Salty News from SCBC, a Golden Ticket Winner, and a Happy Sailor

Over the past year or so, we’ve been watching progress at the Sausalito Community Boating Center at Cass Gidley Marina (SCBC). The nonprofit group has undertaken to create and maintain a community place that provides affordable access to boats and the water, preserves the Bay Area’s maritime heritage, and promotes environmental stewardship of our local Bay ecosystem.

As part of this creation SCBC has been working toward completing its dock landing, ramps and abutment. This week the organization completed another milestone when its construction team got together with Bay Area Association of Disabled Sailors (BAADS) members to fine-tune the accessibility at the new docks.

A few weeks back, Ted Crocker sent us a couple of photos of “My Day on the Bay Last Weekend.”

“After 18 years with my wonderful Westsail 43, Niniwahuni, I decided to downsize. So I sold her a year ago November. Little did I know, a year later, I would fall in love with another Bill Crealock design — the venerable Pacific Seacraft Dana 24. The one I found (or did she find me?) was long overdue for a complete refit and had been somewhat neglected, so upon closing the deal, I whisked her over to Berkeley Marine Center and Ryan at Rogue Rigging in order to make sure she was sound.”

“Last Saturday, after two long months on the hard, we finally splashed. I couldn’t help but head straight for the Bay. What a gorgeous first day on the water with Hummingbird!  All my stress instantly washed away.”

Vincent Hentz will be ready for spring in his new Latitude 38 cap that he won after finding a Golden Ticket in his Latitude 38 magazine, picked up at Richardson Bay Marina. Vincent co-owns a Catalina 30 and has only done Bay sailing, but he has “higher ambitions.” We expect the new hat will help!

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