There was still a little bit of day light when we crossed under the Golden Gate bridge and we were able to snap a few of those very special sailing pictures:

Note to self: frame this picture

Under the bridge

We were excited to look at our speed with peaks at 11 knots just under the bridge (taking advantage of the flood current).

Finally around 10PM, 3 days and 7 hours after leaving Wilmington, we arrived at the Richmond Yacht Club. The club is located about 10 nautical miles past the Golden Gate bridge. John, the harbormaster happened to be outside and directed us to our temporary dock. He also gave us access to the showers which was a good thing after 3 days at sea!

In the morning, we got a very friendly welcoming from Steve Chamberlin, the Commodore of the Pacific Cup Yacht Club whom I met in the parking lot of the club.

The club is very nice and very well managed. All of us recognized names of boats we read about in Latitude 38.

A lot of sail boats!

RYC Clubhouse

For the time being, Med Viking is under the care of Guillaume and Jerome. The whole crew will be back early July…