"Capt. JG" wrote in message
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Started out in a bit of haze, then it burned off. Proceeding toward Angel
Island, we encountered the nearly 300-boat annual Vallejo Race. (-
spelling corrected) They were running downwind from San Francisco toward
the Richmond/San Rafeal Bridge when we got there. Fortunately, we didn't
interefer at all, having perfect timing... we were at Raccoon Straight
when they passed, so had a wonderful view from the stern of Excalibur. No
pics, as the camera was down for the count.

After they passed we did some minor tacking and jibing, then settled into
a quick anchorage called Paradise Cove for lunch. We sailed back across
Southhampton dodging some anchored dredges, with towboats standing off.
Not sure what was going on with that. I dropped off one person who needed
to get back early, then we practiced close quarter maneauvering under
power in a couple of the local marinas. The wind mellowed considerably as
we headed back up the Richmond deep water channel. As we were coming out
of the last marina on our way home, we crossed another boat starboard to
starboard, since he was on engine and was kind enough to give us the
upwind side. When I asked him if it could possibly get better than this,
he hollered over, "no f*cking way!" And, we both smiled and kept going.



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