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Weekend sailing trips are always a lot of fun. This last weekend I spent the three days in the Bay Area sailing on my brothers boat. Was nice for a couple of days but the wind was up there. As normal this time of year, the wind can blow in the 20 to 25 knot range and we went out in a good 18 knots, trouble was the wind was coming from the north and it made sailing a little harder.

Sailing near Red Rock

On the first afternoon we went out for a short sail and enjoyed the sun and had good air all day. We headed over towards Red Rock and the San Rafael bridge. As always a lot of ferry boats and ships were working the water but we had no problems. In the evening a 'beer can' race was starting so we decided to head for home and get supplies for the rest of the weekend.

After dropping our stuff we headed tot he store for supplies and stopped at a local taquiria in San Rafael. Really good food and cheep. Way more food than I could eat and good authentic salsa.

The next day we were going to sail so we grabbed our stuff and headed to the boat. It was already blowing in the am and we kind of decided to wait to see what happened with the wind. Off to the store for the last supplies. Well the wind just kept going up and at 20 knots we said no way and headed home.


We grabbed our things and headed west into Marin for a day of relaxation. My brothers girlfriend was along and we all headed out to have a few drinks and just relax. Later in the day we headed to the 'cabin' and made some great food and drinks. A few friends came by and the night lasted till the morning.

The next day we all were going to meet at the Tomalas Bay Oyster company. We knew it would be crowed but it was a total zoo. We never hear that they reserved tables, it was so crowded we just grabbed a bag of 50 and a bag of 20 oysters and headed to a small park at a beach close by.

More people came and the party started, big picnic on the sand and we cleaned all to oysters and broke out wine, beer and more food. Sunny and no crowd, plus good food, a nice Sunday afternoon.

Later after we got back to the cabin, we decided to make Pialla on the BBQ and my brother the chef cooked up a massive pan. So good!!! We ate at 9:30 and were up past midnight.

Monday brought the drive to town and back to the boat. No wind... So we headed to the horse races to kill time till I had to fly home. Not bad of a holiday weekend.