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Leaving Fort Bragg

Some days it seemed that we would never get here…..and here we are.   Mid day on Sep 13^th  we passed under the Golden Gate bridge on Kialoa.  This is a huge milestone for us, one of those life moments that we will never forget.

 

We left Fort Bragg on the 12^th planning a stop in Bodega Bay but conditions were calm, the boat was moving well and Scott was feeling less seasick than usual so we continued on.  Marshall needed to get home and we wanted to be in San Fransisco. 

24 hours after leaving Fort Bragg a rather tired but not sea sick crew on
 the approach to the Golden Gate Bridge

This is what the underside of the Golden Gate Bridge looks like
I know that everyone has wondered about that!  

We had motored the whole way from Fort Bragg but the wind picked up just outside the Golden Gate and we were able to turn the engine off and live out our dream of sailing under the bridge.  And best of all, Scott was not feeling at all sea sick so he was able to fully enjoy the moment!  

We then proceeded to have a fantastic three hour sail all the way to the Marina where we are staying.  The bay was incredibly busy with sailboats and we think we saw more of them in those three hours than we saw on the rest of our trip.

San Fransisco Skyline

On Sunday we bid Marshall a fond farewell and see you soon, he will be crewing with 

Velvet Sky when they travel from San Diego to Cabo  San Lucas so we hope to see him then.  Thank you Marshall for all you did in helping us to bring Kialoa to San Fransisco, we are so grateful to have you as a friend.

Velvet Sky had elected to stop in Bodega Bay so they arrived at the Brisbane Marina shortly after Marshall left us.  We have now rented a car together and will be doing some exploring of this lovely city.

This leg of our trip took 23 days, we departed Seattle on Aug 21^st and arrived here on Sep 13^th.  We had a total of 192 travel hours and 144 of those were spent with the engine running,  not an enviable number…..however I guess too little wind is better than too much wind

Hootie and the blowfish enjoying the San Fransisco Bay

Our grateful thanks go out to all those who have been a part of supporting our dream, by words and by deeds, in large and small ways, you have all helped to get us here