A sail with a strong outgoing tide to Pt Bonita lead to yet another lesson on working with the tide on the return trip in the Golden Gate Channel. As I had previously found on the Sth side of the channel, returning to The Bay against the tide is made easier if you hug the coast - in this case the north side starting from Bonita Cove. Whereas the tide was ripping out in the main channel, there was a gentle return eddy in the cove. Note that this is only true at the peak of the tide - at the start of the turn, the tide is moving "on the edges" first.
The only catch is getting around the Points! At both Pt Diablo and Lime Pt (under the GG Bridge) I ran smack into the outgoing tide - one needs to then find a way back into the eddy past the point - see below the big reach away from Pt Diablo trying to figure it out (sometimes cheating with the outboard will do it).
Once back under the bridge, we had some great reaches back and forth across the water front in the strong afternoon breeze.
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| Bonita Cove towards Pt Diablo and the bridge. |
The only catch is getting around the Points! At both Pt Diablo and Lime Pt (under the GG Bridge) I ran smack into the outgoing tide - one needs to then find a way back into the eddy past the point - see below the big reach away from Pt Diablo trying to figure it out (sometimes cheating with the outboard will do it).
Once back under the bridge, we had some great reaches back and forth across the water front in the strong afternoon breeze.
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