Calendar Alert: Opening Day on the South Bay

Did you miss the recent Opening Day on the Bay? Here’s another chance to get off the dock and make a start on your summer sailing. The South Bay Yacht Club is hosting its Opening Day on the South Bay on Memorial Day weekend — Saturday, May 24.

Hosted by the historic South Bay Yacht Club of Alviso/north San Jose, this 124th (-ish) opening celebration on the Alviso Slough brings boaters and spectators from around the Bay Area to have some fun in the sun and officially open the South Bay’s boating season.

The schedule:

9 a.m.–11 a.m. – Breakfast at the yacht club. Only $15/adult; kids under 18 eat FREE!
10 a.m.–noon – Boat decorations. Got boat? Park it at the Alviso Marina and decorate your vessel!
11 a.m. – The Great Alviso Rubber Duckie Race. Duckies adoptable for $5 each. Big prizes!
Noon – the Parade of Boats

Online signups are open — boat signups, breakfast tickets, rubber duckie reservation: https://www.southbayyachtclub.org/events

We hope you can join us! We promise a fun day in the South Bay sunshine!

Where: South Bay Yacht Club, 1491 Hope Street, San Jose / Alviso

In case you haven’t been to the South Bay, here’s an archived story about South Bay sailors enjoying themselves.