Delivery of Cirrus from Hawaii to San Francisco Bay did not go without problems, but eventually she docked at the marina of Richmond in the evening of June 5, 2006.

Congratulation to the crew, and welcome to the mainland!

The left picture is the farewell picture as Cirrus departs from Hawaii on this delivery, and the bottom one shows the crew standing on the dock of the marina of the Richmond Yacht Club in the San Francisco Bay right after arrival. Obviously Bill still struggles with his sea legs. Or what other reason could you possibly think of to explain Bill's clinging to his Ladies?

The trip had a few challenges, from an unexpected storm, unusual for this part of the Pacific for this time of the year, which forced them to return to home base, to a complete lack of wind when they got near the center of a High, to good wind but cold, rainy misery when they got close to San Francisco. Unfortunately, they also lost a foresail to the sea in some of the more tricky situations. It is probably the one which we will miss badly during the race.

Cirrus now undergoes final preparations for the race; we are all prepared for the race beginning for us on July 3rd, probably late morning.

I have moved all delivery messages and comments to the Delivery 2006 Archive, which you can always access from the sidebar.
Aloha, Ulli