[C38] Cat 38 dues

[Anders Finn]

Rory,

This is actually a pretty good idea. While Marina Bay is in the 
sketchiest area of the bay and a bit of a drive from the city, it IS in 
a very good place for sailing. It's not as close as Berkeley or SF 
marinas, but it won't be quite as crazy packed during the racing. 
Following is a list of all the marinas I know of and their distance from 
the center of action.

0 miles - Golden Gate Yacht Club (aka. SF, Marina)
4 miles - Treasure Island Yacht Club
5 miles - South Beach Marina
6 miles - Richardson's Point (and all the other Sausalito Clubs)
6 miles -  Ayala Cove (not a marina but you can moor here on Angel Island)
7 miles - Berkeley Yacht Club (and Emmeryville Marinas)
8 miles - Richmond Marinas (including Marina Bay)
9 miles - Alemeda/Oakland Marinas (plus a LOT of motoring, ewww)
12 miles - San Rafel
15 miles - San Leandro Marina
16 miles - Coyote Point Marina

Anything else is tooooooooo far. Now, we compare the transit to/from 
city on each:

Golden Gate - Easy, it's right there and is hosting the games  - 5 mintes
Treasure Island - Half way across Bay Bridge, bus and car access - 15-45 
minutes
South Beach - Easy walk and public transit (still in SF) - 15 minutes
Sausalito - Car and ferry access Golden Gate bridge IS going to be busy 
during the cup - 30-120 minutes
Ayala Cove - No car access, learn to swim, it's on an island - lets see, 
a good swimmer swims about 2 mph, so, if you've got the tide with you, 
you could be there in an hour, tide against you, you'll be in the pacific
Bekeley and Emmeryville - Easy walk/bike/drive from marina to BART 
(subway to SF), 45-60 minutes
Richmond - Easy car drive to BART, 45-60 minutes
Alemeda - I'm really not sure about BART/Bus in this area. I think it's 
not BAD though, 60-90 minutes
San Rafel - Car only I think. Can be anything from 45 minutes to 2 hours
San Leandro - No clue.. . I can get there in 30 minutes maybe? Worst 1.5 
hours?
Coyote Point - Car or drive to BART, about 25-40 minutes


Now, here's the scoop. In case you didn't know. Parking in San Francisco 
is non-existent during these kinds of things for less than $30 a pop. 
Your BEST bet is BART in from outside the city and use the MUNI trains 
inside the city (or more BART). This makes a couple marinas more 
interesting than others. Any one that you can leave your car there or at 
a nearby BART station REALLY, REALLY helps. I'll try to work out some 
parking for a few cars by then but. . . I still live about a 15 minute 
public transit ride into the part of town the Cup is being held.

Anders

On 02/19/2011 10:48 AM, Rory Hansen wrote:
> Chuck,
>
> Marina Bay Yacht Harbor in Richmond (on the site of the old Victory ship
> boatyards) has a lot of space right now -- one of the few marinas in the
> Bay Area that does -- but it's bound to fill up as the AC approaches. If
> you want to find it on Google Earth it's at 37 deg 54' 43" N, 122 deg 20'
> 50" W. This position lands you on D dock, which is probably where we'd be
> based on slip size&  availability -- it's where the harbormaster put all
> the Catalinas who showed up for the Rendezvous last summer. Takes about 20
> minutes under motor to get to the Central Bay&  all the action.
>
> We can contact their harbormaster if you like, find out what it would take
> to set things up. Last year their guest rates were $25/night, which is
> cheap for SF. Tradewinds Sailing School&  Club -- where we learned how much
> fun a C38 is to sail! -- hosts the Catalina Rendezvous up here&  might be
> interested in being involved with the C38 Nationals, esp. since they still
> have Hull #287 (which did the Transpac in 2003) in their fleet.
>
> Rory Hansen&  Peggy Droesch
> IRIE #231
> Point Richmond
>
>
>
>    
>> Message: 1
>> Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2011 17:15:42 -0500
>> From: Chuck Finn<charles at finn.ws>
>> To: Catalina 38 Listserve<listserve at catalina38.org>
>> Subject: Re: [C38] Cat 38 dues
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>> With the Americas Cup trials in 2012 and the big race in 2013 happening
>> in San Francisco, I propose we organize a C38 event around this.  What
>> we do is completely up in the air, but given it is San Francisco....  I
>> bet we can have a great time!  Why don't we start saving and planning
>> for such and event?
>> What do all of you think about a gathering around America's Cup?
>>
>> Regards,
>> Chuck Finn
>> Commodore
>> Catalina 38 International Association
>>
>>      
>
>
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