#californiadeltasailing #Passport42​ #SacramentoDelta​ #georgianaslough #riversailing​ #travelbysailboat #riverlife​ #sacramentoriver​ This time we continue exploring the Delta, heading towards Georgiana Slough. We anchor close to Walnut Grove, where we learn a little about Sacramento Delta history, get to stretch our legs as part of our Sacramento Delta tour. We spend a night in the anchorage before heading to the Sacramento River to our next destination: Decker Island. We have an early morning when we start dragging anchor in the Sacramento River, and begin our upwind bash back to the bay. Fathom the boat cat gets her first taste of upwind sailing, and she does pretty great for a new boat kitty. This trip was not much sailing in the delta, but we did find the best anchorages in the Delta! Of course, all good things have to come to an end, but we had an absolutely amazing delta boating adventure, and cannot wait to return and repeat our river expedition next season! It's a good one jam packed with adventure! Hope you enjoy this video! Next up: We dive deep into serious DIY boat work and complete the biggest fiberglassing job we've ever done. Make sure to subscribe to our channel if you like our content and would like to follow along! -- Thanks to our Patron crew for the endless support to continue making these videos! -- Contribute to our video production by commenting & subscribing to our channel, or if you want exclusive updates, early access to videos & Two the Horizon swag, then check out our Patreon crew & join in on the adventure! BECOME A PATRON HERE: https://www.patreon.com/twothehorizonsailing Until next time, Stay Salty!! . . . Music: Wander - by Ikson Sorrel for Real - Christel Astin https://www.stellandsnuggs.com/ Show Love - Joakim Karud http://youtube.com/joakimkarud

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onto the horizon sailing this is a delta

crawfish

we just got boarded by

a police boat

beautiful sunset food on the grill life

is good

a huge thanks to our amazing patrons you

keep the wind in our sails

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the time has come to pick up our

spot here at beloved three river reach

and head up to the georgiana slough

go explore a little more hey jack's got

the engine on so we're gonna

take our bow line off the tree that we

anchored to and then we'll back up and

we'll pull in our stern line

and we'll pick up our stern hook and

head on our way the shallowest section

of water that we've been through so far

we got stuck just over there

last time we came it's definitely

shallow and

very grassy and weedy on like both sides

of this channel

so we're trying to really line it up

nice because it's definitely a weird

shape it kind of sticks out right into

the turn

so there's only a narrow little section

that we can actually make it with our

deep draft oh yeah you can see the

grasses there

definitely shallow all right this is the

entrance to the mukulumi river

don't really know if i'm saying that

right we are headed to willow berm

marina

to pump out and then we'll be heading up

to georgiana slough

and we'll be hailing our first bridge of

the trip

so this is a 42 foot sailing vessel

heading upstream requesting

opening please

thank you very much all right first

bridge hailing

kitty are you stoked where'd she go oh

she keeps hiding

in the shade she's like whatever

all right traffic is stopped for us

we just went under mccollumy river

bridge

and here we are taking this turn

up to georgiana slew that way

it's pretty crazy it's really narrow but

it's about 20 to 30 feet deep all in

here lots of covered slips at

oxbow marina and then there's

kind of like a little mini neighborhood

with

docks in front every twist and turn

on georgiana slough felt like we were

slipping further and further

back in time by noon we had just passed

tyler island bridge and it was time to

cool off in the river

all right quick jump in just after tyler

island bridge

here goes jack in the water

how does it feel ah feels good

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okay my turn your turn

we anchored bow and stern parallel with

the river

in a tiny bend just before the town of

walnut grove

we tied a midship's line to a tree on

shore to keep us

out of the way of traffic

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okay i'm getting in it's freaking hot

