Have a Hobie Day on Summer Sailstice

Pedaling home from a mountain bike ride we crossed tracks with this Hobie sitting and waiting for its next “Hobie Day.” It’s one of the reasons Summer Sailstice was created. Owners of idle boats under a tarp or languishing in a slip sometimes need an extra jolt to get them fired up to get the boat and family back out on the water.

If your Hobie is still under the tarp and anxious to get back out on the water, you should mark Saturday, June 21, the summer solstice, as a day to join sailors in California and around the world as the day you’ll do it. You can put your sailing plans on the Summer Sailstice map so you and your crew can join the global celebration of sailing.

Yacht clubs, marinas, one-design classes — this is the day to help your members, guests, slip holders, and class owners to shake the wrinkles out and get the sails set.

If your plans are still TBD you can put your boat on the map and fill in the details as your plans become clearer. Island Yacht Club’s Island Nights Friday night race is posted here. San Rafael Yacht Club is inviting PICYA member clubs (there are over 100 of them!) to sail up the San Rafael Canal to their Viking Sailstice-Solstice party. Bay Area Youth Sailing will be sailing the BAYS Summer #1 Regatta out of Richmond Yacht Club. You don’t need an event — you can just sign up on your own and go for a daysail aboard whatever you have. Bring friends, family, kids, and cousins.

Most of the Bay Area’s 8 million people have never sailed the Bay. They might think it’s like sailing SailGP. You can show them otherwise when you sign up and sail on Summer Sailstice.