Sailing Adventures of Rebecca and Crew

Left Isleton about 9am and Bruno's Island gave us a proper send off with horns and cheers, shouting final goodbys. 
Had a pleasant motor to Benicia Marina, where we had stopped in 2009 on Quiet Moon.  It was a pretty good hike to Safeway and we were tired, so we treated ourselves to a delicious Chinese dinner at Szechwan Kitchen.

We had plenty to do to finish up preparing the boat, so our list included:

• find out why the alternator quit charging suddenly
• install the roller furling headsail
• finish installing dodger (harder than it sounds)
• fuel
• fill water tank
• continued to stow equipment etc.
• sorted out boat system manuals
• grocery store
• weather check

Seems like the list should be longer, but it is incredibly stressfull heading out, and we have always found it is just nice to have a day without pressure to finish up some larger/small tasks.

I don't think you are ever "ready" to leave, so you just leave, and take care of final details as you go.

We should be at Angel Island tonight (Monday) and prepare the boat (and us) for a Tues. afternoon departure out the gate.  Think it will be about 20 hours to Monterey where it looks like we may stay for a couple of days waiting for a weather window.  We have friends in Monterey and it will be a nice place to wait, since we know the area so well.  We were sidelined on our first attempt at Mexico in 2009 and spent 2 months living at the Marina.