We reached a milestone on Thanksgiving day — cleaned out our locker and sorted out our belongings.  Feeling more ready to go than ever, we treated ourselves with a two-day outing to San Francisco bay, on N62 GrayMatter — also an opportunity to check all the systems on the boat before the big trip.  This could the last time we hang out in the bay — then it’ll be a straight shot out the Golden Gate (in 3 weeks!!)

We headed to China Camp State Park on Friday morning.  But the wind was blowing directly into the anchorage.  We ended up U-turning back to Paradise Cove, spotting another Nordy on the way

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On Saturday, a SUP (Stand-up-paddling) trip at Angel Island State Park.  It was a gorgeous day, spectacular SUP with SF cityfront and Golden Gate Bridge as background.

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We settled down outside of AT&T park/South Beach Marina.  Our previous sailboat, a Swan 40, was moored at South Beach for many years.  In fact, that is where I experienced my first ever sailing trip with Mark.  So we thought it might be fun to revisit, although this is the first time we anchored out here.

We had a bit rock&roll from the boat traffic, but with flopper-stopper, no problem

As the sun set down, an amazing view of the city

Out of our pilothouse.

Recap by Mark