200 Years’ Worth of Cal 40s

Bob Johnston, who sails the J/92 Ragtime! out of Richmond Yacht Club, writes that on New Year’s Day, he and his wife Connie "had a delightful spinnaker reach down to Clipper Cove. Because of the king tides we didn’t linger in there, but we swung through and took a few photos. There were two small raft-ups, one of which included 200 years’ worth of Cal 40s: Rodney Pimentel’s Azure, Jim Quanci’s Green Buffalo, Robb Walker’s Nozomi and Vance Sprock’s Seazed Asset."

"Once around Yerba Buena Island, we enjoyed a swift close reach across the Slot, up Southampton Shoal and back to RYC. We saw a couple dozen other boats out there — it was chilly but really quite nice. Way to start 2018!"

There would have been an overabundance of water in the Bay’s coves during the morning, but soon that water would be rushing out the Gate, chasing the full moon in perigee to the other side of the planet. We wonder if anyone got left high and dry by the minus tides.