Today was sailing with Cathy, Bruce and Judy. Mike couldn’t make it. We motored to about Jack London Square, then put up the sails and short-tacked almost to the mouth of the estuary. The Alameda Sherrif boat was hovering around the berths on the Oakland side, so we stayed as far from the wharves and ships as we could. It was actually kind of weird how the Sherrif was always a little ways behind us, motoring slowly around. But they didn’t bother us, so who knows what they were up to.

We had a little wind, just enough to keep tacking, really. But even that disappeared. It was hazy out toward the main bay, so I figured that was pretty much it. We bobbed around for awhile, then started the engine and motored back. We saw quite a few boats out there, including several of those West Wight Potter kooks. Maybe someday I’ll grab one of those — they look fun.

I had changed the oil in the morning, and the engine was running quite well. I found my filter wrench, and am going to do another oil/filter change soon. I also did some of the rust treatment on the engine’s exterior, and need to do a little touch up paint around mid-week.

After putting the boat away, we went to Chevy’s for snacks.