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foghorns on golden gate bridge - 11/4/23 our girl's been on the hard for four weeks as of today. what started as a bottom paint job with a bit of fiberglass repair and a couple hatch installs took a turn when some holes and delimitation were discovered in the rudder. hoping to splash tomorrow. #boatyardlife bedroom #2 #, deep in the san joaquin river delta's potato slough, was a splendid change of pace from cold and foggy berkeley. freshwater dips and warm nights... 10 hours, something like 7 bridges, countless jibes... to find ourselves in potato slough, bedroom #2, in the san joaquin river delta. been a minute since i found myself close-hauled in a nice breeze... skipper was moving quite fast this weekend. apparently, at least. when chunks of corroded aluminum start falling on one's head while sailing, it's time to "maintain" one's radar mount. Merope and Kakelekele rafted together on the Presidio Yacht Club guest dock. Highly recommend savoring this view while sipping on the yacht club bar special: greyhounds with fresh-squeezed grapefruit juice. The Golden Gate Bridge gets all the glory. And to be fair it is a stunning bit of architecture. But check out the shapes (and troll... shhhh) on the Oakland Bay Bridge! https://www.instagram.com/reel/CglA6OwJNl3/ #independenceday #sailing the city by the bay. 10/10. underway to portobelo... 17 knots of apparent wind, 5 knots speed over ground. 15 nm to go. glorious. wait for it... canal transit is complete, not without some shenanigans along the way... thank you @teambouchonsailing for an epic experience! @goddamn.winnebago hard at work, fixing us up with a battery charger/inverter install. Though the tsunami wasn't as intense as some feared it could be, there was still an absolutely massive amount of water that entered and exited the narrow marina entrance in Berkeley, creating swift currents where there are typically none and straining aging infrastructure like docks and pilings. This is absolutely stunning considering the distance these waves traveled and the fact that they were funneled through the relatively narrow entrance of the Golden Gate from the Pacific Ocean, before traveling across a massive open bay and arriving in Berkeley. While nearly unnoticeable in deeper water, the surges can have huge impacts depending on the shape of the shoreline and the bathymetry of the underwater floor leading up to it. man, these neighbors are LOUD. out with the old and in with the new. replacing the 20 year-old propane supply line that snaked through merope's nooks and crannies was a lot harder than actually removing her original stove, now 38 years old, and installing the new one. #squarewaves #nofilter #roundboi #sailing #shadows take care of your gear, kids! i mean, how's YOUR friday night goin'? #nofilter #sailing #sunset #nofilter #aboyandhisboat #sailing #nofilter #sundayfunday #sunset fair winds and following seas to two of the most encouraging and inspiring friends anyone could ask for. until we raft up once more... ❤️⛵️🏝🍹 #mooredup
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