Welcome to the Delta Doo Dah Forum!

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You asked for it, you got it: a discussion board for Latitude 38's Delta Doo Dah Cruising Rally. This forum is designed to serve Delta Doo Dah sailors and other sailors on the California Delta. Latitude 38 readers, the boating public, marine and Delta experts, and the California Delta community are also encouraged to participate. Anyone can read the forum; in order to post, you'll be required to register. After we receive your registration, the Forum Administrator will approve it, and then you'll be able to post to your heart's content. Enjoy!

[LaDonna]

We're looking forward to discussing all the fun we'll have in the Delta this summer!

[iliohale]

Thanks for setting this up, I think it will be a great opportunity to exhange information and ask questions. We are really looking forward to the trip and the company of all the Doo Dah'ers.

Gary & Nancy
iliohale

[Sophia]

Hello To Everyone from Sophia and Jeffrey... aboard "Galadriel"... our '69 Coronado 34 ! ! !

We spent a most wonderful Memorial weekend in the Delta last week...at Lost Slough... where we spent the weekend with our friends Alvaro and Molly aboard their Alberg 36 "WindSea".  Molly and her family have sailed "WindSea" to the Delta from the East Bay every summer for the last 45 years !!!  And they made the trip from the Richmond Yacht Club last week in a record breaking 11 hours and 20 minutes...with a huge flood tide and a following wind to push them along. 

One weekend on the Delta has made us believers in taking a break from the windy and foggy conditions on the Bay which we always have this time of year.  We will be "Doin the Doo Dah" with y'all at the the end of the month and then on Sunday we'll peel off from the group and head for Lost Slough....with Molly and Alvaro on board to point the way to our safe anchorage alongside "WindSea". Lost Slough will be our home-away-from-home for at least a month...perhaps longer.

Lost Slough is really shallow....but Molly knows the bottoms as well as the back of her hand...she can even point out where you have to look for that special  Oak tree on the starboard side.... where you have to make a 90 degree turn to port and then scoot over to the Oak tree on the opposite side of the slough to avoid the  sunken tree lying hiding on the bottom there ! ! !   

But let me tell you....once you're anchored off....in your special spot along the levy....you know you're in heaven!  Memorial Weekend on the Delta was wonderfully warm during the day and refreshingly cool in the evenings.  Swimming was brisk but invigorating...and I had a wonderful time rowing up and down the slough and around the various islands in the area.  On our next visit though I plan to put to use the El Toro Sailing rig that we just bought for our 8" Montgomery sailing dinghy.  We'll  have to make some modifications to the rig, but we're looking forward to spending long warm days sailing around the Delta waterways.  I just wish we had more room on deck aboard Galadriel, as we'd love to bring our sit-on-top kayaks as well...you can't have too many toys when spending time in the Delta ! ! !

We look forward to sailing with you all...and... DOIN THE DOO DAH LOCA ! ! !

Sophia and Jeff
Galadriel

[KJensen]

We have a friend who owns a pear orchard which parallels Lost Slough and we stay at his "park" every Labor Day weekend.  I wish we could get our boat in there but the overhead power lines are too low for us.