Thursday, September 25, 2008

8/20/2008 Ft. Bragg/Drakes Bay






Our third bar and third stop, we cleared Fort Bragg at noon. Of course, it was foggy. We left the locals grumbling about no rain for ages as well as no sun. Salmon fishing is closed this season so many fish boats are in port and businesses are shut. The transient moorage dock held many fish boats will never go to sea again. So different from Newport that had 24 hour tuna and crabbing with no apparent regard to restrictions. Their time will come. Forecast .for the next three days of winds was for 15-25 kt NW so, of course, we motored for 16 hr to Bodega Bay as winds were nil! Bodega Bay was in fog (that again) and we timed it to arrive after sunrise. Light south winds are predicted and we will wait. Twenty- five miles from Drakes Bay and then the same into San Francisco (so close but so unwise to rush).

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