Larry-
Just between you and me, it isn't THAT warm. We sailed three P15s for 30
miles on the southern Bay today, arriving back at the Redwood City ramp at
sunset, chilled and tired but satisfied that we had accomplished our
mission. Jon Hunolt, Dave Kautz and his wife, and I visited the remains of
the destroyer Thompson outside Redwood Creek, then ventured far below the
Dumbarton bridge to see the old wooden ship, the Estela, stuck in the mud
down there. Judging by her appearance, I'm not sure that getting the ship
back into deep water is such a good idea, but that is the plan.
Dave Kautz planned the trip so we had favorable currents both ways, which
more than made up for the headwinds in both directions. I was sure we
couldn't go that far on a March day, but we did.
Much of the trip was motorsailing, but on the return trip we shut off the
stinkpots at the Dumbarton and had great sailing in about 15 knots of wind
and light chop all the way back to the ramp. After getting the boats
secured, we gathered at Pete's for supper.
Larry, I know how much you love The Best Outboard Motor for the World, so
you should know that both Jon and I were powered by Seagulls. I must
confess that my motor quit several times on the way down, but she restarted
easily each time. Apparently she didn't like the old fuel that had been
sitting in my storage shed much too long. The 10:1 had probably
deteriorated to 5:1 or something. Jon had ample fuel so gave me a couple of
cans of fresh gas while we were rafted up at the Estela, and with fresh
fuel the Seagull buzzed happily back up to the Dumbarton without missing a
beat. (Jon had no problems with his Seagull.)
Hope to see you at Tomales Bay next weekend. Sandy and I are thinking of
staying in Inverness.
Harry Gordon
P14 #234, Manatee
Mountain View, CA