As we sailed out the channel, we saw a tug boat towing in a small plane. That's right, a v-tail Bonanza! According to a local news report, a father and son had taken off from San Carlos Airport (SQL) the day before, had engine trouble, and ditched just south of the San Mateo Bridge. After the plane had sunk, they swam to shore
Once we got out of the channel, we headed out to the wreck, since Kerry had never been there. Around 3pm, Sandi called and said that Steve and Aña wanted to head back in and that she'd like to transfer to our boat. None of us had ever done a boat-to-boat crew transfer before, but Kerry led us through it with ease.
First, both boats
Soon after the mid-bay crew transfer, we had an accidental gybe. Norbert was at the helm, but he looked away for a moment to show Kerry a knot, and boom (literally)! When the boom started to come over, Kerry noticed it and warned Sandi soon enough for her to duck. I was on the foredeck, and by the time I noticed the boom coming over, Norbert was already making a correction. We were back on course in no time.
After that, the wind was still pretty light (under 8 knots, I'd say) but it was a gorgeous day and we had a couple more hours to play, so we decided to head for the S marker. Just then, we saw Dave's boat. He was out with a class, so we headed over toward him. When we got close enough, we challenged him to race us to S, but he said he needed to head back into the channel and invited us to race him back to the marina. We weren't ready to head in yet, though, so we headed over to S by ourselves.
After finding S without a problem, we decided to try to find X. It was easier than usual to see the racing markers with no waves, but it took a while to get close to it.
By then, the wind had all but died. We were getting about 1-3 knots. So we begrudgingly started the engine and became a stinkpot for a few minutes. We quickly passed marker 12, and by the time we got into the channel, the wind had come up a bit. So we sailed down the channel and back into the marina.
It's always something new when I go out sailing with my friends! The mid-bay crew transfer was really fun, thanks to all who participated!
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