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COVID-19 Sailing
Summertime with red spinnaker

Sailboat Racing in August? Yes, Please

For the first time, the SSS will use two Bay Tour courses of 19 to 21 miles. The two courses will help separate the doublehanders from the singlehanders and avoid smushed fiberglass at the rounding marks.
paddlers at sunset in the Delta

Favorite Bay and Delta Destinations

San Francisco Bay and the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta offer a plethora of fantastic cruising destinations, and more and more folks are taking advantage of these waterways.
Small boats coming home to Vallarta Yacht Club

Vallarta Yacht Club Exceeds Job-Saving Fundraiser Goals

When Vallarta Yacht Club in NV, Mexico was forced to close its doors in March due to COVID_19, the members embarked upon a mission to help their employees. Their subsequent fundraising campaign, S.O.S. (Save Our Staff) exceeded expectations and returned more than enough money to keep paying their nine, permanent staff through the remainder of 2020.
Single shovel ready to dig

The Club at Westpoint Live-Streams Groundbreaking Ceremony

The Club at Westpoint Harbor hosted a 'pandemic-adjusted' groundbreaking ceremony for its new ecologically sensitive, multi-purpose building last Saturday. Members from across the US joined the board of directors via live-streaming from the new building site.
Beneteau 35.7 Pain Killer

County Health Commissioners Require No-Handed Sailing

Due to the sudden surge in cases of COVID-19, Bay Area health commissioners have once again clamped down on sailing. Fortunately, they realized the risk only applies to sailors but not to sailboats. For the balance of the summer, sailboats will be allowed to go sailing as long as there are no sailors aboard
Masked sailor at the helm

Masked Sailors Take to the Bay

Last week we published a story about masked sailors across the Bay Area and invited readers to send us photos and comments about their masked-sailing experiences. We received this response in the mail from George Scott.