Delta Cruise-Day 2-Friday, 09/15/2006

We woke up to a beautiful bright sunny day with nice gentle calm winds - a great contrast to 35 knot winds and overcast skies the day before.
The other 3 boats left before us with their destination the St. Francis Yacht Club facility on Tinsley Island - a short distance above Stockton on the San Joaquin River. They had a fairly long sail so they left pretty early.

Bryan and I had decided not to go to Tinsley Island and instead, we made our overnight stay at the Pittsburg Y. C. On our way there we took a side trip to the Mothball Fleet in Suisun Bay. We sailed up to the Eastern end of the group of ships - taking pictures all the way - and then back down again still taking pictures. It was a little more difficult sailing on the way back down as we were beating into the wind and doing a lot of tacking. Wind was about 25 knots so we furled the Genoa to about 95 %. The boat, as a result, had to stay about 15 - 20 degrees more off the wind when close hauled as the furled jib is not very efficient.

When we got to Pittsburg we were able to participate in their "famous" Friday night meal. It’s "famous" because it is cooked and served by a Culinary class from a local Junior College. A Pittsburg Yacht Club member is their teacher and supervises the whole thing. Everyone serving the meal is dressed in a Chef’s uniform. The food is very good and your plate when you get it at the end of the serving line looks like something served up on a first class Cruise Ship. We both really enjoyed the dinner, the very friendly and helpful club members and our overnight there.