Vallejo Cruise 9/5-7/25

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Everyone agreed it was one of the best cruises in years! Beautiful weather, 5 Islanders all docked together, cockpit socalizing, two big dinners and a powerboat ride, and in all 8 I-36s represented by 23 people. Thanks to Dan Knox and Commodore Egan, the first, and last, pictures show off well known San Francisco Bay landmarks. Starting with the SF skyline, there are Clipper Cove at Treasure Island, Red Rock, and the Richmond Bridge and Golden Gate bridges. Here's the attendance list followed by Commodore Egan's great write-up and lots of pictures.

Bella Luna	Robert DaPrato & Maria Santiago
Cali	Kerry & Jennifer Scott
Hurulu	Nancy Ibison & Anthony Kleppe
Kapai	Rick & Kathy Egan, Bryce and Reanne
Luna Sea	Dan Knox & Myphi Alloy, Forouk & Ashley Fares, Jewel McLain & Adam Henderson
Tacoma Blue	Rich & Takae Watters
Vanishing Animal	Rick & Sandy Van Mell
White Horses	Rob Blenderman & Ruby Wallis & Carrie ??

Kapai Vallejo Cruise in 9/25

Bob Da Prato and Kerry Scott were our inspiration for the Vallejo Yacht Club (Mare Island Dock of the Bay Concert Cruise in last weekend. Big shout out to both for their enthusiasm and participation in making this happen! Our original idea was to sail up Friday afternoon, have dinner at the club and then anchor in front of the concert. As it turned out, one could hear the music pretty well from the shaded deck at VYC so no one summoned sufficient escape velocity to motor over to Mare Island for front row seats on their Islanders.

For Kapai's part, Kathy and I departed South Beach Harbor around 11am and sailed all the way to Vallejo from just east of Alcatraz. The weather was perfect and we had a beam reach and some flood nearly the entire way. Just past the Brothers we heard Luna Sea attempting to hail Rich Watters on Tacoma Blue, with Rob Blenderman aboard. We checked in with Dan and Myphi as they were just passing under the Richmond Bridge and we were within sight of each other for the rest of the trip. We discovered later that Tacoma Blue was a good hour ahead of us.

We were last to arrive at VYC and found Cali, Tacoma Blue, Hurulu and Luna Sea all lined up in slips next to the Club. Hurulu sailed by new association members Nancy Bison and Anthony Kleppe (and Dante their boat dog) opened their cockpit for an adult beverage session so that's where folks congregated. Rick and Sandy Van Mell arrived by car as did, Bob DaPrato and his wife Maria , and Ruby brought Rich Watters' wife Takae, and friend Carrie. Kerry Scott and Jennifer made up the quorum. Finally, our son Bryce and his wife Reanne arrived on the last ferry from SF and joined the party.

Dinner at the club was delicious and quite a good deal at $20 for Lasagna. I must commend VYC for the fine hospitality from their volunteers.

Saturday most folks had breakfast aboard or at a local restaurant. Kerry and Jennifer had an errand to shuttle Jennifer's power boat to Benicia and Bob Da Prato and Bryce and Reanne joined them for the trip. Reanne took some nice shots of the crew with the Carquinez Bridge in the background.

The concert started at 1PM and most of the Islander group assembled on the deck at VYC to hear the soul and funk band Confunkshun and a couple of rappers including Golden State Warriors official rapper E 40. Kerry commandeered a dinghy and took Bryce and Reanne over to his buddy's Irwin to listen to the music up close. Reanne and Bryce had a blast. Thank you, Kerry!

The Commodore made a 6:15 reservation at Manny's steak house for 14 which grew to 18 as Myphi and Dan invited some co-workers, Forouk and Ashley Fares and longtime crew member Jewel McLain and her boyfriend Adam Henderson, aka "Boo." Bryce and Reanne enjoyed the dinner and made the last ferry to SF with minutes to spare. The balance of our group headed back to their boats and most retired pretty early.

Kapai, Tacoma Blue and Luna Sea departed for the central bay at around 7am in time to catch the last of the ebb. We motored until Pt Blunt on Angel and were in our dock by noon. Super weekend had by all and certainly one of the best attended cruises we have had in some time. Thanks again to Bob and Kerry for making this happen. Let's do more of this! Commodore Egan

From Luna Sea, San Francisco ...	Myphi's driving ...	past Clipper Cove ...	going fast ...	past Red Rock ...
and Richmond Bridge ...	then The Brothers ...	As seen from Kapai ...	then Pt. Pinole ...	and Luna Sea astern.
Back on Luna Sea, that"s Kapai ahead ...	jib is out ...	Vallejo Yacht Club.	All dressed ...	Cali is waiting.
Here comes ...	Tacoma Blue ...	into her slip.	Sandy, Rob, Rich	The BIG dredge.
Fish for dinner?	Upper deck at ...	Vallejo Yacht Club.	Next to arrive ...	iare ...
Anthony ...	and Nancy ..	with Hurulu.	Cozy below ...	Dante in the cockpit.
Kerry is ...	showing off ...	his brag flags!	Luna Sea arrives ...	Myphi is ready ...
Dan too.	Boat data on phone!	Myphi relaxes.	Now Kapai ...	Kathy and ...
Rick back and back ...	and front!	Carribbean tunes.	Five Islanders ...	bows ...
and sterns.	Party time aboard ...	ashore ...	dockside, and with ...	homemade hooch!
and Rick waves too.	Let's go ashore ...	Rick & Anthony	Kathy, Rich & Takae	Clubhouse and ...
bar.	Balclutha at Mare Island ...	Concert stage astern.	Porch time.	Dinner time!
Dinner.	Myphi, Rich	Anthony & Nancy	Sandy, Maria, Bob	Rick & Sandy
Carrie, Ruby & Rob	Jennifer & Kerry	Rick & Kathy.	Taking Jennifer's powerboat ...	to Benicia.
Saturday porch time ...	all relaxed.	At Manny's Steakhouse.	Sunday morning departure ...	The Brothers ...
up close ...	Richmond Bridge ...	Golden Gate Bridge.

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