A Natural Roller Coaster Ride!***

I am writing this full report for my SEA friends who were standing along with their kids on the Organ Wave last Thursday, almost crying of joy for me, rooting for The Energy Team, in spite of their Italian, English, Peruvian or American nationalities!

In 2000 I heard about Sailing Education Adventures, an amazing non-profit sailing organization based in Sausalito. I immediately started sailing with them when I was barely speaking English. Everything I know on a boat I learned from exceptional SEA volunteers, but also San Francisco Bay local experts and SEA Members John Paul Watts, Frank Lawler, Cathy Steirhoff and so many others. Over the years all of them became friends for life. Thank you SEA!

When my domestic partner Eric, who is not a sailor at all, arranged and offered me the unique opportunity to sail as a guest racer with the America's Cup World Series on Energy Team with Loick Peyron and his “boys” on October 4th on one of the 7 official regattas of this ACWS, I was speechless and could not believe it.

The historic scow schooner, Alma and the chinese junk replica Grace Quan, will be sailing to downtown Petaluma with their crew and will be available for touring in the Turning Basin on October 13th from 11:00 AM to 4:00 PM. Her appearance is through a partnership between the park, the cooperating San Francisco
Maritime National Park Association, and the Friends of the Petaluma River.

Activities for the weekend include a BBQ at the David Yearsley River Heritage Center, on the McNear Peninsula, with a Blue Grass Happy Hour(free) from 4:30-7:30PM BBQ Dinner $10/person.  Post BBQ, at 8 PM there will be a movie in the barn !Oh Brother Where Art Though? $5 Suggested donation including refreshments

Sunday, October 14, 11am-2pm, Public Sail on Alma, leaving from/returning to Petaluma Marin. Tickets; $20 adults, children under 12, free. Tickets may be purchased in advance at Saturday's open House. Information: 415-561-6662, ext. 16, or email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

More information on Petaluma events here

Copyright 2012 Dustin Dovala

America's Cup World Series racing is on, and it is an amazing sight to behold live.

SEA members have been gathering to watch the races up close since August, and it is truly an exciting spectacle for all to enjoy. The best place to watch racing is from land -- Yes, from land, sailors! You can get views of the boats charging to the finish from 50' away at the Wave Organ. That is at the end of the sand spit east of the St. Francis and Golden Gate Yacht clubs.

Thursday was a special day (Youtube) with SEA member Catherine Boucher riding as guest on the back of French team Energy's AC45 -- They almost went over at one point!
Member Katka Letzing was also able to score a ride as guest on China Team's practice runs.
We await their description of that incredible experience!

Watch all the action on Youtube and NBC
Subscribe to our YouTube channel for all the latest videos: http://goo.gl/hqs7x
Follow us on Twitter: http://twitter.com/americascup
Website: http://www.americascup.com

Meeting time was noon at Clipper Yacht Harbor on a cloudy Saturday to see the America’s Cup sailing race on the Bay. Peter had invited SEA member Sandor with his son Nick, as well as his colleague Rob with his family (wife and 5 kids) to share sailing on our Ericson 38 Kranich (“crane” in German). All together we counted 6 adults and 5 kids, including 4 adults with sailing experience for an exciting day on the bay.

The America's Cup World series is upon us in August and again in October. I has been an exciting event to follow both on and off the water, bringing a new level excitement to the Bay Area sailing community. Here is where and when to watch:

• Schedule and Dates
• TV Schedule
• October Details
• YouTube

Turner Construction Company has has begun work on the James R. Herman Cruise Terminal at Pier 27 in San Francisco in preparation of AC34.

Romberg Tiburon Center Discovery Day Open House

A wonderful hands on marine bio science experience for youths and adults!

Date: Sunday, October 21
Time: 11am - 4pm
Location: 3150 Paradise Drive, Tiburon, CA 94920
RSVP: RSVP at Eventbrite

Discovery Day is the one day of the year when the public can visit and spend the day behind the scenes, meet  scientists and learn about their cutting edge marine biology research in San Francisco Bay and beyond.

There will be displays covering impacts of climate change and other human intervention on life in SF Bay, the SF Bay food web, estuaries, measuring currents in SF Bay, microscopic algae, underwater sounds, wetland habitats, and biodiversity. Listen to engaging talks on topics such as the history of the RTC site, plankton research in the Amazon River outflow, and the mysterious sounds of the SF Bay fish.

SEA partnered with RTC for a successful SEA Explorers in August 2011 and will continue the collaboration into 2013.
Look for other SEA members and SEA Explorers Logbook at this event!
We look forward to more opportunities to accomplish our mission supporting stewardship and conservation.

Flyer Here

Where: Horseshoe Cove

It's that time of the year again where the best skippers in SEA race across The Bay in our fleet of Catalinas. Will the mouthy upstarts best the sea dogs? Is it really about being the better skipper, or does equipment matter? 

This year, skippers will raise money in order to "purchase" the best boats and sails for the race. SEA members will be able to wager on the results, with the winner getting a piece of the pie. In the end, however, the real winner will be SEA.

This year's race will start in Richardson Bay and end at the Presidio Yacht Club. Celebrate with the race teams at Mike's Place at the Yacht Club!

Thank you,

Wesley Frederick (Race Coordinator)

Sailing Education Adventures

Presents

Kimball Livingston: The America's Cup and YOU!

AND

Gary Jobson's
History of the America's Cup 1851 – 2007

Saturday, June 11, 7:00 - 9:00 p.m.

Bay Model Visitor’s Center, Sausalito

FREE

Kimball Livingston: Journalist, author, screenwriter, but first and foremost an accomplished sailor, Kimball has covered every America’s Cup since 1980. He will speak about what the Cup means to Sausalito and the Bay Area and help start us on the road to the Cup! His passion for the Cup almost equals his passion for sailing on San Francisco Bay. As any Bay Area Sailor worth his/her salt knows, Kimball is the author of the classic, Sailing the Bay and was one of the writers for Francis Ford Coppola's 1992 release, WIND. He is an editor at large for SAIL Magazine and writes online at BluePlanetTimes.com.

Date: April
Time: 09:00-16:00
Location: Lunch at Ayala Cove
Cost: Free Members
$15 fee docking / boat + lunch
Register: Sails Below

Skippers and SEA Members meet up for our Annual SEA Season Opener.
Join the SEA Member Flotilla to kick off the season sailing and meet up for potluck lunch.

Don't have a boat, no problem! Register to join our member fleet!