Just off Pinole Pt in San Pablo Bay, the wind always picks up quite a bit. In these pictures we're beating upwind in about 30kn sustained wind. Main sail is in the 1st reef, our 130% genoa is probably rolled up to 40% remaining area. Still going fast at 5kn over ground with the beginning of the flood tide against us! You see that the water is quite flat which is usually only the case when the tide runs with the wind. I wouldn't want to be beating upwind here in 30kn when the ebb is running full steam. You'll get very steep waves breaking short which makes sailing very wet and uncomfortable. I think this was probably our fastest trip to SF so far in less than 5hrs!
