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Fortunately, it's extremely rare to encounter motor boats on the section of the Russian River that I sail on. That's from the mouth to Duncans Mills. In fact, any motor boats operating on that section are restricted by law to speeds of 5 mph or less. Because of this speed restriction, it's a non motorized boating area for all intents and purposes. Pretty cool actually.Nice; isn't it (a bit) scary to sail into the fog? No (crazy) motorboaters out there?
Pea soup fog, yes. The fog on this trip, not so much.isn't it (a bit) scary to sail into the fog?
See the attached screen shot below of the Cliff Swallow Bridge gauge for the last 30 days. This latest video "Fog" footage was shot on October 15th. The river had filled up to 7.74 feet but was starting to drop again. This wasn't tidal variation. Something (swell, River Stewards testing partial openings, etc.) had opened up the mouth again just a bit.The river seemed to be running pretty well. Did it bust through again? The mouth was closed for awhile, recently.
Yes. Why is it called the Russian River?Interesting info regarding the flow; thanks!
Any idea about the origin of the name Russian River?
Indeed I do! I love it. And with a cunningham, outhaul and vang tensioning it I am able to sail comfortably in pretty stiff winds. With the exception of when we had to get a tow from the Coast Guard of course.do you also have a new Intensity practice race sail?
Ya, it was another 1.5 miles each way. I've got a genuine interest now in exploring upstream of the Duncan's Mills bridge. But not by starting at Jenner. We can launch from Cassini Ranch instead (duh), right about where you can hear those kids laughing and playing at 3:00 minutes in the video.I can't believe how far you made it up the river past the Duncan's Mill bridge!
I love how you’ve used these tools to help navigate the complexities of river sailing. Well done!Indeed I do! I love it. And with a cunningham, outhaul and vang tensioning it I am able to sail comfortably in pretty stiff winds. With the exception of when we had to get a tow from the Coast Guard of course.
Ya, it was another 1.5 miles each way. I've got a genuine interest now in exploring upstream of the Duncan's Mills bridge. But not by starting at Jenner. We can launch from Cassini Ranch instead (duh), right about where you can hear those kids laughing and playing at 3:00 minutes in the video.
What was cool was just upstream of the Duncan's Mills bridge, I have no memory of where it's deep, shallow, where there's boulders and sunken logs, etc. But all I had to do was pull up a September, 2018 satellite image of the area on Google Earth (the river is shallow with clear water on that image, ie, you can see everything on the bottom), mark with waypoints where it's deep, shallow and where there are hazards then enter those waypoints into the Navionics Boating App that I now have on my phone. I then put my phone into one of those waterproof and floating Pelican pouches and just used the Navionics App to navigate all the way up to The Pit.
That was really fun... being able to sail through that whole area and know exactly where everything was, even though I had no memory of the specifics there. Here's two links. One to Pelican pouches and one to the Navionics Boating App that I've already used and gotten to know on 3 trips.
Pelican Cell Phone Pouches
Navionics Boating App
Cheers,
- Sonfishsky