Last Monday we took Dulcinea out on San Pablo Bay, heading towards China Camp. The winds started to pick up, so we heaved-to to put on our foul-weather gear, which of course meant that then the winds began to die. When we got far enough to see the Richmond bridge, we headed back on a broad reach and, because Joe and Mina were our extra crew, we tried out the asymmetrical spinnaker with Joe at the helm. As we approached the Carquinez Bridge, we even managed a couple gybes that weren’t half bad. All in all a slow sail, since we were more often going 5 to 6 knots rather than 10 to 12, but fun.
