I got to ride in the fire truck!
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Originally Posted by
sleddog
How do you explain SSS Staff Commodore Hedgehog, on a night, motor/sail, 30 mile delivery from Half Moon Bay to Alameda on his O-29 HEDGEHOG, being sighted riding a hook and ladder fire truck at 3 a.m. on the streets of San Francisco?
WTF, Good Sir?
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So there's a story, but It's true - I got to ride on the back of a fire truck on the way back from HMB!
Synthia and I had a good day of testing things on HEDGEHOG, and found the limits of some crititical systems.
for example, I determined that I get approximately 5 hours of motoring on a 3 gallon tank.
we found that limit at about 0030 while motor sailing with the main up into a building ebb, about halfway between the bridge and mile rock.
so we rigged the spinnaker and sailed in the gate, of course...
we decided the best plan was to sail in to the St Francis harbor and see if we could get some gas ashore (after all, I just need gas, not marine diesel!)
once we get in, tied up, and things are sorted, it was 0230 & we repaired to Hedgehog's salon for a think over rum smoothies (as in pour some rum into the warm smoothie).
while below, we heard the SFFD rescue boat fire up on the adjacent dock... and then the sounds of the Fire Dept team putting it away.
When I poke my head out of the hatch, there's 2 firetrucks at the top of the ramp, and their crew are on the dock, messing with their launch...
turns out they're heading back to their beds, somebody else rescued the 3am swimmer... they dont have any gas to spare, but offer to give me a ride up to the all-night-gas-station on Divisadero.
Did I mention - I GOT TO RIDE ON THE FIRE TRUCK!!!
and yes, It was the Ladder Truck, just like in Skip's pic...