Rio Vista to Wheeler Island

I lead the first group of four boats from Rio Vista to Wheeler Island Duck Club. Along with our C-Traveler, was DayBreak, Serenity and Nowhere Fast. The four of us ran slow. With a nice current behind us, we ran at 6mph, and whereas I would normally get about 5mpg no current, I was getting about 7.5mpg. We left the Delta Marina at 9am and arrived at Wheeler at 12:30p. Originally I planned that we would anchor and wait for the rest of the group as there would be a certain order for all the boats to enter the channel and tie up to the dock, as we would need all the dock space and the different sized boats from 22’ to 26’ would need to be placed in specific positions. We were rafted three across. The organizer and leader of the trip would leave with the other boats at noon and run faster to arrive at a planned 2pm. However, once we were in range, one of the C-Brats, who was the member of the Duck Club and already here, spoke with the organizer of this cruise, and they decided to bring us on in to the docks, to speed the process up some when the others got here. C-Traveler is a 25’, DayBreak a 23’ and the other two, 22’. DayBreak was brought in first, and then the two 22’s rafted outside of her. Then I came in and tied on to the dock. Dinner Bell, which was the boat already here, rafted on me, and then we had the cruise leader raft on her. Then the other boats came in order and docked and rafted. We spent the afternoon socializing, fishing, and then finally eating. Duck Club members, John and Robin of Dinner Bell, treated us to a very nice BBQ dinner.Read more