I am the Den Leader for my local congregation's cub scout troup. One of their electives is Sailing, since a church member had a sail boat, I asked him if was willing to take the scouts sailing. In a moment of weakness he said yes and we headed out Saturday afternoon after soccer games to go sailing. It was a beautiful sunny day and the wind was pretty strong. We left the Richmond Brickyard Cove Marina around 1 pm and planned on getting back for game 1 of the World Series.

Steve Botts our mighty captain.

This is the inside of the marina heading out to the bay.

Kiah "driving" the boat.

Kiah up near the bow.

Kiah, Jordan Phair and Alec Casper

Kiah smiling for the camera, that is Richmond just outside the marina in the background.

Jordan Phair spent most of his time at the bow of the boat, braving the wind and the waves.

Jordan with Tiburon in the background.

Jordan Phair, Alec Casper and Ryan Krutsch

Jordan Phair with San Francisco behind him.

The wind started to blow pretty good and the boat cranked over pretty good, that is Golden Gate park in the background.

Alec Casper, Kiah, Ryan Krutsch and Scott Hogan

The bridge and the fog.

Captain Botts and the wake.

Beautiful sailing day on the bay.

Here you can see the tilt of the boat in teh wind and a bunch of birds flying by.

Several times the boys appear to almost be sliding off the boat, good thing Steve's wife wasn't around.

The gang all lined up.

Alec Casper and me.

Jordan and Alec.

Me at the bow.

Ryan Krutsch

Scott Hogan

Scott "I don't feel so good" Hogan

Scott "I think I'll sleep to see if I feel better" Hogan

Ryan and a smiling Scott Hogan

The crew.

Ahhhhhhhh I'm sliding off.

Now I am sliding off the other way.

The wind and the me.

Woahhhhhh!

Coming back into the Marina, we had an awesome time.