Our Cap'n Carey, On The Cover Of Cruising Outpost

  I seem to have opened a can of not being able to take something back.  I accidentally sent one of my favorite pix of my husband, our Cap'n, my best friend, our crew leader, you know "THE MAN", from when we were out sailing SVCerridwen, in SanPabloBay, just inside SFBay. I snapped the image that changed the world.

  Coming to news stands ALL OVER THE WORLD, on December 1st, 2015

Motorsailing the Delta

  We made it safe and sound to Owl Harbor. The sail was pretty much not considered sailing, It was mostly motorsailing. Thats when we have the iron genoa, Rattler, fired up the entire time. If we wanted to just sail, there was no wind to speak of. It was one of those days when the wind is calm, the warm sun in your face, and spiders with their parachutes flying across the water hoping to find a cool new place to live. We had the Genoa pulled all the way out on the whisker pole.

  We got SVCerridwen loaded, just like when we head out of the Golden Gate, everything on board. The hard dinghy on the fordeck, our new *thank you Lisa for a steal of a deal* 9ft inflatable RIB fit perfect on the davits, and the inflatable kayak on top of the dodger. Everything fit good in their spots, and nothing got shook loose. Although we didn't get to sail much, it was a good field trial. It turned out to be a good day to be on the water, the tides were in our favor.
  We got here just before dark, the sunset was breathtaking.

  One thing I did notice though, is that almost all the buoys had seals on them. The kids had fun barking back at them as we went by. The brackish water has moved way inland, because of the lack of freshwater runoff upstream. The lack of rain and snow is letting the seawater move inland. The further the saltwater moves in, so does the critters, crabs, seals, barnacles etc. The hyacinth has taken over alot of the delta. When we moved to Oregon 16 years ago, there was just a little, and now, they can't get ahead of these weeds. They are kinda pretty, but wiping out alot of the natural foliage. Tules, and pussy willows are getting choked out of their spots they have been in since forever.

  The world is forever changing. We need to be more careful with our spreading of invasive plants and animals. Our plastic footprint that we are going to leave behind is getting fatter and fatter. I hope we can catch up with it.
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