Date: March 25 Sunday
Time: 10:00-16:00
Location: directions
Cost: Free
Food: Lunch provided by SEA
Sailing follows for participants

SEA needs YOU to get its ships into shape. Refreshments provided all day on the trawler!
Join us Friday starting at 10:00 and help us get our fleet back into shape for the season.

There is plenty of work to be done to get our fleet ready for the summer season.  If you have not attended a maintenance party before, no experience is necessary and everything you need will be provided.  We simply need some willing helpers :)

Please RSVP below so we can plan our food and refreshments accordingly.

This weekend saw yet another affirmation of SEA's incredible volunteer spirit and dedication to all things sailing.

Led by Maintenance Coordinator Thad Glass, the SEA winter maintenance on Sunday February 12th was graced by beautiful weather in the morning with a cool and windy afternoon.  A wonderful day for sailing (ack!). A strong showing of over 25 volunteers joined various teams throughout the day to help prepare the boats and docks for the season.

Not only did die-hard sailors and five board members return to the annual call, but we had visits from at least 3 drop-in visitors, summer camper Maya and her father Martin, as well as a a charged up mini schnauzer.

Catalina Team crews scrubbed and cleand boats, sails, and flotation devices.  Matthias Lux inspected and sealed keel compartments. Frank Lawler put in his usual full day at precise rigging inspection and repair.
Santana Team leader Sandor Schoichet charged ahead with a full cleaning and power-washing of Shockwave, with emails in Maintenance already circulating on a follow-up for Heatwave.

Sunday's Youth Work Party was a great success - a big team of volunteers put away all boats and equipment for winter.

We would like to extend a BIG THANK YOU to SEA members and youth sailors who dedicated their entire Sunday to scrub sails, lift boats, move trailers and fix up our dock boxes.  Thank you Sandor, Dolf, Sharon and Jack, Reann,  Richard and Adam, Nigel, Pierce, Ryan, Cameron, Nick, Jack , Bennett, Joel and Zander.

You all did a great job and got a huge amount done. Kudos to all!

Date: Sunday, October 30
Time: 10:00 - 16:00
Location: MYC
SEABucks: Yes $25

Each season we need to close out our youth sailing operation at Marin Yacht Club in San Rafael. We need your help to  power wash boats and equipment, hoist RIBs and FJs out of the water to trailers, clean out dock boxes and take inventory and put sails to bed properly.

Please help Mark and our Youth Counselors on Sunday, October 30th
We would very much appreciate it! We will provide lunch and drinks for all in attendance.

Date: October
Time: 10am -3pm
Cost: Members $50 | Public $75
Location: Marin

SEA brings you another offering this Fall! Save the date and join us for Outboard Engine Maintenance Workshop with our long time member Bob Cassel.

Course Outline:

• Outboard motor operations
• Routine Maintenance
• Diagnosing common problems and troubleshooting

Location: Sausalito Yacht Club
Date: August 18th
Time: 6:30-7:30 pm

Rigging for Performance is the topic for the Third Thursday Race Seminar this Thursday, the 18th of June. 6:30 to 7:30 pm at the Sausalito Yacht Club. Learn how to make your boat go faster with rigging techniques.

Tom Relyea is our guest speaker. He has over 100,000 miles of racing and cruising experience - and now runs South Beach Riggers on Harbor Drive in Sausalito.

Topics will include both standing rigging and new rope technologies.
The bar is open and there is the regular Thursday night BBQ.
Reservations are not required and this seminar is open to the public.
Dave Borton
SYC Race Chair

Last June 18, we had our second Maintenance Party of the year at SEA Docks and we would like say Thank You to: Anne, Christian, Dolph, Frank, Helena and Sandor.

These folks pitched in and helped out making the boats a little bit better. We now have solid sails, new sheets, new lines for reefing and in the process of fixing the motor mount for Shockwave. So when you see these folks, say "thank you" to them for helping out.

You guys are great :)

Date: May
Time: 15:00-18:00
Cost: $20 Member | $25 Public
Location: Sausalito
Category: Workshops

She singlehanded to Hawaii in the Singlehanded Transpac, she works canvas, she is sailmaker! Come learn sail repair tricks this May with Synthia Petroka!

Date: June
Time: 15:00-18:00
Location: Marin
Cost: $20 Members | $35 Public
Category: Workshops

SEA offers another awesome workshop to get your boat ready for the 2011 season!
Members will finally have the chance to learn the basics of canvas repair with Sarka, a Landscape Architect by profession and a self-taught boat canvas seamstress. Get your hands on various canvas projects including snaps, leather reinforcements, window coverings and more. Enjoy a bit of food and wine as we wind down after the event.

Shockwave does appear to be high in the sky when looking up at her on drydock. But, Tuesday night's SYC Beer Cans racing will be the true test now that SEA's Santana 525 got a nice bottom cleaning and painting this week at Spaulding Wooden Boat Center in Sausalito.

There is something humbling when you watch a boat get hoisted into the air and it towers above you on the docks. You see the full exposed body of what keeps you floating in the SF Bay Waters. You can admire the shape of its keel and be in awe of how that one "wing" can slice through water and keep you from rolling when you hit 30 knot winds!