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BAADS racing fleet of Bravo Zulu, Raven, Tashi, and Alpha may race in the South Beach Yacht Club Friday Night Series. Email [email protected] to be added to the email list for crew.
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Business name : South Beach Yacht Club
South Beach Yacht Club (SBYC) is an all-volunteer club located in San Francisco’s exciting South Beach neighborhood. With 500 members, we are the second-largest club in San Francisco after the St. Francis Yacht Club. We’re known for our active racing program that draws over 50 boats during the summer, a growing junior sailing program now spanning five weeks, and a relaxed atmosphere in our airy, member-designed clubhouse on the second floor of the South Beach Harbor building.
South Beach is home to the Major League Baseball World Series winning SF Giants and the AT&T ballpark. Our races finish in the famed McCovey Cove. The neighborhood feels new, but is the most historic maritime district in the city. Our waterfront lies along the eastern shoreline in the lee of the city, where the historic clipper ships used to anchor and berth, with cargo moved to and from the warehouses of the district. You may have known about San Francisco’s North Beach… this is South Beach. And it’s not Miami.
SBYC is also the home of the Bay Area Association of Disabled Sailors, which boasts one of the nation’s most active and innovative programs enabling sailors of all disability types to sail and race regularly on keelboats and small boats.
SBYC Burgee SBYC’s burgee represents the lights of the nearby San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge against the blue evening sky. It’s the iconic view from our clubhouse deck and from the racecourse as boats head to the finish line of our Friday Night Series.
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The table below lists the mark locations.
Additional formats for mark data:
- tsv (tab-separated values)
- gpx (GPS exchange format)
- SBYC-marks.kml (Keyhole Markup Language format for Google Earth and Google Maps)
Note that you can also edit the Google spreadsheet above and export the data in various formats, like pdf and Microsoft Excel.
For chart information from the NOAA, see Chart 18650 and the corresponding chart image .
Courses (Routes)
The table below lists the SBYC courses for 2016.
Course notes:
- Permanent marks (buoys) are rounded to port.
- If a red flag is displayed, temporary marks are rounded to port.
- If a green flag is displayed, temporary marks are rounded to starboard.
- Gates G and NAS1/NAS2 can be rounded either to port (left gate) or starboard (right gate).
- If G is not in place and there is only one leeward mark, the leeward mark shall be rounded in the same direction as the previous mark.
- The reaching mark R will be set up-current of the weather mark W.
- All marks must be rounded to port, except where noted.
- All marks must be rounded to port, except Gate 35/36.
- Pass between Marks 35/36 from the direction of the previous mark.
- For Gate 35/36, boats have a choice of rounding either 35 or 36. 35 must be rounded to port, 36 must be rounded to starboard.
Additional formats for course data:
- courses with bearings between marks
- SBYC-waypoints-routes.gpx (GPS exchange format)
- html (includes bearings); html (includes bearings and distances)
- kml (Keyhole Markup Language)
- doc (start-of-race cheat sheet in Microsoft Word format)
- In GPS parlance, marks are called "waypoints," and courses are called "routes."
- To manipulate GPX files and upload/download data to a GPS unit, you can use a free program called EasyGPS .
- The last GPX file uploaded to the GPS units is the file from 2010 (the 2011 waypoints and courses have not been been uploaded yet).
- If you would like to play with the GPS units, here are the owner's manuals: Garmin GPS 12XL Owner's Manual (pdf); Garmin GPS 76 Owner's Manual (pdf).
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You could be setting sails after going under the Bay Bridge aboard the Topsail Schooner, Bay Lady. (Photo: Spinnaker Sailing-San Francisco. Drew Harper)
Hoist the Sails and Hit the Bay — Experience San Fran by Sailboat
San Francisco Bay is one of the premier sailing venues in the world thanks to unique topographical features and the brisk sea breeze blowing through the Golden Gate nearly every day from April to October. It offers a view of the city most people don’t get to see, in part because most visitors don’t realize how accessible sailing is.
As a competitive amateur sailor, I spend most weekends year-round on a sailboat, racing in the Bay, up and down the coast of California and across the Pacific to Hawaii. And no matter how many times we sail along the city front, the view never gets old.
When friends and family come to visit San Francisco , the first thing I arrange is a few hours at sea. There are opportunities for everyone to get on the water, regardless of your age or skill level. The only requirement? A sense of adventure.
America’s Cup Sailing
Known simply by its sail number, USA 76 is an 84-foot America’s Cup–class yacht used by the Oracle team in the 2003 Challenger Series. This is definitely the most thrilling option when it comes to San Francisco sailing charters. Buy a ticket for a 2 1/2-hour public sail or join the crew for an evening race. Private charters are also available for corporate events and team building.
Just stepping onto USA 76 and looking up the 155-foot mast will give you a tingle, but that’s nothing compared to sailing upwind at speeds that will make most other boats seem like they’re standing still.
Step Back in Time
Families and history buffs will enjoy an afternoon on the 80-foot Freda B , a replica of a traditional gaff-rigged schooner. Schooners date to the 1600s and were originally used as trading vessels, sailing between Europe and North America.
Freda B carries up to 49 guests and offers a variety of ticketed afternoon and evening sails throughout the year. The boat is docked in Sausalito and will take you past most of the Bay’s iconic sites: Marin Headlands, Golden Gate Bridge, Alcatraz Island, Fort Mason and Mount Tamalpais.
The sunset and full-moon cruises are by far the most popular. If you’re a baseball fan, you’ll love the game-night cruise into McCovey Cove with gorgeous views of AT&T Park and the San Francisco nighttime skyline.
