The Marina Inn - 68 Monarch Bay Drive, San Leandro, CA 94577 800-786-7783 - For the special rates below, tell them you are with the Westsail Owners Association Rendezvous when you make your reservations. Your stay includes deluxe continental breakfast, Internet and much more.
Rendezvous Schedule:
Event registration will be aboard s/v Pygmalion W32 near the gate to G/H Dock. Slip fees are $15 per night and include a gate key. Saturday Dinner $25 adults and $13 for 6 – 14 year olds. Sunday Hot Buffet $10 Adults and $5 under 14. Cash only. The meal costs include our use of the club house and bar, Saturday afternoon and Sunday morning.
FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 28, 2012
Early Bird Arrivals:5:00 PM hors d'oeuvers potluck on the dock. Guys - this is your chance to show off your favorite snack food.
SATURDAY, SEPTEBER 29, 2012
Morning: More Westsails and Westsailors arrive. Look for the Westsail flags fluttering from masts on dock G/H Dock. Arrival and survival snacks on the dock include Home Made Cookies and cold drinks.
Lunch: Boaters choice of local restaurants or potluck.
Noon – 5 PM: Bud Taplin gives his infamous two-beer surveys, answers questions and prowls the docks and boats with ideas and insults galore… Lots of visiting and ogling. We will also have WOA items for sail on the dock - tee shirts, decals and hats.
Blue Ticket
boat visitation raffle event begins – Each person will receive at check in a Westsail Passport and for each boat they visite will receive a Blue raffle ticket for the 6:00PM raffle drawing for an item from the WOA store.
Red Raffle
tickets go on sale $1. The Red raffle tickets sales cover event expenses and are saved year to year for working funds by your organizers.
5 PM - 6 PM Happy hour at the bar in the SLYC with slides of boat projects and bay cruising during the last year. Please take photos of your sailing activities and send to the organizer before the event. Cruisers who are abroad, please email me your photos if you wish to be included. A group photo will also be taken.
5:30 PM a group photo is taken.
6 PM Westsail passports are exchanged for Blue raffle tickets and the first drawing is held drawing.
6 PM Dinner at the San Leandro Yacht Club. Menu to be decided – there will be vegetarian plate - $25 per adult
7 PM post dinner talk - to be determined.
8 PM – Red Raffle drawing – many prizes and many more winners.
9PM – The bar remains open for the evening.
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 2012
Morning – Breakfast at the yacht club will be a Hot Buffet for $10.00. I will need a head count so our chefs can plan ahead.
Some boats head home and others head out for the Westsail SF Bay Cruise and Fleet week celebrations.
Coming and Going…
If by sea:
San Leandro Channel: The approach is pretty straightforward but remember: YOU MUST STAY INSIDE THE CHANNEL MARKERS unless you want to hang out in the mud until the next tidal change. The marina entrance is at 37 40.30 Lat, 122 13.29 Long. After entering the marina area, turn to port into the marina then starboard when opposite the fuel dock.
At low mean tide (0.0 ft.) the marina has about 4-5 feet in the shallowest area by the fuel dock. Consult local Tide information for the exact time and depth. In 2010, except for the fuel dock area, boats with a draft of 6’ had no problems in the marina and channel at low tide.
If by land:
Exit the 880 Freeway at Marina Blvd. Exit west. Continue on
Marina Blvd.and bear left at the Y going into the marina. Turn right on
Mulford Point Drivefor the San Leandro Yacht Club, which is the first building on the left. Look for the Westsail flags flying on the boats. There are gates at the docks, so call the host owner or wave us down and someone will let you in. For out-of-towners, the
Oakland Airportis very close. The San Leandro Marina Inn is directly on the water next to everything. The reservation desk can be reached at 800-786-7783.
The more boats, owners, crews and enthusiasts to attend, the better the event will be.
As of 11/02/2011
Tides for San Leandro Channel, San Leandro Bay can be found at
