Here's some video highlights of a Good Day on the Bay *About 51 seconds into the following video[0] <https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=21&v=c12Yr8nRG1I> from the 2016 Master Mariners Regatta the Saturday before Memorial Day when we beat Freda B and Seaward yet again, you can see Alma chewing up the water with five of her six[1] sails grabbing the wind.
*Later, at about 1:10, she's on a close reach with the fish flying; bear boat[2] 17 crosses behind. *At about 1:40 is a sequence broad on Alma's port beam showing the fish set between the two mast trucks, followed by two more Bears. *At a bit past 3 minutes is a sequence showing my favorite vintage gaff cutter, Polaris, not the oldest boat on the bay, but aged well. *Now at about 4:05 is a classic Chesapeake Bay Skipjack, Egret, built here in California. *At 4:20 we see the Sea Scouts' Viking at the start (the start takes over an hour!), with an all-female crew. They almost always beat the lads, who sail an almost-identical Navy whaleboat, Corsair. *At 5:40 we see a sequence featuring Freda B out of Sausalito, one of our Evil Competitors. More stuff ensues, as the wind picks up. *later at 10:10 the committee boat is off Treasure Island to record the finish, and the videographer catches Bear #17 crossing the finish, and at 10:28 we see Alma doing the same. The fleet (65 vessels two years ago) proceed down the channel between Oakland and Alameda for a big bash at Encinal YC to decompress and celebrate. [0] from the official committee boat for the event, Sausalito YC's Mercury [1] the fisherman stays'l is on deck waiting for Alma to tack. [2] 22.5 foot day sailer designed and built on the shores of SF Bay, for home builders. -- "I think we are pole vaulting over mouse manure here." Stolen from a private mailing list -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
