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Sailing Close-to-Home Islands

By Andy Turpin | March 17, 2014 | San Francisco Bay |
Hmm, forested island, verdant hills behind. . . Where is it? New Zealand, the Caribbean, French Polynesia? No, try closer to home.

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One of the perks of being sailing journalists is that we occasionally get to go sailing through island chains in far-flung places. But as most San Francisco Bay sailors know, you don’t have to go to the Caribbean or South Pacific islands to sail around islands, islets and cays. Right here in the Bay there are the biggies, Angel Island, Treasure Island and Yerba Buena, as well as many smaller ones like The Brothers and The Sisters.

But we’ll bet not many Bay sailors know the name of the little beauty above. We didn’t either until we looked it up. If you think you know where it is shoot us an email and register your guess. If you can tell us its name on the NOAA chart (hint: see chart #18654) you may be awarded some official Latitude 38 swag. (Winner to be selected at random from correct answers).

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