The Salt Pondians

A wonderful excursion from Salt Ponds to home plate.  Northeast wind tailed us all the way home.  Cruised across the channel and then west over the tunnel.  Sustained by intense pretzel nuggets filled with peanut butter.  New functionality discovered on GPS to provide direct steerage to destination, however, care required to ensure no portage across land is required.  Deep discussion of the potential for future medical R&B captains ensued.

The Matador's Cape

Again encountered one of the Yang Ming fleet, this time outbound.  These folks are everywhere.  Nice reach back into the marina.  Knee-padded Doc at the helm executed some wonderful matadorial curves around the six million crab pots to resounding "ole's". Defly executed 360 during sail take-down as Doc guided us smoothly into our home slip.

Smooth first sail of the season riding a tailwind up to Salt Ponds. Lots of jibe practice. Warm sunny Spring wowser. Doc v. Doc on tiller.  An unplanned jibe caught the attention and cheek of the she-Salt Pondian who demonstrated calm bravado and aplomb in response. Kept an eagle eye on one of the Yang Ming fleet ("Teamwork, Innovation, Honesty, and Pragmatism.") probably with a Dollar Tree load inbound to NIT. Cruised into Marina at high tide.   S.Ponds itself was NORDO due to previous night lightning strike.  Earlysville crew got the full experience and celebrated later at the Surfrider on Hampton Creek.