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We left our home port Marina Village Yacht Harbor just before 1000 (10 A.M.) A number of family and friends showed up to bid us farewell. We motored out the Golden Gate and bid ado to San Francisco Bay.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We were just to sea when “Fleet Week”‘s Sunday airshow was getting started so we had a private show under the staging area. We saw a number of planes and helicopters fly-by.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After a couple more hours we decided to put the sails up (wind was around 12 knots). We motor sailed for about an hour until the winds dropped to around 3 knots. We took the sails down and went back to just motoring. We arrived in Half Moon Bay (Pillar Point) just before 17:00 (5 P.M.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After anchoring and cleaning up we had dinner and relaxed for a bit. The last month has been very busy. We finished packing our belongings, I finished my work life (i.e. I am now retired), prepped the boat (someday maybe we’ll be finished with that) and said good-bye to friends and family. It was nice to sit on the boat with our feet up and not have to do much for a couple of hours.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We had some excitement on the way down we saw a pod of 3 or 4 humped back whales. They were feasting. There were some dolphins, seals and (of course) a lot of birds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n