CPR and First Aid Classes on August 9th and 23rd. Sign up here or contact
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Gift Certificates now available! Give someone one that special gift of getting out on our beautiful bay with a CSC membership. Click here to purchase.
The next Introductory Sail is Saturday, July 4 (Independence Day), 1-4pm. Rides and BBQ!
Saturday morning sailing lessons will now start at 10am and run until 1pm. Changing from the previous 9am start. Instructors please try to arrive by 10am to get things moving!
Learn to Windsurf! Lessons for beginners start 10:30 am Saturday morning with land demonstrations, moving to the water around noon for an hour of practice. Study up before hand with Bill P's new How to Windsurf Guide.
July Junior Skipper Fast Track is coming the week of July 27th. Click here for more info on Fast Tracks.
Thursday JY Racing has started and will continue until October. Open to all members, regardless of rating or racing experience. Come on down to the club for a relaxed evening of fun and racing, rigging starts at 5:00 pm and racing starts at 6:00 pm.
CSC's Uncle Donald goes green: Big thanks to Bobby, Dieter, Emily, Michael, and crew, not to mention Berkeley Marine Center for greening Uncle Donald, our 1967 Pearson Commander. Donald and Daisy, its older (1964) sister, bear the brunt of our youth ride programs, introductory sails, cruises, and keelboat lessons. It's been several years since Donald was last hauled out, and the white topside paint was alligatored and stained with green. Now it's back in the water with a fresh coat of Kelly green paint above the water line, and new bottom paint below.
More boats and boards coming: Cal Boating (California Department of Boating and Waterways) will reimburse us for up to $39,650 for new equipment to use in our boating and windsurfing safety classes, including our Introductory Sails. We requested the funding to help us buy 75 PFD's, 2 more Bahias, 13 more beginning windsurfing boards and sails, and 4 new sets of keelboat and dinghy sails.
New clubhouse and yard improvements: Big thanks to Bobby Arthurs for replacing the doors on the windsurf container, to Jeff Luchetti and Boy Scout Troop 201 for the new wetsuit and Jr windsurf board racks, to Roberto Gastellumendi for the new dayleader desktop, and to Evan Simmons for the new Bahia gennaker storage box.
Introductory Sails: At our Open Houses, we offer free Introductory Sails, in which we teach people basic points about boating safely, especially wearing a PFD and learning to sail before venturing out on the bay. The rides are now scheduled from May through November, including two each in June and August, as well as July 4th (Berkeley City event) and May 16 (National Safe Boating Week). Here's the remainder of the 2009 schedule:
Saturday, July 4 (Independence Day)
Sunday, July 19
Sunday, August 16
Sunday, August 30
Sunday, September 27
Sunday, October 25
Sunday, November 8
