The View from the Beach

February 7, 2011

The Farmers Almanac 2011 predictions called for last weekend's weather as: FEBRUARY 2011: temperature 53° (2° below avg.); precipitation 1" (2" below avg.); Feb 1-2: Sunny, chilly; Feb 3-10: Showers, then sunny, cool. But what do farmers know?

The Wetas had a beach party. ©2011 norcalsailing.com

On Saturday the Golden Gate YC midwinter race committee had to postpone for an hour due to lack of wind, but that didn't stop a nice 15-knot northwesterly from filling in. At noon, one of the racers exclaimed "Here it is, now let's go sailing."

Good spectating in San Francisco? You betcha. ©2011 norcalsailing.com

The cityfolk came out to enjoy the balmy temperatures at the beach, to play with their dogs and kids and watch sailboat racing, some of it only a few feet from Rover chasing tennis balls in the surf.

A grove of pines frames the Schumacher 40 Q (left) and the Beneteau First 40.7 Inspired Environments. ©2011 norcalsailing.com

Catalina 34s are among four one design fleets in the series. ©2011 norcalsailing.com

These ladies had the best seats in the house for watching the Thirties-era IOD Youngster sail past. ©2011 norcalsailing.com

To find out what's going on in the series, see www.ggyc.org.