Navigation Class Beginning!

6 Thursday Evenings 7:00pm - 10:00pm

February 9, 16, 23, March 1, 8, 15

This course teaches you the basics of navigation. Learn how to read charts, plot courses, do danger bearings, running fixes, time, speed and distance problems and more. All classes are all held in the classroom. Included are: Charts, parallel rulers, dividers and a Chart of San Francisco Bay. This is an ASA certification class. Contact Bob for more information.

Cost: $365 or $273.75 for Club Members.

Interested in becoming a Spinnaker Sailing Club Member? Check out our web page for the benefits of becoming a member.

This Months Topics

SAILING LESSONS

Night Sailing Class
Docking Class
Spinnaker Class
Bareboat Charter
BCC Review

SAILING CLUB NEWS

All Day Sail
Afternoon Sail

RACING NEWS

Winter Racing

SAILING VACATIONS
British Virgin Islands
St Martin

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Celestial Navigation Class   

March 13, 20, 27, April 3, 10, 17  7:00pm - 10:00pm

Learn how to find your position anywhere in the world using a few techniques, some tools and simple math. This course will prepare you to navigate using the sextant. You will learn how to adjust the sextant and take shots of the sun, moon, planets and stars. You will also learn how to do sight reduction, i.e., taking the altitude reading from the sextant, the time from a chronometer, and an assumed position and finding your position. This class is held once a week for six consecutive evenings from 7:00pm to 10:00pm. All classes are held in the classroom. Check out our Celestial Navigation Class for more information and course materials.

Prerequisites - BKS & BCC

Reg $365
Club Members $273.75

Beginning Spinnaker Class   

February 25, 26, March 3, 4  10:00am - 2:00pm

This Spinnaker Class teaches you how to basics of using a Spinnaker. Used primarily when going downwind, the Spinnaker can provide more speed and excitement as well as challenges. In this class you will learn set up, running rigging, types of spinnakers, setting, hoisting, dousing, trimming, gybing, packing and handling. This class is only run once a month. If you or anyone you know is interested please register now. This class is will take you to a new level of performance and suited for all those interested in racing.

Prerequisites - BKS & BCC

Reg $425
Club Members $318.75

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Bareboat Charter Class -

≈February 11, 12, 18 - 19 ≈
9:30am - 4:30pm

The Bareboat Charter class teaches students to safely and confidently sail and charter boats to 50 feet. Learn about inboard diesels, electrical systems, onboard plumbing, galley & stove use, head operation and other onboard systems. The first weekend you will go over the boats systems, practice motoring and docking a larger boat and plan your trip to the north bay. The second weekend navigate your way to San Francisco, moor and spend the night aboard. This class is run only once per month so If you or anyone you know is interested please register now.

Prerequisites - BKS & BCC & Docking class & min 3 charters as skipper of record

Reg $875
Club Members $656.25

Docking Course

≈February 5 ≈
9:30am - 4:30pm

The course is designed to give each student confidence in his or her ability to maneuver and dock in a variety of situations and to provide the ASA Docking Endorsement certification. Underway skills include: assessment of conditions, crew preparation, standing turn maneuvers, docking stern in and bow in with various wind directions relative to the slip, differing methods of tying up, heaving a line, and Med-tying.

Prerequisites - BKS & BCC

Reg $195.00
Club Members $146.25

Night Sailing Course

≈February 3 ≈
6:00pm - 12:00am

We are now offering a sailing course specifically designed to familiarize skippers with to safely transit the Bay at night. Also covered are lights, navigational aides, night conditions and more. This class is limited to the first 6 students. Reserve your spot now.

Prerequisites - BKS & BCC

Reg $125
Club Members $93.75

Afternoon Sail's

All Day Sail to San Francisco

≈February 5 ≈
  9:00a - 5:00p           We will leave Redwood City in the morning and sail north to the central bay. Depending on wind conditions and tides we'll try to get to San Francisco and then enjoy a great sail back home.This is a great way to log some sailing hours and get familiar with taking boats to the North Bay and back. Contact us for availability.

Prerequisites - None

Reg $125
Club Members $93.75

America's Cup

Fleet Racing

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If you have been watching this series you know that the racing has been very competitive and very fast, except around some of the marks where it looks like they aren't going to make it, but they always do.

This series has been raced in France, England, and now is in San Diego. The really great thing with this series is that there are fleet races, where the all the contestants race each other at the same time, and match races, where two contestants battle it out mano a mano.

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You can see on the charts to the left how each team is doing in each of the different types of racing.

The next race is

April 7, 2012 in

Naples Italy .

Stay tuned to our website for current updates.

Around the Mark

With Rich Ferrari

Lee Bow Current;

(Lee bow current is when the current is pushing the boat from the down wind (lee) side of the boat )

Understanding what the currents are doing on the Bay and using them to your advantage can make a big difference in your performance around the racecourse.

On a flood tide the current is coming in and on an ebb tide the current is going out as we have all learned in Basic Sailing. Knowing the strength of the current at any given time will help you understand the currents effect on the movement of the boat across the bottom and ultimately to our destination. (Read More)

Winter Racing

≈Jan 29, Feb 26, March 25 ≈
  1:00p - 4:30p          

This race is just for Spinnaker Sailing Merit 25's and the schedule will be posted on our website and on facebook.

This informal race is more of a social activity with some sailing involved than it is a race and it is entirely club organized, so if you want to crew or are looking for crew, create a post on SailMates and someone should respond.

Contact us for boat availability. We do not have Spinnaker Skippered boats for this series.

Prerequisites - BCC
Club Members & their guests $Free

Bobbing About In Paradise

With Bob Diamond

Cruising with the Family in BVI

Vacations are a major way families create memories that can be carried around like living, breathing slide shows inside our heads that come alive again in the retelling.

A lot of care and consideration is given to the timing, planning and budget for these annual events. Not too surprising, when one family member catches the sailing bug, they would want to share their love of sailing with the family, and it’s usually an easy sell to get them to come along. When asking a family if they would like to go to the caribbean for vacation, it’s not often you hear the response, “No thanks, we’d rather watch Dancing with the Stars.”
The budget is often a primary consideration when cruising with a family, as opposed to just a couple, or a single person. When done right, a sailing vacation can cost about the same as many other family vacation ideas. (Read More)

GREAT SAILING VACATIONS FOR 2012!

The British Virgin Islands - Dec 6 - 16, 2012

See why this area is the most popular cruising ground in the world. Warm weather, warm water, moderate breezes, gorgeous beaches, and much more make this a sailors paradise. Check out our BVI pdf. We limit our capacity to assure plenty of room and comfort aboard for both sailing and relaxation. There are only six spaces left, and flights are only going to get more expensive. Contact Bob for more details.

BVI Vacation cost:
$1895 singles
$1695 person couples

St. Martin - April 19 - 28, 2012

Join us in April for Spinnaker's cruise to the Leeward Antilles. You'll have an international voyage when you visit the Dutch half of St.Maarten, the French half of St Martin, St Barts, Gustavia and Anguilla. Warm weather, warm water, moderate breezes, gorgeous beaches, and much more make this a sailors paradise. Check out our St. Martin pdf. We limit our capacity to assure plenty of room and comfort aboard for both sailing and relaxation. Contact Bob for more details.

Vacation cost:
$1995 singles
$1795 person couples

Check with Bob for rates if you want to fill your own charter yacht.

Night Sailing

Docking Class

All Day Sail

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