A Misty End To July For Bonita Racers!

Rounding out the end of July on the YRA calendar, the Encinal or Bonita race was held over the past weekend.
a 22 nm jaunt from off of Treasure Island and out the gat to Point Bonita and then back to the Encinal Yacht Club in the Estuary

A cool misty day with a 2.7 knot flood and varying moments of visibility, sometimes completely occluded in the Golden Gate Strait, and
moments of 1 mile or so, dashed with drizzle, loud fog horns and large vessels and fishing boats transiting...

A fast and furious ride to The Napa River took place Saturday as weather systems converged to provide ample winds along most of the
course from the South Hampton area off Richmond, through the North Bay and San Pablo Bay.

A good westerly greeted competitors with the 11:00 1st start for the annual downhill slide to begin the 2022 YRA Part Circuit.
However there was a bit of a transition area off Richmond's Long Wharf where the building Northwesterly battled the southwest...