Delta Dawn

The 49th annual St. Francis Yacht Club Stag Cruise at Tinsley Island last weekend was, as always, most enjoyable -- made ever more so by the four gentlemen below, among others, with whom I was billeted otra vez on the Brovelli/Peatman houseboat. I gave the Friday afternoon "Lighthouse Talk" with many of the 500 or so Stag Cruise participants in attendance. Topic, of course, was the America's Cup; also promo'd the upcoming Allianz Cup which will be hosted by St. Francis the last week of October (see the Q&A about the Allianz Cup over on the BMW ORACLE Blog that was posted yesterday). Good times!



Dawn in the Delta -- from left, long-time St Francis luminaries and by now old friends: Staff Commodore Ed Brovelli, Dick Fenton, Paxton Davis and Staff Commodore Charles Corbitt. The photo was taken at 0715 Sunday morning after departing Tinsley by speedboat, at a marina in the Sacramento River delta near Stockton. With flights to catch (to say nothing of Sunday NFL games on TV -- especially Packy's beloved, no joke, Green Bay Packers), rather than cruising the six or so hours by boat back to St. Francis YC, we got a lift in Pax's car for the 90-minute drive into town.