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Ditto.  Didn't really see any mosquitoes and the only thing that sounded like a mosquito didn't appear to be (saw it in Potato Slough).  I was happy to have the bug screen in Potato tho.. there were tons of other little bugs that I would rather not invite inside, even if they were just going to camp out like us. :-) 

Did manage to get one or two bites at some point, but not too bad considering I'm a magnet for mosquitoes. 

Snorkling was great.  We actually bought a couple of masks specifically for the trip.  It helped getting all that cabbage off our prop too and gained us a full half knot to knot of speed to cruise into Stockton!  And it's fun too when the water is close to 80 degrees. :-)

That houseboat was sitting outside of Clipper YH in Sausalito for the last 6 months.

  Did anyone else see this "houseboat"? 

Actually, someone just mentioned the other day that while we were gone, a floating home was being taken from Richardson Bay to the Delta. Has to be one in the same. Looks pretty snazzy!

Hi Mike -

Jonathan's intention is to build an outboard well next time he hauls out. The silver lining to all this is that since he hauled out at Vallejo BW, Stink Eye's now got a nice slippery spray-on bottom job at very good rate.

He got the boat back to SF finally yesterday. San Pablo Bay was fine; the Slot was howling! He was doing 6.5 knots on a partially furled, and now tattered, jib only.

Great that you got back.  Did anyone else see this "houseboat"?  We passed it on the bash near Benecia. Looks to be a 2 story, maybe 2000 Sq ft contemporary home - on a barge.

Maybe play "dueling banjos" in the background while you're watching:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2CWqiSAaq18

Firebolt's home and running well.  Smells pretty dieselly down below since I bled the system a few times while figuring things out.  We motored from Stockton to Pittsburg Thursday, then I motored from Pittsburg to Benicia Saturday, and back to Richmond (sailed most of the way) today.

Thanks to Rob from Silent Sun and Ben from Georgia for their help diagnosing and fixing.  And to my dad for helping with the repairs and delivery.

Is Stinkeye going to get an outboard well?

-Mike

Christine - sorry to hear about Stink Eye's trouble...our boat is just now passing Red Rock - Mike just called - almost home!!
Took several days since we had to wait for parts from Canada - but after 3 fuel filters were replaced and the fuel tank cleaned out it seems to be running great!

Thanks Brian - I had to check what pic 29 was - you're right - it needs to go up! 

Jen

Hi all,

Thanks again for sharing such a fantastic time with us up in the Delta. I wish we could have been there to take pix of everyone enjoying their free days, but alas, we're lazy and opted to hang at Potato. Sooo...I'd love to see what ya'll shot while on the Doo Dah. You can do what Jen from Firebolt did and set up a Picasa or Flickr album, then send me the link, or you can just shoot me a handful of your favs to ladonna@latitude38.com. If you do the latter, and you're sending more than 3, either send them in batches or just send thumbnails. I'll want high res for the magazine, but don't want to clog up my inbox! Sooner is much better than later as I'm working on the Doo Dah article for the September issue right now!

LaDonna

Yes, thanks for sharing, Jen!