Golden Gate Bridge

2/10 to 5/10
Slip berth at Anacortes and head for the western mouth of Juan de Fucha Strait.
Gets a bit windy and 30 to 40 Kn winds forecast, so we bail out at Becher Bay for a few hours till it eases.........should be about 24:00.
We eventually settle for a departure at 20:00, in the event it was probably a tad too early, we met some huge waves coming out of the Juan de Fucha straits, overfalls and huge swell causing the swell to run back from shore and cause a large amount of turbulence.
Eventually we get around Cape Flattery and head south.
San Francisco here we come, can't wait to sail under the Golden Gate bridge.
The run down the coast, past Oregon etc etc, was fairly uneventful.
We had either headwinds or no wind or tide against us nearly the entire way.................gggrrrrrrrrrrrrr.
We were so far of shore, we saw nothing of the Oregon coast, which was a shame.

6/10
We arrive at Drakes Bay late and decide to anchor in the bay overnight. We all agreed, it was better to see the Golden Gate in daylight. We had a good night in Drakes bay..............fair play to Francis !!!

7/10
Off we set for the bridge.....................just brilliant ...........what a blast, just fantastic................we get some brilliant pictures of the Golden Gate as we pass underneath !!! Yyyyyyyyeeehhhhaaaaa
Passing through the bay we pass the island of Alcatraz............phew, no wonder thay were desperate to escape that spot !!! Very dangerous though, tides and sharks to contend with !!!
We pass San Francisco and go under the Bay bridge. (the section to the north of us collapsed in the earthquake of 1989................repair work has totalled $6.4 billion................so we were told.)
We are heading for Alameda island, to a marina called Alameda Marina...............surprisingly !!!! ;-)
We arrive and are put on the hammerhead of B4 pontoon, not a bad spot, directly opposite the large Coast guard berth and headquarters for the San Francisco area.
A quick walk around the area and we find a brewery + pub !!!!! Excellent, a few beers later, we are off for a meal in town.
Beautiful sunset tonight.
8/10
A few jobs done today, one of them shopping. Gordon Bennett..........i've never walked so far, with so much food in my life. Tel and i were whacked when we got back to the boat..............must have been a 4 to 5 mile round trip...............Steve had told us it was just further on down the road past the brewery pub we had been in last night.................yeah right................my a##e !!!!
Parts for the watermaker eventually all arrived today and Steve says he will sort it tomorrow if we fancy a day out in San Fran...................too right we do !!!

San Francisco fishing fleet heading towards us