Under the Golden Gate

Mark's shot of our arrival

And here it is—one of the West Coast Sailor’s signature moments. Everyone remembers and cherishes their passage under the Golden Gate Bridge. It is in many respects similar to passing under other great bridges, such as the Brooklyn and Verrazano in New York or the Mackinac in Michigan, but coming from the ocean, the Golden Gate Bridge is in a class by itself. And it helped that we had our very own photo team on shore. Mark and Mary Haesloop and Joyce McCarthy filmed our approach from 5 miles out, getting this very special shot that you see here.

Spinnaker under the Gate!

The grin says it all.

We spent a week in the Bay Area, resting up and spending time with Roger’s brother and sister in law, Neil and Marianne. This included touring wineries, lunching at San Francisco YC, and just unwinding. We also did a fun lunch at the Yank Sing restaurant in San Francisco with Greg and Ann von Gair, whom Roger had recently sponsored into Seattle YC.

Leaving the Bay, the view of the Golden Gate is nearly as spectacular as the arrival. Did you know

that the currents under the gate regularly exceed 3 knots and are often more? From the Gate it is a left turn for a short hop on down to Half Moon Bay, where we had another gorgeous sunset and another lovely dinner with Joyce, Mark, Mary, and joined this time by time Patty. I write this as we are motor sailing on to Santa Cruz, 6 knots of breeze coming from astern in a slowly building northerly, with the picturesque California coastline just a couple miles off to port. California cruising at its finest!

Roger, Lynne, and Salty

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