Sailing around the bay between San Francisco and Sausalito…  The wind picks up in the afternoon with 15-20 knots blowing into the bay.

We had a 3-day, 2-night passage from Crescent City to San Francisco.  It was almost all motoring into a light southerly wind.  Since we were down to a crew of 3 (Mike had to leave from Crescent City), we took 4 hour watches during the day and 3 hour during night.  We rounded Cape Mendacino around midnight in lumpy seas with 7 second rollers from the NW (not bad since this cape can sometimes get very rough).  The next day brought sunshine and light southerlies as we continued motoring south 5-10 miles off the coast.  The final morning we rounded Pt. Reyes for the approach into San Francisco with a flood tide.  After 980 nautical miles over 12 days since leaving Seattle, we motored under the Golden Gate Bridge in sunshine (and no fog)—definitely a memorable moment!  The winds picked up in the bay so we couldn’t pass on the urge to raise the sails and sail around for a few hours.  Went into San Francisco Municipal marina to dock, shower, relax, and celebrate the trip at The Monk’s Kettle with good beer and food.