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West Wight Potter Website at URL
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I'd love to check out a few new cruising grounds. Count me in for any such
adventures. I was in Half Moon Bay on the afternoon of New Year's Eve...
thoughts of a whale-watching voyage came to mind. I suspect it has been
tried before. Any veterans of such a trip have thoughts to share? As I
recall, Tilly Lucy's "radar pod" was installed with the Pacific in mind.
Chris Sayer
P15 #2380, Akala
San Jose CA
-----Original Message-----
From: hlg@pacbell.net [mailto:hlg@pacbell.net]
Sent: Friday, December 31, 1999 6:02 PM
To: wwpotter@tscnet.com
Subject: RE: Sailing, Sailing
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West Wight Potter Website at URL
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Chris:
It was great having you and your family join our South Bay/West Bay fleet
of two Wednesday! Looking forward to future sails together.
The wind was almost nonexistent in the inner harbor, so I grew impatient
and MinnKota'ed on out Redwood Creek in the hopes of finding a breeze
further out. Eventually I did, at least enough to shut off the motor and
sail under nature power. I was glad to soon see you and Dave also heading
out in my direction and apparently tacking in the breeze.
I've been wanting to explore some of the sloughs around Redwood Creek, so I
made a left at Corkscrew Slough and sailed in to where the slough makes the
first, sharp turn to port.. The tide was out, and the slough is aptly
named, so I didn't try to probe any further. (Some day I want to sail clear
through or clear around Bair Island, if that's possible.) Dave had turned
into the slough also and we met as I headed back to the Creek, and we
managed to both hang up our CBs in the mud as we crossed the little bar,
sailing side by side, at the mouth of the slough. (We should have kept to
port.) No problem; we just hauled in the CBs and resumed sailing. With the
wind behind us and the beginning of a flood current, it didn't take long to
get back to the ramp. I was behind Dave all the way but couldn't catch him.
Hope we can get some more South Bay/West Bay people to join us in future
sails in 2000. Dory (San Jose) promised to get his P15 repaired, and Jeff
Westfall (Pacifica) may join us one day soon in his P15. Others in the area
as well as those further away are invited to join us also, of course. (What
has become of Jon Hunolt?) With the lighter winds this time of year, we
might venture out from some other West Bay sites such as Coyote Point and
Oyster Point, areas that tend to get windy and rough in the summer. The
same is true of San Luis Reservoir and O'Neill Forebay, which will require
a little more driving (through Pacheco Pass, hwy 152), but they are quite
doable for a daysail. If the water level is low at San Luis, it's only a
little further to O'Neill Forebay.
Happy 2000 everybody!
Harry Gordon
P14 #234, Manatee
Mountain View, CA
>Happy to report some pleasant Pottering here in South SF Bay. Dave Kautz in
>Tilly Lucy, Harry Gordon in Manatee, and I launched out of Redwood City for
>a few hours of exploring the creek. Harry let me try out his genoa (Akala
>was rigged for one by IM, but I didn't purchase the sail.) Winds weren't
>much to speak of, but tacking up wind into what I would guess to be a 5
knot
>breeze was excellent practice for me. Judging by Tilly Lucy and Manatee's
>progress upwind, Dave and Harry didn't need the practice as much as I did.
>Thanks to Harry for the use of the genoa, and to Dave for taking my number
>one son, Stephen along.
>
>To my delight, over breakfast the next morning, my son and a friend of his
>that had spent the night volunteered that they would like to go sailing.
>With Akala sitting in the driveway and not yet rinsed off, you can imagine
>how hard it was to convince me to go.
>
>Thursday was a repeat of Wednesday's weather. Sunny and 60 degrees, not
much
>wind. I sailed with the factory jib, and seemed to point higher than I had
>been able to with the genoa, but gave up a little speed on a reach. No
>surprises there. My two sons and the friend spent a good part of the trip
in
>the cabin. Apart from the occassional thump, squeal, giggle or whine from
>the cabin, it was wonderfully peaceful for me. With three boys aboard, they
>did a number of the picnic basket, but I managed to keep the thermos of hot
>chocolate in the cockpit with me. First time I've been able to sail on
>back-to-back days in ten years, and I enjoyed it thoroughly.
>
>Thanks to all on this list for contributing to an enjoyable rookie season
as
>a Potterer.
>
>Chris Sayer
>P15 #2380, Akala
>San Jose, CA
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