Heads Up: It’s Fleet Week

When Bay Area sailors think of Fleet Week, taking the boat out to view the Blue Angels air show from the water is the first thing that comes to mind. But over the years, Fleet Week has turned into a multi-faceted weeklong event, spread out all over the San Francisco waterfront and beyond. Activities began yesterday, with ship tours, an art exhibit at the Cannery, and a Veterans Resource Fair. The week will wrap up on Monday with more ship tours and a high school band challenge.

The Parade of Ships and the air shows will be of most interest to sailors. You’ll need to call in sick in order to view the Parade of Ships — that’s on Friday. All eyes will be on the skies on Friday-Sunday afternoons for the air shows. Find out all you need to know at fleetweeksf.org.

In searching for a photo this morning to illustrate this preview, we came up short. So we’d like to propose a reader-submission photo contest. Send us your best shot of Fleet Week activities — the only rule is that there must be a sailboat in the frame, either part of your own boat, or others on the water. (Sorry, the USCG barque Eagle will not be among the visiting vessels this year.) Medium to high resolution photos are preferred; our server will accept emails up to 15 MB. Our favorite(s), to be saved for future use, will earn Latitude 38 swag.