By John Arndt | November 18, 2020 | San Francisco Bay Area | 0
Before the rain arrived we had about as beautiful a weekend as one could hope for in the middle of November for sailing on San Francisco Bay. Both Saturday and Sunday were stunningly clear, and Saturday provided good breezes, allowing racers in all corners of the Bay to overcome the strong ebb.
The Matthew Turner was again out strutting her stuff, and the recently restored and launched schooner Viveka was out flashing her sailing wardrobe. Racers were sailing in Jeff Zarwell’s RegattaPRO midwinters, the Berkeley Yacht Club Midwinters and the Corinthian Yacht Club Fall Series. We also crossed tacks with a fleet of Lasers sailing out toward the Golden Gate and back. The world is facing challenges, but if you were sailing the Bay on Saturday, it was easy to forget them for awhile.
The Matthew Turner looking for an inside overlap at the reaching mark.
Parting shot: Mike Holmes captured this beautiful image of Viveka getting in one of her last sails in the Pacific before she’s put aboard a ship bound for Europe.
Everything is going swimmingly for Whitall Stokes on his route around the world — actually he had to jump in the water to cut a spinnaker off his keel in mid-ocean.
An anchored boat caught fire in Richardson's Bay last weekend. While there has been no official statement, scuttlebutt alleges the fire was preceded by an explosion.
