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Lookin’ Good on New Year’s Day

By Christine Weaver | January 6, 2020 | San Francisco Bay |

While spending New Year’s Day on San Francisco Bay, we spotted many others out for a daysail.

gray Beneteau
In an early-afternoon southerly, this modern Beneteau Oceanis 38 was sailing on a broad reach toward the East Bay.
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We crossed tacks with a more traditional-looking vessel, the Folkboat Jalina, north of Treasure Island.
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Pinocchio
The Frers 33 Pinocchio was departing Clipper Cove to return to her homeport, Richmond Yacht Club.
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Much later in the afternoon, when a brisk westerly filled in, the Alerion 38 Surprise! would follow the same course.
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blue Pearson Commander
We believe this is a Pearson Commander preparing to set a spinnaker.
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Triton
Red sails at sunset. The daylight fades early on January 1. Sunset colors were already appearing in the sky when Ganges sailed a southwesterly course around 4 p.m. The Triton is a big sister to the Commander in the Pearson family of the 1960s.
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Annie at sunset
In the last usable moments of light for a point-and-shoot camera aboard a moving sailboat, we snapped the beautiful yellow Sprague cutter Annie on our transom. A flock of cormorants flies past.
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