I've went through that gap quite a few times when I kept a Columbia
Challenger in Berkeley. I've also slowly drifted through other parts of
the pier when there wasn't any wind, but I wouldn't recommend it.
Long ago, when the Blue and Gold boats ran a ferry between the SF Ferry
Building and Berkeley, one of the captains used to go through the gap
and leave Yerba Buena to the North in both directions, claiming that the
trip was actually shorter than leaving TI to the South. I never checked
his assumptions, but it was more fun than going the other way. He did
buy a fisherman a new rig one evening when we snagged it on our way
through the gap.
On 9/2/2010 2:47 PM, Ari Rubenstein wrote:
> Tom,
>> Definitely -- it's fun to shoot that gap. A couple things to keep in mind:
>> - Only the the closest gap to land is officially navigable. Right where
> the section that's open to pedestrians ends. I've heard stories about
> people sneaking through other sections, but I've seen your boat, and
> she's too pretty to risk a run-in with a submerged piling!
>> - In the dark, the yellow sodium lights marking the pedestrian section
> are a good visual reference.
>> - Watch your depth in between Emeryville and Berkeley. When windsurfing,
> I've frequently been surprised to find waist or knee-deep sandbars WAY
> far out. Better to stay high until you're near the pier, then swoop down.
>> - Better to stay high and kiss the upwind side of the gap. I like to
> approach on a broad or beam reach, then harden up to actually go through
> it. I like that better than pinching up to make it. Also, there are
> usually people fishing off the downwind side of the gap, and I'd rather
> not get hooked.
>> Enjoy!
>> - Ari
>> S22 Mardi Gras (really meant to race this year, but toddler-raising
> duties have interfered)
>> --
>> “The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to
> change; the realist adjusts the sails.”
>> —William Arthur Ward
>> --- On *Thu, 9/2/10, tuna-request at myfleet.org> /<tuna-request at myfleet.org>/* wrote:
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>>>>> Hi all
>> I'm going to be making a few trips to and from Berkeley in the next
> month and have been told by many "old salts" that there is a gap in
> the old pier that one can navigate thru without problems.? This
> raises the hair on the back of my neck but heck what do I know.?
> What say you?
>> Tom McIntyre
>> #802 Spitfire
>> Alameda
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