The Amazing Gitana

Bay Adventures staff left the dock at 07:00 to meet the great Cat in the ocean. At 07:45 we were tucked into the lee of Point Bonita, calling ashore to get her latest position. When we heard she was six miles out, we left the protection of Point Bonita and proceeded west to R-#6 at the edge of the Potato Patch. The swells were powerful 6-8 footers at a 12 second interval with light winds from the NNW. It was big for a 22' Rib. We went all the way out to #8 before we spotted her huge rig in the early mist and light. Even from 1.5 miles, her great size and power were apparent. We met her there and in the cold silence of the Ocean the tension of light winds so close to the voyages end was a feeling most sailors have had to sit with. Constant trimming, the solent getting furled, and the huge genoa getting raised and finnally sheeted in. She moved through the water with a startling efficiency given the light winds.....10 knots over the bottom, against the ebb in around 10 kts of wind. Very Impressive!

Congratulations on an amazing passage!