https://forgeover.com/tags/alcatraz/ Recent content in Alcatraz on Forgeover Hugo en-us Thu, 26 Mar 2020 13:41:50 +0000 https://forgeover.com/articles/sailing/ships-log-golden-gate-with-deneb-seren/ Sat, 12 Mar 2011 21:50:05 +0000 https://forgeover.com/articles/sailing/ships-log-golden-gate-with-deneb-seren/ <p>We had the boat ship shape and ready to rock by the time Deneb and Seren showed up at 10:30. The kids were overflowing with excitement to have little Seren aboard, and just couldn&rsquo;t wait to show him everything. Seren, warmed up to the chaos and excitement much more quickly than I would have expected (being his second time aboard a boat).</p> <p>After a quick detour at the pump out we made our way, ever so carefully, out the channel. We were worried about the latent tsunami effects and the low tide, but between the chart plotter and the crew&rsquo;s watchful eyes, we made it out at dead low tide without a snag. Once safely out of the harbor we were greeted with the sight of several races, replete with their golden and graphite sails, underway all around us. I engaged the tiller pilot (or Otto, as Deneb dubbed it) and headed up to the mast to raise sail. We quickly killed the diesel and everyone exhaled and inhaled the warm(ish) salty spring air.</p>