North Bay Sailing Meetup Group

Join me for a relaxed sail on my new, comfortably equipped 38 foot Beneteau out of the Pier 39 Marina. We will set sail mid morning and return to dock late afternoon. The crew will get more specific details on where to meet and what to bring after you send me a private message with your email and cell phone contact info.

We always see a lot of wildlife when we're out on the water - whales, harbor porpoises, sea lions, pelicans, gulls, cormorants, and much more. The views from the water are spectacular - San Francisco, the Golden Gate Bridge, Angel Island, etc. - and are always changing with the weather and time of day. We will sail for 2-3 hours, anchor somewhere quiet for a potluck picnic lunch aboard (plan to bring food/drink to share). We will sail again for 2-3 hours after lunch before heading back to the dock.

No cost and no sailing skill or experience required. Please pitch in to help set up the boat before we sail and stay after to help clean up and put away the boat at the end.

This sail is set as waitlist only! I will contact you immediately through Meetup messages if you have a place.

A casual SF Bay sail on Tuesday Nov 19th. We'll leave D Dock Marina Bay around 10 am and return before 5pm.
The boat is a modern well equipped Beneteau First 40, with all the required USCSG safety gear.

Please bring a windproof jacket, hat, gloves, sunscreen and your own water/drinks food/snacks and wear soft soled shoes.

All crew applicants will be waitlisted until we have enough experienced crew to sail.

The cutter Cetacea (latin, marine mammal-dolphins/whales), a beautiful, strong, and well-appointed 42' blue-water sailboat with extensive operational and safety systems, invites a few crew aboard with a highly experienced skipper and platonic-only water sports enthusiast and science/technology entrepreneur.

Strong preference for adventurous crew, as can be seen in the various photo albums of crew on more than 150 no-cost personal sailing adventures the past 10 years. This sail is for women that prefer to sail with other women; sorry guys but there is a big demand for female-only sailing that isn't being met! Sailing experience isn't necessary, but enthusiasm for a fun, safe and exhilarating daysail, is!

It's time for Sunset Sailing during one of the shortest days of the year at 4:45 pm today on Sunday Nov 24, weather depending!

We'll play with Helios, the Greek god of the Sun, diving into the sea as we race it to the horizon! We'll sail around the Gate, eating along the way, then an hour of sunset and night photos out by the coast. It'll be dark sailing back to the marina, and we'll enjoy beautiful photos and scenes of the Gate and the SF waterfront at night.

We'll set sail at noon and return by 4pm if weather and sea conditions aren't safe for sunset photos. If all's well, then we'll literally sail into the sunset, and how cool is that?!!!

Please note that your page may indicate the event is full-- this just moves your RSVP to the waitlist until 5-6 crew are identified. I'll send an agenda with food, drink, clothing, meeting location, marina parking and more to the crew by Friday, Nov 22.

Please be sure to respond asap to my email to your meetup registered address or you'll be cast adrift in the "Not Going" landlubber zone of washed-up sailing regrets, har har :-)