one two three

bye gemini

where are we headed to buying some

pizzas uh

pizza in hold on

walnut grove right yeah yeah

walnut grove has a convenient public

dock where we parked the dinghy

excited for pizza and an opportunity to

stretch our legs on shore

it was still a little early for dinner

so we walked to the neighboring town of

loch

the historic town of loch began as a

gathering place for walnut

grove residents the main street lined

with saloons and gambling houses

its visitors were mainly workers from

the rail yard fruit packing plants and

canneries in the surrounding area

after a big fire destroyed walnut

grove's chinatown

many residents found new homes in locke

transforming the town into a

predominantly chinese neighborhood

walking down main street we couldn't

help but let our minds run wild with

stories

all right we've got provisions we're

ready to head back to the boat

we've got all we need pizza chicken

wings

pizza and ice cream

it's gonna be great we spent a quiet

morning

sipping coffee before heading on our way

as our vacation was slowly coming to an

end

georgiana slough has been a pretty nice

anchorage

um definitely more current and a lot

deeper than

the three river reach anchorage there's

definitely a road right there

with quite a bit of traffic lots of big

trucks and like farm

equipment and stuff so it is a little

bit noisy

um but you know we only stayed one day

so it wasn't too bad and

it was nice to try something different

and

test out different anchoring methods as

well so

good job honey it's like we've done that

before

only once no that was much smoother

yeah we did the line on the tree first

pulled that one in then released at the

bow anchor and then reversed a little

bit as we pulled in on our stern hook

and then once we had that up we just

went up on the bow anchor and then we

were able to

take that out and get on our way

that was pretty smooth i would say

we're heading northbound requesting a

bridge opening please

another bridge what do you think kitty

she's uninterested so we just hailed the

bridge tender on channel nine gone under

georgiana slew bridge

thank you

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have a great sale

thank you

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nice

all right we are arriving to walnut

grove we just went under the georgiana

slew bridge it's still closing behind us

and we are going to turn left

up here a lot cooler than it's been

the last couple days but we really can't

complain i'm still in like

no clothing so we are entering walnut

grove here

just down thataway is where we got pizza

last night

today we are headed down this side of

the river

going towards sacramento river so we can

head on

home making one big loop

although we passed all sorts of boats

both underway

and docked behind houses we were

definitely one of the bigger sailboats

we saw adventuring

up these narrow waterways

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so ryan hotel they said that this was a

prohibition era

building and there's actually still

tunnels

that they would smuggle booze from the

river to weigh

oh wow that's crazy

little piece of history for ya

i don't know i had to get so scottish

there

back to real life

i like your songs

i don't even know what bridge number

we're at like

maybe 7 8

12 who knows lots of them at this point

isleton bridge done

we had one more bridge to hail before we

could arrive at our anchorage for the

night

decker island rio vista bridge rio vista

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good afternoon we're heading southbound

with a 60 foot

off the water clearance for requesting

opening please

thank you very much

we anchored at decker island with a bow

and stern hook perpendicular to the

river

with our bow heading into the wind once

we had settled in

we hopped in the water to cool off

before heading on a mini

fishing adventure how do you like decker

island so far

nice and breezy which keeps the bugs and

the temperature down yeah

pretty steep drop off at each side

and now we're gonna see if we catch

anything cool over here by these little

grassy reeds we struck out in the

fishing department

and headed back to the boat just as the

wind was picking up

good morning from decker island on the

sacramento river

we woke up early early this morning

around

4 30. the cat was meowing and meowing

and meowing

and then all of a sudden we heard our

anchors start to drag

it started to sound like a helicopter

was like hovering right above us it was

like

it was actually our anchor dragging um

we were

right over by that tree

and we drug last night and ended up

dropping our

stern hook with a fender so we didn't

have

the stern hook messing up our swinging

and our bigger anchor seemed to have set

so we are now up

already so we might as well leave early

it's supposed to be just windy windy

windy right on the nose until we get to

benicia

and most likely until we get home so

it's gonna be a little bit of a slog

hopefully kitty's okay with all this

wind

because this is the first upwind

passage she'll have so we'll see how

that goes

kitty is just going crazy today she's

gonna fall right through that hatch

we had tied a fender to our stern anchor

and detached it from the boat when we

were dragging

so jack took the dinghy to retrieve it

before heading on our way

the second we turned the corner of

decker island we knew

we were in for a bumpy ride you know

it's windy when the only other traffic

are windsurfers tacking back and forth

across the channel

those guys are crazy i mean we're crazy

too but

we're a lot more protected yeah it is a

blustery blustery morning heading back

home

from decker island as you can see it's

really nasty outside

this is fathom's first um kind of

heavier weather experience and take a

look

do you think it's the engine yeah

it's supposed to be blowing all day so

it's kind of just like you have to sit

through it and just

buckle down batten the hatches and hang

out

good thing we've got this huge dodger to

protect us

and jack over here doesn't look too

unhappy

right it could always be worse

with the wind forecasted to continue

increasing throughout the day

we decided to tuck into vallejo marina

for the night

and make the rest of the trip the

following morning once the winds calmed

down

well it's back to cold weather sailing

here

in san francisco bay we left

vallejo super early this morning around

4 00 am

was a little bumpy for a little bit at

the beginning but now

it seems to have flattened out so we're

hoping to have a pretty smooth ride

home i'd say overall

pretty awesome i agree

didn't run aground in the delta

we're almost back to our marina about to

enter the

marina channel it's been an

awesome trip feels really great to be

back but also kind of sad because it's

really cold

here in the bay but really can't

complain about how awesome our trip was

and pretty drama free just so happens

as we entered the marina our friends

were heading out

they were just beginning their delta

adventures

as we were finishing ours join us next

time when sparks start to fly

as we dive into repairing our leaky

diesel fuel tanks

we stock up on tons of fiberglass

gallons upon gallons of resin

and turn our home into a full-on

construction zone as we tackle the

biggest project yet