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August 14, 2025

  • Meeting: Competitors for SSS/YRA Drakes Bay Races

    August 14, 2025  19:00 - 21:00
     Oakland Yacht Club, 1101 Pacific Marina, Alameda, CA 94501, USA
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    In Person Meeting for SSS and YRA Drakes Bay Races
    YRA racers are welcome to attend


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Recent News

Ferry Traffic Protocol (January 2017)

Jan 11, 2017

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New for January 2017, the US Coast Guard Sector San Francisco has provided a protocol with chartlets on the conduct of ferries in the Bay.   Just in time for the Three Bridge Fiasco!

All SSS sailors are urged to read and comply.

Permalink:  https://sfbaysss.org/main/ferrytraffic

Now if we could only get those tour boat operators to realize that they are neither ferries or vessels constrained by deep draft…

What’s Happening at the Gulf of The Farallones and What Every Member of The SSS Needs to Know

Oct 14, 2016

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SSS member Carliane Johnson collects samples. Not seen, but there: sharks!

Please join us for a presentation on the “At-Sea Research of the Greater Farallones National Marine Sanctuary (GFNMS).” Hear about ocean surveys that are being conducted and what this information is telling us about the importance of the sanctuary for birds, whales, white sharks and other wildlife.. Environmental consultant and occasional contract staff to GFNMS, Carliane Johnson, will provide this special presentation on the upwelling nutrient soup that supports an incredible foodweb from the tiniest of krill to the largest animals on earth, and how these surveys are helping us understand oceanic changes. 

 
The presentation will follow the Vallejo 1-2 skippers’ meeting, Wednesday October 19 at 1930 hrs at the Island Yacht Club.  Feel free to pass this announcement to others and invite family and friends, too.