This is the boat docked in Alameda 
| Another pic - I didn't sail this day - just played Chauffer 
| And another angle 
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Dock kitty 
| He likes David 
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Aug 17 1999 |
Me... 
| out on the bay - playing captain ;) 
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...with Maralyn, the sailing instructor. 
| Going under the Bay Bridge... 
| there it is behind us now. 
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Kimberly and Maralyn with the bridge in the background. 
| There's Eileen too - Kim's mom. 
| San Francisco, the city by the Bay! 
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Nice shot of the Bay Bridge heading into San Francicso. 
| ...with a boat heaing udner the bridge. 
| Another view of The City. 
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The fog is barely held back by the Golden Gate... but you can see the front of the boat here! 
| Another view of the fog, and off to the left of this shot, you can (barely) see the Golden Gate Bridge. 
| There's the end of the Bay Bridge heading into Treasure Island. 
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Deborah (Kimberly's sister), Maralyn and Eileen. 
| BIG ol freighter coming from the Alameda/Oakland area ... it's moving FAST. 
| How fast is it coming up on us? 
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Not so fast that... 
| I can't get a couple more shots of the city. 
| and my family. 
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Wow - almost here! 
| The tooted (loud!) at us, signalling they were going to turn starboard (right) and we should maybe move a touch. There's actually a guy waving at us up top, which was really cool! 
| We turned around entirely and went back in the other direction to give them plenty of room (or rather, us plenty of room - I don't think we were really bothering them ;) ) 
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The city and the Golden Gate. 
| Mom and Deborah working the lines to tack. 
| Going back towards Alameda, under the Bay Bridge again. 
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Mom, with the city in the background. 
| Eileen, at the wheel. 
| Bye San Francisco. Bye fog! 
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Heading back into port. Deborah is up at the bow, just looking around. 
| This is the cabin down below. I think the little hanging hammock for food is such a clever use of space! There's a berth (bedroom) all the way at the front and also in the back. 
| This is where we're heading to dock. 
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Heading in! 
| Back on land, being brought to my car (I parked where we left from, Deborah parked where we docked) I dropped the camera, then took this picture to make sure it works. Deborah said "oh great - you captured my 'Deborah, giving a concerned look' look" I think she's right. 
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Aug 20, 1999
| Docked at Sausalito now, mom looks pretty happy on her boat. 
| David took MANY pictures - I have included this rather crappy one of me, because the rest were worse - there was a picture of my butt, my mom's butt, David's shoes, another pic of me looking right up my nose ... you get the idea. Boy I love digital cameras! No film to waste! 
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David sitting on the back port seat - these are really comfy, and high up. He has his water pistol to shoot at floating leaves, etc. He has a harness and tether on rather than a life jacket. He is tethered at all times when up top and this frees us from having to have him completely watched like a hawk - if he went over he wouldn't go in the water, we'd just pluck him back up. 
| Leaving the dock... 
| There are a LOT of interesting house boats in the Sausalito area. This one was what David and I ended up calling the "Club House" ... I don't know if anyone actually lives there - I hope not! 
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The blanket of fog was really neat looking coming over the hills. Lots of house boats here. 
| There's a waterplane landing at this dock. 
| Another cool shot of the fog and house boats. 
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The Golden Gate Bridge! 
| Mom, with Angel Island (still preserved for the most part!) in the background. 
| SF at a distance. 
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David, with my mom's ski hat - not all that cold, but a bit windy. 
| David is helping me steer! 
| We dropped anchor on the back side of Angel Island. The boat in the distance was stuck - their anchor snagged on something. David is pointing at a cool boat in the distance. 
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There's the cool boat. 
| David looking out from the bow again. 
| The stuck boat. We spent some time trying to help them by hooking up to their boat and using our stronger engine to pull them out. No luck. 
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Another view of the Golden Gate... got kind of windy on our way back in. 
| Finally - can still see the Golden Gate, but the wind died down as we neared Sausalito again. 
| A flock of pelicans, flying in formation - this was really cool looking! 
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You can't really see but a dot of it - but there's the head of a seal looking right at us - SOOOO cute! 
| Several seals sun bathing. 
| Another shot of them. 
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These LARGE houses on the hill ... not too shabby - I could stand it if you forced me! 
| The clubhouse again. 
| Major dredging going on over here. 
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Aug 26, 1999
| We went out for a couple of hours this afternoon. Here's the Golden Gate ... we got hit by some BIG gusts of wind on the way and the boat heeled almost entirely! 
| Had to turn around here and head back in. 
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Dueling cameras! Maralyn's brother joined us. 
| David is hanging on to his seat in the back. After the heeling earlier, which he hung on through like a champ, he muttered first, then said out loud "This is too much like the Titanic!" He wasn't half wrong **grins** 
| Final parting shot of the Bay. 
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