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Crew List Party Packs ‘Em In

By Rob Grant | March 13, 2009 | The Bay |
Have you ever actually been in an inflated liferaft? If you’d come by Wednesday night’s Spring Crew List Party, you’d have had the chance, thanks to Sal’s Inflatables.

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If you were one of the over 200 people who spent Wednesday evening with us over at the Golden Gate YC, then you know there was something for everyone at the Latitude 38 Spring Crew List Party. Everywhere you looked, people wearing one or both name tags that said "looking to crew," or "looking for crew," were making connections, exchanging information and finding complementary interests.

Ingrid (left) is an experienced racer and Ha-Ha veteran who came to the party to network for rides and also recruit for a Transpac effort. Kendra is new to sailing. She came to the party because she’s given up on airplanes and committed to traveling alternatively. She needs to get to Hawaii next year and figured it was time to learn how to sail.

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Although we didn’t take an exact count, there was a good balance between guys and gals that had to have beeen pretty close to half-and-half. Ditto for the age distribution — there were probably at least 50 people there that were under the age of 30.

Aislinn (left) is a new member of San Francisco YC’s New Wave Program and already jumping into the Bay’s sailing scene. She brought along friend Renna to get her into it too.

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It also seemed that the attendees’ objectives were as diverse as their ages. There were people looking to race, daysail, cruise, do deliveries, and all of the above. Their experience levels ranged from "enthusiastic novice" to everything from committed daysailors, seasoned Baja Ha-Ha veterans, cruisers, and hardcore racers.

Emma and Matt sail in the City’s only high school sailing program, hosted and supported the Golden Gate YC. With summer coming up, they’re looking to expand their sailing to bigger boats.

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We noticed proactive prospective skippers and crew using a variety of different tools to "market" themselves. There were skippers that brought flyers with info like a boat photo, skipper’s bio and schedule for the year. There were more than few ‘boat cards’ and sailing résumés traded.

Rick came to the party knowing exactly what kind of sailing he wanted to do. He made sure everyone else did too and it worked! He shows off a boat flyer, just one of the many tools proactive skippers brought to the table at the Crew List Party.

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If you missed the party, you really missed a great chance to network with committed prospective crew and skippers. But all is not lost! Take advantage of our online crew list, where you’ll find a lot of the folks who didn’t make the party either!

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