it turned out, we did see 20 – 25 apparent winds as we reached accross the Bay at 6 – 7 kts. Whee! But we never felt out of control, and Char was a champ!
After paying our fee at the dock and a rather awkward effort of mooring, we settled in to a dinner of spit pea soup and hard tack, and enjoyed watching Pirates of the Caribbean on the newly repaired mini-dvd player. The next morning winds were light and Easterly, so we had to resort to the motoring more than we might like to get home in a timely way. But we were in cruiser-mode, the weather was spectacular, and it was OK.
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