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How to Crew Aboard a SailGP F50
The season finale SailGP event is just six weeks away. It’ll be held on the San Francisco Cityfront the weekend of March 26-27. Before you try out for the team or get out to watch, SailGP has put together a power-packed video on how you can be an expert crew or a less perplexed spectator.
After watching this, you’ll know exactly what to do if they call you up from the Latitude 38 Crew List.
In other foiling news, the Richmond Yacht Club will host the Waszp Americas event on March 16-20.
There are already 39 of the foiling Waszps signed up to sail in a growing and competitive local fleet that includes local Molly Carapiet and JP Lattanzi of Honolulu, who was here recently winning the iQFoil 8 fleet last summer.
The summer season is coming soon, and a packed spring sailing calendar starts with a March Sailing Madness month.
Meet Margie Woods on Good Jibes Ep. #27
This week’s Good Jibes host, Ryan Foland, is joined by Margie Woods to chat about getting over your fears and finding that deep trust in yourself, thanks to sailing. Margie is a lifelong sailor who is passionate about supporting women to follow their sailing dreams. She is an ASA instructor, and she raced in the 2016 Singlehanded Transpacific Yacht Race.
In this episode, hear Margie’s thoughts on how to conquer your fears while sailing and find your inner strength, what she learned from doing the Singlehanded Transpacific Race, how to make friends in sailing communities, and whether it’s OK to talk to dolphins and waves on your voyage.
Here’s a small sample of what you will hear in this episode:
- Does Margie challenge herself in life outside of sailing?
- If the waves could talk, what would they say about her experience on the water?
- What would she do differently if she were doing a Singlehanded Transpacific Yacht Race now?
- How do you overcome self-doubt and fear on the water?
- What’s stopping more women from getting involved in sailing?
- How do you get involved?
- Do you make friends in these classes?
- Short Tacks: What’s Margie’s cruiser:racer ratio?
Learn more about Margie Woods and connect with her on the Sacred Horizons sailing blog and Instagram.
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Spaulding Marine Center Hosts Apprentice Open House, and a Documentary
Spaulding Marine Center in Sausalito is taking advantage of the recent springlike weather and throwing open its doors to visitors. The first event on the agenda is an Open House to showcase the Boatworks 101 apprenticeship program. Anyone interested in the next intake of apprentices (or who knows someone who might be) is invited to join the crew for a tour of the facilities and an information session to learn about the features of the program. Apprentices will be on hand to show off their work and talk about what they’re learning, and what Boatworks 101 is really all about.
The Open House will run over two sessions, one in-person, the other virtual.
In-person:
Spaulding Marine Center, 600 Gate 5 Road, Sausalito.
Date: Saturday, Feb. 19.
Time: 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Reservations are required, so email [email protected] to register your attendance.
The virtual Open House is on Saturday, February 26, from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. No bookings are required for this event; just use this link to join: Spaulding Open House Zoom.
Spaulding’s second upcoming event is the screening of A Tour of Sausalito’s Marinship — A Working Waterfront at Risk. The documentary, which was produced by the Sausalito Working Waterfront Coalition, is a point-in-time tour of Sausalito’s Marinship, as told by the fabricators, mariners, artists, educators and craftsmen. Inspired by the treasure of innovation and creativity that is hidden in plain sight at Sausalito’s working waterfront, the film introduces viewers to some of the people who make Sausalito a place like no other in the world.
The screening is free, but seats are limited. Reserve your seat here.
Where and when:
Spaulding Marine Center, 600 Gate 5 Road, Sausalito.
Date: Tuesday, February 22, 2022.
Time: 5:30 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
To ensure the film starts on time, viewers are requested to arrive 10 – 15 minutes early. Parking is available. Check this map for details.
You can read more about Spaulding Marine Center’s current happenings through the organization’s newsletter: Spaulding Waterfront Report. And at their website: SpauldingCenter.org.
More Olde Timey Images of Yacht Racing Past
A couple of weeks ago, we ran images of yacht racing coverage in the San Francisco Chronicle from back in the 1950s. That inspired John Dukat to send us these images from the archives of the Examiner and the Oakland Tribune from prewar days of yore.
“W.R. Hearst’s Examiner used to cover yachting quite decently (prewar to mid-1950s). Lots of front and center sailing with photos on the cover of their sporting section,” noted John.
“There was a second reason yachting wasn’t covered pre-internet. Other sports get covered in the papers. The Bay Area has how many professional teams? How many college teams?
“Once when I called the sports desk trying to get a little yacht race snippet in, I was told in no uncertain terms: ‘The Monday after a 49ers win, the Chron sells [something like a quarter million] more papers’.”
“Yachting coverage’s decline in the papers might start with professional teams coming west, and possibly the college football national rankings. Add to the mix that yachting also suffers from an undeserved hoity-toity tag.”
