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The Rolex Big Boat Series is a four-day regatta founded by the St. Francis Yacht Club in 1964. The annual event attracts competitive racing teams and big racing boats from all over the state, nation, and world. Thousands of racers and hundreds of boats take to the Bay each day of the race, competing for first place and the Rolex watch that comes with it. MSC club members can bareboat charter or join a Club Sail to witness the excitement from the water.
IYC's 3 days of sailing, learning and fun includes in-person and streaming seminars and keynote speeches, food, drink, and no-host cocktail hours, giveaways including t-shirts and totes, and an amazing raffle drawing! Stay tuned for more details as we approach September.
The grand finale to summer in San Francisco, Fleet Week, celebrates the United States Navy allowing civilians to tour warships while their sailors tour the city. The week begins with a parade of ships progressing to free concerts, educational events, and family fun. Fleet Week's grand finale is a two-day air show over the Bay featuring the Blue Angels of the United States Airforce, the F-35 Demo Team, a demo from United's largest airplane, and several internationally known performance flight teams. The best seat in the house for these shows is from a boat on the Bay - keep an eye out for our Club Sails that weekend.
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Spark the spirit of the season with holiday lights, music and fireworks on the water! This special event is a holiday tradition in Sausalito and across the Bay Area. Every year, we enter two of our club boats in the parade and our hard-working fleet staff decorate them for our members and guests to participate in this magical experience. With the sounds of holiday music and cheering spectators, you and your guests will be dazzled by the spectacle of decorated boats and fireworks. An enchanting and memorable event to kick off the season, even the grinchiest of sailors will be unable to resist the holiday cheer.
Do you know of any other San Francisco Bay Area sailing events? Let us know and we'll add it to this list!
Testimonials.
Captain Jeff Cathers is really cool. I had such a great time on the Farallones Day Trip . It was actually my very best day of 2020. Thank you so much for coordinating the trip.
Since many, many years, I had the dream to sail underneath the Golden Gate bridge. On October 14th last year, my dream became true. Thanks to our dear friend Aaron Fritz who made it possible and organized this cruise for us. With this adventure I was able to achieve one more milestone on my sailing career.
Finally on the water, it was great! Full moon made the flows even stronger and it was like sailing in a washing machine.
I did my sailing education in the English Channel, where the situation with the wind and flows is comparable to the San Francisco Bay. So I felt pretty much "at home" being on the helm in the Bay.
I hope our skipper Stan Lander enjoyed this day cruise too. We, definitely did! It was an unforgettable experience for all of us.
A very big thank you to all of you who made it possible, that my dream became reality! Also thank you for the MSC flag I got at the end of the day. It found it's place in my study, where I can see it daily.
All of the courses and my instructors (JT and Stan) were extremely professional and full of knowledge and experience. I found I was able to learn from their experiences beyond the scope of the courses, and look forward to future opportunities to do so. I would highly recommend Modern Sailing to anyone.
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By virgil aspen • published july 12, 2024 • updated on july 13, 2024 at 2:11 pm.
SailGP, an international sailboat racing circuit, backed by Oracle founder Larry Ellison and well-respected sailor Russell Coutts, is set to host its final, championship races in the San Francisco Bay this weekend, with the grand prize for the winning team amounting to $2 million.
The competition, whose founder Ellison was once quoted professing his love for the "idyllic independence" of sailing and has been touted as Formula One on the waves by Coutts, was founded in 2018 with the hopes of taking competitive sailing beyond cloistered country clubs and propel it into the mainstream.
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"What we're seeing is [that] this isn't the avid sailing fan that's following SailGP, maybe 10% of our audience is that. It's really the racing fan, the general sports fan, and it's also the people that are interested in the backstory of our athletes," said Coutts in a Friday interview with CNBC , adding later that he doesn't feel it would be unreasonable for teams to be selling for $80 million price tags sometime in the next year.
This tidal wave of success can be attributed to a number of factors, but by far, the sport's most profound sea change has been the advent of F50 catamarans, sailboats capable of navigating the waves at highway speeds, velocities long thought impossible by sailors in years past.
"[Our sailboats are] above the water, not in the water, and our goal is to stay flying as long as possible," said Peter Kinney, a California native and sailor for the United States' SailGP team.
SailGP's rising current of broad appeal can be attributed to other factors as well, namely its inclusivity to women and its commitment to sustainability . On its website, it says that the organization is "...racing for a better future and believe sport has the power to change the world."
San Francisco as a location was a perfect fit for a climactic race in the eyes of the organizers.
"San Francisco is really the best racetrack. The breeze is consistent, and the sailors love it," said Alex Reid, SailGP's director of performance engineering. Others, such as Team USA strategist Mike Buckley, describe the Bay as "one of the most beautiful places in the world to sail."
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These favorable conditions, combined with such a large prize being on the line, leaves confidence high that each team involved will be in close competition all the way through, as sailors try their hardest to be the first to surge across the finish line.
"We're expecting the race to be tight, exciting, racing on the edge," Buckley said.
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53rd annual labor day regatta, boat races kick off this weekend.
EXPRESS FILE PHOTO Boats are pictured in the Susquehanna River during a previous year’s Regatta.
LOCK HAVEN — The 53rd annual Lock Haven Labor Day Regatta and boat races are preparing to kick off this upcoming weekend!
From Aug. 30 to Sept. 2, come to the J. Doyle Corman Amphitheater for live music, food, a carnival and vendors — and, of course, lots of boat races on the West Branch of the Susquehanna River.
The carnival will take place on Aug. 30 from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m.; Aug. 31 from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m.; Sept. 1, from 12 p.m. to 10 p.m.; and Sept. 2 from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.
The arts and crafts vendors and the food vendors will be open during these times as well.
Opening ceremonies will be held at 10 a.m., Saturday, Aug. 31, with Lock Haven Mayor Joel Long.
PHOTO PROVIDED Volunteers for the Lock Haven Labor Day Regatta prepare electrical service for the festival.
Live music will take place on all four days on the Stephen Hill Memorial Stage, with Friday night kicking off with Leadfoot from 6 to 10 p.m.
On Saturday, beginning at noon, Schlesinger Communications Live Radio Broadcast will feature a Honda Pioneer 700 side-by-side giveaway with Dotterer Equipment. Following that, at 3 p.m. will be Red Wednesday. At 7 p.m. Rize will close out the show.
On Sunday will be the annual WQBR Bear Bash featuring Mix Tape, Kopper & Kash, Ridin’ Shotgun, Kidz at Heart, Victor and the Icons, Leo and Kristen with Family Tradition and the Clark McLane Band.
Quarterstick will be performing from noon to 3 p.m. on Monday with Chris Woodward’s Shindiggin’ to follow from 5 to 8 p.m.
There are three days of boat racing with the American Power Boat Association. There will be races on the following days and times:
— Saturday, Aug. 31, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
— Sunday, Sept. 1, 12 p.m. to 6 p.m.
— Monday, Sept. 2, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
The annual fireworks show will be on Sunday, Sept. 1, at 10 p.m., with a rain date set for Monday at 9 p.m.
As a reminder, there will be no parking from Jay Street to North Henderson Street, and North Henderson Street from East Water Street to Jordan’s Alley on Thursday, Aug. 29, at 6 p.m., until it reopens on Tuesday, Sept. 3, at 6 p.m. Vehicles may be towed at the owner’s expense. Any questions please call 570-748-6388.
A boat is pictured in the Susquehanna River during a previous year’s Regatta. Express file photo
For more information, please visit lockhavenregattafoundation.org.
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The SS Class Association gets its Dudley Trophy races underway on Saturday. DREW BUDD
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