On to Sausalito!

12/4/09
Benicia Marina, nice, but lacking customer service. Also, NO INTERNET sure wish they would join the 20th century.
Benicia old town is about a block away, and tonight they were having a really nice street Christmas Fair, and the Yacht club here was having a big party. We are just too tired to participate. I walked 8 blocks to Safeway for a few things and forgot the tortillas, oh well.
Another short day, late getting out due to fog, and then had to fight the tidal currents, looks like tomorrow will be the same. But for tonight a warm, quiet place to stay,
12/5/09
This morning when we saw there was no fog to speak of, we decided to get a quick move on and try to catch a ride with the tide, as we had been at odds with it the entire trip. At one point I thought of Marcus and I as a cartoon, he would portray me as slamming around, at Tasmanian Devil Speeds with similar results. I would portray him as UBER slow motion, looking at every nit an picking it. HAHA we make a good team, but sometimes we do chafe a bit!!

12/5/09 PM
Sausalito, Richardson Bay. Got the heavy weather jib up, chart plotter working, figured out jack lines. Jack line-a rope that is tied to the boat and then you connect a tether to the rope and to your harness so if some reason you start to fall off the boat, you are still connected to the boat and climb back onboard. This is mostly done on passage making, sailing at night or during heavy weather. We want to be a little more cautious, so even though this is really just a day sail to Half Moon Bay, we will try out the safety gear.
I tried to straighten up the inside of the boat a bit, but it still feels pretty cramped and messy. It will take some time for things to find their place. Feels like I may have over provisioned the food a bit (Marcus is ready to start chucking stuff overboard) but we shall see.