Tony started out his trip on a Folk Boat, which is not an ideal world cruiser.
Tony uses his control line, an innovative tool for dockside boat handling. Basically, it runs from bow to stern, and outside everything. It gives you control of both the bow and the stern from a point in the middle while you get your actual docking lines in order.
Freedom performed very well in light air, for what must be a heavy boat, made from all steel.
Freedom has a nice proportion to her, not overly beamy (wide) but beamy enough for good handling characteristics.
This is another kind of Freedom. These are a design that utilizes an unstayed carbon fiber mast and a wishbone boom. This makes for a boat that is easy to handle, only one sail, and a very efficient poser source as the boom naturally stretches the sail in all the right directions at the same time.
The Freedoms look like comfortable boats for the long haul.
The rig design allows for a lot of sail area when dead down wind, with no shadowing of sails that are not there.
The Port of San Francisco is very small compared to what it used to be.
There are only a few cranes left, and they don't appear to be busy very often.
There was only one ship on the quay, and it didn't look like it was loading or unloading.
This is an unusual angle to view the city from.
While the loading and unloading operation at the Port of San Francisco, there is a very busy repair facility.
Norwegian Star is lifted out of the water in a floating dry dock for repairs. They seem to be working on the very large drive units attached to the propellers.
Norwegian Star from another angle, with SF and the Bay Bridge behind.
There are several of the floating dry docks at this facility, but while usually busy, there was only one boat out of the water on this day.
Independence appears to be an older design, she is not as beamy as the Norwegian Star.
There are a couple of interesting buildings at Hunters Point, the old naval shipyard that closed in the 1960's and is still in the process of being environmentally rehabilitated.
The docks around these building are in sad, sad shape. But if things were different, what a great location for a restaurant.
This one, is only a few yards from the one above, and we pondered what a great brewery to feed the restaurant.
The docks near this one are in only a little better shape.