Learn to Sail
Rendezvous Charters is the charter arm of Spinnaker Sailing School. The staff of the two companies are not only licensed boat captains and instructors, they’re also avid racers and some of my favorite people to sail with because of how much I learn every time we go out.
“There are many trip options, from a simple sail across the Bay with a few friends, a bottle of wine and some snacks, or for the more inquisitive, a full weekend of sailing lessons that will give you a solid base of understanding,” said president Drew Harper. “Boats, wind and sails can be intimidating for younger kids, but most will love getting the chance to steer!”
They have a large fleet, from small teaching boats to their world record holder Santa Cruz 50 Yukon Jack and the schooner Bay Lady , so no matter the group or the conditions, they’re ready to go sailing.
Out the Gate
One of the most popular must-do items on any San Francisco visitor’s itinerary is a walk across the Golden Gate Bridge, gazing down at the sailboats below. It’s a stunning view, but being on one of the sailboats gazing up at the pedestrians on the bridge is far better!
Captain Kirk’s offers several private charter options, including a four-hour trip that goes under the Golden Gate Bridge, into the ocean, and up the coast past Point Bonita, Fort Cronkite and Tennessee Valley Beach to Muir Beach, on their Santa Cruz 50 Bay Wolf .
Short on Time
The San Francisco Sailing Company offers multiple 90-minute and 2-hour tours throughout the day on their Islander Freeport 41 Privateer from Pier 39. If you don’t have much time but still want to get out on the water, this is a perfect opportunity.
The trip takes you around Alcatraz and Angel Island, over to Sausalito, along the Golden Gate Bridge and back along the city front. And at only $49 per person, this is also one of the most economical sailing opportunities on the Bay.
Join a Friday Night Race
If you’re an experienced sailboat racer, head down to South Beach Yacht Club’s (SBYC) Friday Night Series from April through August. Of the evening racing opportunities on the Bay, this is by far my favorite, for the stunning sunset views of San Francisco and the friendly atmosphere, as well as the all-you-can-eat buffet dinner for crew at the club after.
SBYC is located between Pier 40 and AT&T Park. Hang out at the marina gates around 5:00 p.m. You will want to bring full foul-weather gear, and life jackets are required. Some 30 boats participate each week, so it would be a rare occasion to not find a ride.
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USA 76 is a thoroughbred racing yacht of the International America's Cup Class. She's pure carbon fibre, fast and fun to sail. Truly a once in a lifetime opportunity to sail a piece of America's Cup history.
USA 76 was launched in 2011 by Brad and Karen Webb to provide guests with the ultimate sailing experience. Consistent winds, mild year-round temperatures, and spectacular scenery make San Francisco Bay one of the most iconic places in the world to sail. Many of the world’s greatest sailors and several America’s Cup Teams have been launched from these waters. San Francisco’s entry for the 31st America’s Cup in 2003 was the yacht patriotically named USA 76 with Brad Webb sailing in the bowman position. Brad is still sailing today with Orcale Racing defending the America's Cup.
USA 76 capacity is 20 passengers. We offer Clif bars and bottled water aboard each trip. There is no other food or beverage allowed. SPECIAL NOTE: There is no restroom aboard this vessel so strategic planning is required :-)
You can buy tickets for her various trips. If you want the boat for private charter, 20 tickets must be purchsed.
Daily Sails $150 person
Sunset Sails $180 person
Race Days $180 person (these are races at specific events, particularly South Beach Yacht Club Friday Night Series)
| Length: 80 ft. | Homeport: San Francisco | |
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| $2,500 | $4,000 (includes the Legendary Brad Webb Aboard) | |
| Special Programs: High Performance Sailing aboard a world class America's Cup Yacht | ||
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Sailing the Bay With CJFriday, may 16, 2008, south beach friday night race.  Black Sheep's rigging is also very different. For example, the main halyard exits the mast on the floor of the cabin, so you have to go below to raise and lower the main. That took us a while. Ron kept handing off the helm to me and going forward to help Tara. The other rigging difference is the jib sheets. They're cross-rigged, so you can always trim the jib from the high side. I often do trim the jib from the high side, but grabbing the port-side sheet to trim the jib on a port tack (sail on the starboard side) requires a brain shift from me that I couldn't always pull off. Tara was having the same trouble. Anyway, after much ado, we started the race about 20 minutes late. Oh, and did I mention that we didn't know the course, because we weren't near the race committee boat at the start? So we just followed the other boats we thought were in our race. The breeze was light, but we rounded the first mark without too much trouble. Then the wind died. Seriously, we were going backwards at one point. After drifting on the flood for half an hour or so, we were a mile or so south of where we should have been and started to consider starting the engine. Most of the boats in our class had been way ahead of us when the wind died, so they were drifting south about a mile east of us. We were actually ahead of the pack at that point, just because we hadn't drifted as far as the others. But we waited another half hour or so, kept drifting further south, and finally Ron decided to start the engine. We motored back in past McCovey Cove, where the White Sox were playing the Giants and the crowd was roaring, into South Beach Harbor . The apres sailing food and drinks were good, although many people were done eating by the time we got there. We weren't as late as the rest of the boats in our class, though, who all eventually motored in a while after we did. All in all, it was a fun time! Thanks, Ron, for another new sailing experience! No comments:Post a Comment 2023-2024 Island Fever Mid-Winter Series Notice board Hosted by South Beach Yacht Club San Francisco, CANotice Board South Beach Yacht Club December 13, 2024 Notice to Island Fever Midwinter Series Competitors Sailing Instructions Amendment #1 posted NOR Amendment 1 posted
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