Sausalito

All off the dock slightly before 9am to make the requested 9am D-Street Bridge opening. But then had to wait about 10 minutes for the Haystack Railroad bridge just beyond that to open. In and out of rain today. And San Pablo Bay was pretty nasty today with the opposing wind and current. But we all made it to Sausalito’s Schoonmaker Point Marina by early afternoon. I started out running slow, but eventually put C-Traveler on plane, until the rough water. So far I’ve burned 31.5 gallons of gas in 104.1 miles. I was hoping to do a little more slow travel to conserve fuel, but not always possible depending upon water conditions. Still pretty good. Definitely won’t need to gas up until back off the water. Finally mostly sun this afternoon. A little upset that I lost my favorite round fender. Somewhere in the rough water it came off its line. (I run with that one on my starboard forward cleat just outside the helm window, as that keeps it out of the way in the cockpit. Otherwise I always bring in all my other fenders when running.) Oh well, it was one I found a few years ago. And I had just found three more fenders on my trip last month to Dale Hollow Lake. Still not the nice round kind, but still ahead in numbers. Lol. This evening many of us met at Taste of Rome restaurant for supper.Read more