Up the river to Petaluma

Friday, August 5, 2011 - Petaluma, 38 14.132 N, 122 38.253 W
In the morning we left for some sailing around the bay as we waited to rendezvous with Greg and Melissa Davids on SV Pura Vida. Their boat is a Hylas 47, a sistership, so to speak of Windarra, a Stevens 47. It was built in the same boatyard in Taiwan but it is a little newer. We followed SV Pura Vida as they have been up the Petaluma River before. The trip up the river included 2 railroad bridges, always open, a freeway bridge 70 feet above waterline, (our mast is 65 feet tall not including the VHF antenna), passing vineyards and wineries, small shanties along the river, and finally the D street bridge which we waited to open before the turning basin where we tied alongside Pura Vida on the long dock.

Windarra

Pura Vida

Going up the river

After enjoying some sundowners (rum and coke was the drink de jour) we walked into downtown and had a great dinner at Sugo's, an Italian restaurant, then to bed. It was a long day.