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Have you looked out the window? This is the weather we've been waiting for! Get out and enjoy it.
We hope you have a fantastic July 4th! What better way to celebrate your independence than to get out on the open water and enjoy the various firework displays around the bay. See "Today's Tip" for details.
Keeping You Current is taking an Independence Day Holiday and will be back to keep you up to date on all the great Club Nautique events on Tuesday, July 14th. Check out our event listings on our website or call the Club to stay up to date.
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Club Nautique on Facebook
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Club Nautique is now on Facebook!
Chat with other fans. Connect with crew. Learn about events and goings on at the club. Stay in touch!
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Build Your Crew at our Crew Mixer!
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Thursday, July 23
7pm - 9pm
Alameda
- Link up with crew
- Get expert tips from guest speakers
- Attend how-to seminars
- Get sample itineraries
- Learn about our new charter share incentives
- Enjoy the drinks and munchies
- Get a $100 Charter Discount coupon!
Please R.S.V.P.
510-865-4700
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Today's Tip
Fireworks!
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Oh say can you sail?!
Yes you can! And there are plenty of sailing destinations for watching fireworks throughout the bay. Here are a few venues for your on-the-water viewing pleasure:
Friday, July 3rd:
Richmond Fireworks - 9:15pm
Bodega Bay Fireworks - 9:00pm
Saturday, July 4th:
Antioch Fireworks - 9:30pm
Benicia Fireworks - Shortly after 9pm
Berkeley Fireworks - 9:30pm
Half Moon Bay Fireworks - 9:30pm
Oakland, Jack London Square Fireworks - 9:15pm
Pier 39 Fireworks - 9:30pm
Redwood City Fireworks - 9:30pm
Sausalito Fireworks - 9:00pm |
Nautical Noggin-Boggler
- WINNER!
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We selected our winner randomly from the correct answers submitted. Don't miss your chance to dazzle us with your knowledge and win a prize!
Congratulations to last week's winner:
WINNER-RYAN BRUINGTON
The proud recipient of an attractive and functional hat retainer.
Last week's Noggin-Boggler:
QUESTION:
On a
nautical chart the symbol for a buoy uses an open circle to indicate
the buoy's position while the symbol for a day beacon uses a solid dot.
Why the difference?
Club Nautique apologizes for a technical error in last week's Noggin Boggler. We labeled the picture on the right as a "Day Beacon", while the aid to navigation that is illustrated on the chart is actually referred to as a "Light". Despite the aid having a daymark on it (the charted mark is the No. 2 entrance mark into the Sausalito channel), it is identified as a Light in the Light List and by its symbol on the chart.
According to the General Information in the Light List:
Beacons are aids to navigation that are permanently fixed to the earth's surface. These structures range from lighthouses to small unlighted daybeacons, and exhibit a daymark to make these aids to navigation readily visible and easily identifiable against background conditions.
In other words, if it has a light on it then it's a Light and not a Daybeacon. While we're at it, the government spelling of the words daybeacon and daymark are as single words.
And now for our answer...
A buoy is floating and will move around its mooring in a watch circle. It can also drag its mooring due to storms or vessel collisions, so its symbol uses an open circle to indicate an approximate position. The lighted aid represented by the symbol on the right uses a solid dot to indicate an exact position, since the aid is on a rigid structure driven into the bottom.
Other chart symbols follow the same rule, using open circles to indicate approximate positions and solid dots to indicate exact positions.
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Hump Night
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 Wednesday, July 1st
5pm - 10pm
Sausalito
Members, come on down, jump on a boat, and go for an enjoyable evening sail. When you get back to the dock the food will be hot and the drinks will be cold!!
Members & their Guests ONLY: $30
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West Marine Seminar Series
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 Thursday, July 2nd
6pm - 7pm
West Marine Oakland
SEMINAR SERIES
Join us at the Oakland West Marine; you'll be glad that you did! There will be lots of good information on a variety of sailing topics, plus special offers to save you money.
Thursday, July 2nd - Anchoring -
An introduction into basic anchoring theory, types of anchors, rodes, swivels, shackles,
windlasses and overall anchoring systems. Presented by Club Nautique School Director and General Manager, Jim Hancock.
FREE! Everyone welcome!
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Beer Can Races
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 Every Other Friday
April 3rd - October 30th
5pm - 9pm
Alameda
Ballena Bay YC Spring Sunset Series
(aka Beer Can Races)
Now open to non-members!
Next Race: Friday, July 10th
Join us every other Friday evening for fun, competitive sailing onboard a Colgate 26 as we take part in the Ballena Bay YC beer can races. Afterwards slide up to the yacht club bar to re-live each exciting minute and critique yourselves (and the other racers!) in a tack-by-tack race analysis from our onboard Club Nautique Tactician-du-jour.
Meet at CN Alameda at 5 pm to prep the boat, review sailing instructions and conditions, then get out to the starting line for the race.
