SAILING OUT THE GATE TO MONTEREY BAY

Here is a link to a somewhat detailed article I wrote in 2007 about sailing out the Golden Gate Bridge to Half Moon Bay, Santa Cruz, and my slip at Moss Landing Harbor in my new-to-me Ericson 27. It's safest to go out on a slack tide, but our schedule meant we had to leave on an ebb--a major ebb during spring tides, which could be dangerous with wind against current over shallows, which extend for several miles outside the deepwater channel. So we got out early before the wind kicked up and we stayed on the South side of the deepwater channel to minimize the danger of breaking so-called sneaker or rogue waves. The advice in that article is still good.

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