This is a two race series this Saturday, October 18th, with both races held on the same day.  The start is at the entrance to Redwood Creek Channel between government marks #3 and #4.  The first race starts at 12:30p.  All Skippers should plan on attending the Skippers meeting at 10:30a on the day of the race.

Sign up for the South Bay Championship series at jibeset.net

The Corkscrew Slough Regatta is also Saturday, October 18th and the skippers' meeting is 1100 hours. You can find the Sailing Instructions and NOR  HERE.

The South Bay Championship together with the Corkscrew Slough Regatta are the final events of the Sequoia 2014 racing season. So come on out and sail in one of these two events to help us to bring our season to a fitting close.

The Racers Ribs Dinner follows immediately after the racing ends and is a celebration of the past years sailing season. All club members are welcome to attend. All those who have participated in a Sequoia Race in 2014, whether it be in the Beer or Soda Can Series, any of our Saturday/Sunday race series, or any of the special one-day or night regattas should plan on attending to properly close out our 2014 season. Price for the dinner is $16.

Sign up for the dinner at the club or on the Sequoia web site at www.sequoiayc.org/social

Looking forward to racing on Saturday and celebrating with you in the evening.

Ahoy Sequoia Racers!

Sequoia Yacht Club's Annual Racers' Ribs Dinner and Racing Awards Presentation is this Saturday, October 18th with cocktails beginning at 1730 and dinner at 1830.

Menu-

• Ribs (please let us know if you require  vegetarian  or beef ribs)
• Baked beans
• Corn on cobb
• Potato salad
• Salad with cucumber tomato and tossed with green goddess dressing
• Fruit salad
• Apple Pie and ice cream

Price is $16 for Adults and $8 for Children.

Come out and celebrate this year's fantastic racing season; a season that has shown that Sequoia continues to be THE premier yacht racing Club of the South Bay!

Sign up at the Club or on-line and then plan to be there on Racer's Ribs night. Enjoy a wonderful rib dinner with your fellow racers and then cheer the series and race winners .

Beautiful Indian-summer weather and Fleet Week make for a great cruise-out! For the first time in my memory, Sequoia Yacht Club cruised up to the Berkeley Yacht Club. The cruise-out organizer for Fleet Week was Helen Horn.  I know these events can be challenging, but Helen did an excellent job!  She arranged for us to have free dock space on the BYC guest dock and BYC were very helpful and welcoming to us. (We do share the fact that we are both celebrating our 75th anniversary as we were both established in 1939.)

On Saturday, we all had a nice motor/sail up the Bay under very warm and sunny skies and once arriving we wandered across the street to view the Blue Angels with a great view of the Golden Gate Bridge plus hundreds of boats on the San Francisco Bay. Afterwards we all got together and shared drinks and appetizers before catching another drink while watching the sunset from the bar at the Berkeley Yacht Club.  Next, we were off for dinner that Helen had arranged at Skates, an excellent restaurant on the water and only a short walk from the Club. In the morning we were invited to enjoy a great waffle breakfast at the BYC before we set off for a beautiful downwind, sail while riding the flood all the way home.

Again Helen, thanks for your efforts and thanks for making this another memorable Sequoia Yacht Club cruise-out.

Ahoy Sequoia, Ahoy Soda Caners,

We have an exciting year behind us. We went back to the roots and dug out our dinghy sailing skills again. Together we ran 12 exciting Soda Can events with over 20 people participating. We saw everything this summer - tight racing, fair sportsmanship, capsizes, 20+ knots of wind and some great sunsets. I can look back and say this has been a great summer for this club and the dinghy fleet!

I would like to thank all those ones who made it down to the ramp and took the time to participate and race. Furthermore I would like to thank the Board for it's support and belief in the series and the event format.

Last but not least I would like to thank Phillip Meredith, Hans Spanjarrt and Junior Sailing who put a lot of time and passion into this event.

But what would be a series without some results? We had tight racing and good competition but at the end Evelyn Hull took first, followed by Phillip Meredith and third Tracy Rogers.

Please find the detailed race results HERE

We are planning to continue the series and will keep you posted on future dates.

Please enjoy a little video of the racing HERE. (Video Courtesy: Mike Reed)

Our Junior Sailing program has been offered 2, Lido 14 club boats in excellent condition to use for the advanced junior sailing class. They are located in Orange County ( south of LA) and we need help in getting them up here.

Click HERE to see a blurb describing the boats.

Think of all the fun of travelling to sunny Southern California! People pay real money to visit Orange County. OK, ...well think of the grateful kids who will be able to make good use of these fine little boats. Surely we have a couple of members with enough time on their hands to help out with this rewarding chore.

If you can help, please contact Fadi Maamari via email by clicking HERE or look him up in the roster and give him a call.

Come experience the joys of Sequoia Yacht Club’s 2014 San Juan and Gulf Island Mega-Cruise!  Come ooh and aah at the wonder and beauty of an area you’ve never sailed, and/or would long to sail again! 

With photos collected from many of our forty participants, and with the keen assistance from Capt. Robin Weber,  this presentation by your very own commodore is not to be missed.  The presentation will be made following our DID next Friday – October 24th.

The General Meeting was another huge success in terms of a new Flag and four new members. Several applicants for first and second readings this month had conflicts and were unable to attend.  We will invite them come to the Installation Dinner, Saturday, November 15, for their readings.

Second Readings approved and voted for membership:

Let's all give a warm welcome to our new members.  Their photos are posted by the office door and their badges have a green dot on them.

The Army Corps of Engineers dredging contractor, R.E. Staite Engineering, will start mobilizing equipment and start dredging on Monday, October 20, 2014.  They will start dredging where the Channel begins out in the Bay and work in towards the Port.  They will finish opposite Wharf 4, where the 3 Sea Scout boats are berthed.  They expect to finish by early December.  It will not be possible to know in advance where in the Channel they will be working at any given time.

The contractor will have two dredging rigs working 24/7.  The material will be dredged by clamshells and placed in barges (scows).  Tugboats will take the barges to the approved site for depositing the material in Bay near Alcatraz Island.  The dredging rigs will be lighted and there will be navigation lights on all barges, tugs, buoys, and other equipment.  R.E. Staite was informed that small boats, rowing shells, etc. are in the Channel when it is dark in the morning/evening usually with bow lights only.  R.E. Staite requested that ALL BOATS STAY AT LEAST 50 FEET AWAY FROM BARGES AND OTHER EQUIPMENT.

Crew boats will be going to/from the dredging rigs and the public agency launch ramp dock near the Sea Scout boats at Wharf 4.  They have been requested to maintain a "safe wake" for small boats and to be aware of their location in the Channel.

This information and any updates on the Channel maintenance dredging project will be posted on the Port of Redwood City website:  redwoodcityport.com

Please contact the Port of Redwood City if you need any additional information.

Mike Giari
Executive Director
Port of Redwood City

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