Yesterday I took Big Wednesday out for a spin with Pearson, SMFD and his friend Dennis. BW is a Cal 20, so it was small enough to sail out of the marina, and back in later, without using the engine. In fact, the tricky part is slowing down enough when coming back in.

So off we went. Pearson got it in his head that there was some kind of restaurant at Point Molate, so we zoomed off in that direction. A couple hours later our attempts to enter the harbor at Point Molate were thwarted by a bunch of semi-submerged obstructions and lack of knowledge where the unmarked channel actually was. Turned around and got out of there.

The trip back was somewhat tedious, as we were fighting the current and sailing upwind. Okay, bad planning on my part. Pearson and Dennis fell asleep down below. We managed to claw our way under the Richmond San Rafael Bridge, and finally hit open water and better wind. Eventually we made it back and the boat was no worse for the wear. Pearson and Dave both said it was fun, but they prefer the comfort of my bigger and heavier boat.