Day 2: Sunday

Sadly, the ship passed under the Golden Gate Bridge at 0200 hrs, so it was impossible for me to take pictures. I had gone to bed at midnight since I would not be able to see much at 0200 hrs. When I woke at 0600 hrs, the ship was alongside Pier 80 in San Francisco down near Candlestick Football stadium.

We again had to discharge steel products here, but the local stevedores were far from amused with the ship’s gantry cranes. The stevedores were only used to the conventional ships cranes rather than the gantry cranes which the Saga Andorinha has. There was an issue with one of the hooks on one of the cranes and the stevedores ended up dropping some of the cargo back into the hold, which made a tremendous bang. Fortunately, there was no major damage and discharge then resumed.

I took the opportunity to go ashore with the Third Mate and some of the crew. We took a taxi to the Golden Gate Bridge for a little sightseeing, but the fog was so bad that it was impossible to see much. After touring the bridge museum, we then went back to the ship, but I had a hard time getting back as the security guards were not letting me through. The Third Mate had to go get the ship’s crew list to show security that I did indeed on board the ship.