Category Archives: Sailing Northern California

They had been asking to come for a while, so we finally got Cindy’s sister Sharon, and Rick’s sister Linda, out sailing on the Bay on Cool Change.  We couldn’t have asked for a better day.  It was so warm … Continue reading →

Mom and Dad arrived at around 7:00 p.m. for a night cruise on Cool Change.  It was a bit bumpy and cold at first, motoring along the Sausalito waterfront and then over past Tiburon and their new/old favorite restaurant, and … Continue reading →

Club Nautique organized a “4-bay cruise” to Monterey Bay over Memorial Day weekend.  Only “CPM-certified” skippers were allowed, unless you had your own boat, and of course, we did!  We thought for a while we couldn’t go because Cool Change … Continue reading →

Knowing that we had a bonafide offer on Cool Change, we came back this weekend to clean her up and remove all our things, and to say goodbye to her with on last sail.  God it was heartbreaking.  We love … Continue reading →

Okay, so this weekend, Rick and I were each scheduled to test for the Navigator position in a CPM class. We would have been performing that role on two separate boats, which we will soon do, but at this point we were … Continue reading →

Club Nautique offered a RADAR class and we took them up on it.  It consisted of four students and one instructor, classroom for an hour or so in the morning, followed by several hours in the afternoon, motoring the environs … Continue reading →

What a fun time we had over this weekend.  Early on Thursday morning, April 12, fighting a bit of rain at first, we motorsailed over from Sausalito to Alameda, about a 13 nm trip.  We had made reservations at Marina … Continue reading →

Now THIS was an exciting CPM Class!  Returning from Half Moon Bay, we had 38 knot winds, and 20 foot seas.  Here is a little description I wrote later about it, that managed to find its way into the Club … Continue reading →

After another gorgeous night anchoring out on Richardson Bay, we played around in the slot, headed back to fuel up, and ended another beautiful weekend.