Sunday in the Bay Area was sunny and hot. Temps in the local area hovered around 100 for the inland areas. Anyone with a boat was hoping it would be cooler on the bay and they were all out there beating the heat. The forecast was for light winds - 5-15. My best friend Andy and his wife had a friend racing in the Stone Cup and wanted to see the start of the race. As we hit the bay the wind was picking up. At the end of the pier, we could see sheep in the meadow (white caps!). We turned off the engine and started to sail even reefing the jib a little. We got to the start line as the boats took off. It was a little chilly and Vickey wanted some warm sun. We headed to Sam's but the docks were filled with power boats. We motor sailed to Ayala Cove at Angel Island but the 40 or so berths were all taken. Around the corner we went to anchor for lunch. Found a nice spot and decided to take Kona for a swim. Kona is our 10 month old Golden. He hasn't taken much liking to water yet but has swum a few times. Got him in the water and we swam to a little beach. He did fine. We stayed for a while and then started swimming back to the boat. We were getting there but we just couldn't make it to the ladder due to a very strong flood tide. I asked my boatmates to bring the boat around which they did. We got back on board for a lovely sail to the bay bridge. Less wind there and more warm weather. Had a nice sail back to the marina with winds in the mid 20's. So glad the wind forecast was wrong as we had some terrific sailing weather.
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