The alarm woke me at five this morning. The brain said get up, the body said just thirty minutes more. The brain won. I put the kettle on for a cuppa and had a look outside, flat calm in Sausalito anchorage and the sky starting to lighten in the east. By five thirty the anchor... Continue Reading →
GOLDEN GATE TOMORROW
Last night I was having a lovely run down the coast being pushed by a fresh wind directly from astern. I just had the staysail up, sailing at between five and six knots without any fuss. At midnight the fog closed in, a cold wet fog. An hour later the wind had died and I... Continue Reading →