No prior race experience required.
Must be Basic Cruising certified.
Reservations required. Call to confirm dates.
Members: $35/Non-Members: $47
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Bareboat Prep
Charter Share
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 Have you finished Basic Cruising? Get ready for your Bareboat class and enhance your skills. Join other Basic Cruising certified students and follow the guidelines that we set for you to practice specific maneuvers to prepare you for your Bareboat certification.
Session topics: Sailing, Motoring, Crew Overboard & Anchoring. Attend all four sessions and skipper one of the sessions and you'll receive four credits towards your experience requirement for Bareboat class.
Upcoming Sessions:
Sunday, July 5th
9am - 1pm - Motoring - Alameda
Sunday, July 5th
2pm - 6pm - Sailing - Alameda
Saturday, July 11th
9am - 1pm - Anchoring - Alameda
Saturday, July 11th
2pm - 6pm - Crew Overboard - Alameda
Members: $75*/Non-Members: $115*
*Take both morning and afternoon sessions and get an additional $10 off!
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Radar/GPS
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Sunday, July 19
9am - 10pm
Alameda
Learn to utilize this powerful tool.
With an emphasis on radar and an understanding of GPS, this class will help you to steer yourself safely out of the fog!
Ultimate Members: FREE
Members: $282/Non-Members: $375
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Congratulations CPM Graduate!
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Brad Smith
Well done Brad! We're so proud of all of your hard work and determination!
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Baja Ha-Ha - NEW - Price Incentives!
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Signup deadline July 31
Sign up soon!
Berths are filling up!
Combine the structured learning of the Club Nautique Coastal and Offshore Passage Making programs with the real adventure of sailing on Californian and Mexican coastal waters to take your seamanship to the next level. Great sailing, abundant marine wildlife and beautiful anchorages await you outside the Gate!
Leg I - Oct 12 to Oct 17
San Francisco to Santa Barbara
Coastal Passage Making, 6 days
$1,795
Leg II - Oct 19 to Oct 23
Santa Barbara to San Diego
Coastal Passage Making, 5 days
$1,595
Leg III - Oct 25 to Nov 7
San Diego to Cabo San Lucas
Baja Ha-Ha Cruisers Rally/Coastal Passage Making, 14 days
$3,195
Leg IV - Nov 9 to Nov 20
Cabo San Lucas to San Diego
Offshore Passage Making, 12 days
$2,195
Leg V - Nov 23 to Nov 27
San Diego to Santa Barbara
Coastal Passage Making, 5 days
$1,295
Leg VI - Nov 30 to Dec 4
Santa Barbara to San Francisco
Coastal Passage Making, 5 days
$1,495
Contact Dave Scott for more information.
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Congratulations Offshore Passage Makers!
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Our Offshore Passage Making classes are rigorous and challenging. OPM is the highest level of US SAILING certification that you can achieve. Club Nautique certifies more graduates than all of the other sailing schools in the country COMBINED!
We are very proud of these hard working students and their devilish leader/instructor who just spent five days in their foulies being subject to repeated crew recovery drills, unexpected safety drills, controlled emergencies, battling sea sickness, and conditions ranging from very big seas to little or no wind.
Photos were sent in by Deb Fehr. THANKS DEB!
The logbook
The crew. From left: Kevin Schofield, Deb Fehr, Carlos Espana, Arthur Zwiegincew, and US SAILING Instructor and onboard gremlin, Arnstein Mustad.
Kevin tapes up the deadlights (a non-opening port) for extra measure.
Deb takes the fearless crew away from the dock.
 Meet Bob. While he looks nice and safe under that dodger, he tends to fall overboard, a LOT!
Kevin at the helm.
The gremlin checking on the goings on.
 Relaxing on the way home.
Kevin lets Arnstein know that everything is "A OK!"
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Nautical Noggin-Boggler
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Reply to this email with your answer to the following nautical noggin-boggler. No need to change the title. Club Nautique will randomly select a winner from all correct responses received by end of business on Monday, July 20th.
This week's prize: See below
Nautical Noggin-Boggler:
Independence Day is a great time to show your patriotism on the water. On a yacht it is traditional to fly the national flag from a staff on the stern, from the backstay or from the leech of the aft-most sail. This flag is referred to as an ensign.
But in the tradition of the Boston Tea Party, recreational sailors started displaying a special signal aboard U.S. yachts in 1848 to identify them as being exempt from paying customs duty. That signal is still in use today, although without its original meaning. What is that signal and what is it called?
The winner will receive one of these signals!
Employees of Club Nautique/Cruising Yachts and members of their families not eligible for prizes. |
Amazing Prices on Sailing Lessons!
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Tell a friend!
$200 off our Basic Cruising Skipper's package!
Amazing package deal includes:
US SAILING Basic Keelboat and Basic Cruising Classes
PLUS! Bay Cruising Workshop!
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