New Year's Day Race
Chili Potluck & Tacky Trophy Exchange
Thursday, January 1, 2009


New Year's Day 2009 Photos

The MMBA's New Year's Day race will start at South Hampton Shoals with the "house" as one side of the starting line and the schooner AIDA as the other end listening to Channel 72, and will finish at the Pt. San Pablo Yacht Club in Pt. Richmond.  All participants and attendees will then enjoy our traditional chili potluck followed by a bit of rassing each other as the hotly contested and sought after "tacky" trophies are awarded.  Don't forget to dust off the ones you've won in years past and bring them along to foist them off on another unsuspecting soul.  

Check in to AIDA or stop by anywhere near 10:00 AM for the start of the race.  Plan to circumnavigate RED ROCK before heading to the finish.  Play the tides or the wind and go in either direction.  There is a small outgoing tide that day.  If the day becomes too long please head for the Pt. San Pablo Yacht Club with the intention of arriving sometime around 2:00-3:00 PM to munch down chili and all those fixings and greet the New Year with old and new friends. Motors are your friend! 

Should the weather turn suddenly sour or just looks too stinky (we are antique vessels after all), the race course could change drastically. Schooner AIDA has the power to call a race to South Hampton and then on in to the yacht club. Stay tuned to Channel 72 just in case. Try and remember who finished before and after you when you make the turn into the breakwater or in that vicinity. Remember - this is January 1 and we are having fun! 

So clean out your bilges and attics for those great gifts we all look forward to giving and receiving. Hope the weather holds and we see many of you this year. If you can’t make it by boat, come by car. 

Marconis bring chili & bread, Gaffs bring salad & dessert

Start the new year right, GO SAILING!

For additional information contact:
Patty Henderson (510) 531-1195

 

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