Generally we have a goofy race starting from some point in SF Bay and finishing at a yacht club (this year the Pt. San Pablo Yacht Club in Pt. Richmond) where we have a chili potluck and give each other tacky trophies that we pass down year after year - trying to hoist them off on our mates to be stuck with until the next year. Last year it was funny when one of the new members arrived in their boat without a trophy, but saw something shiny in the muddy water under the dock, fished it out, and it was a little copper model of a ship - that they were then able to present as a tacky trophy that day...
Okay that was last year - now it's time to look forward to January 1, 2008. Schooner AIDA will be lurking somewhere between South Hampton Shoals and Angel Island and listening to Channel 72. Your new race mission is to check in or stop by anywhere near 10:00 AM. Following that, plan to circumnavigate Angel Island as best you can. Play the tides or the wind and go in either direction. 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.
Gaffs bring chili & bread, Marconis bring salad & dessert
Start the new year right, GO SAILING!
For additional information contact:
Patty Henderson (510) 531-1195
