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View photos from: 2022 Sept IYC Member Dinner

Click the image to view our 2022-2023 Calendar.
For racing dates and registration, click here.

Board Meetings are hosted via Zoom on the 2nd Tuesday @ 6pm PT.

Marine first-aid classes with Michelle Diaz - Mondays, May 17 & 24 @ 7pm PT

5/6/2021

 
Join us on Zoom for our two virtual classes on how to prepare and respond to medical situations on the water. Hosted by Michelle Diaz, BSN RN CCRN and USCG Master, the classes will cover practical topics from crew preparation, to handling strains and sprains.
Class outlines & registration
  • Monday, May 17 @ 7pm PT - Prepare to sail inland and beyond
  • Monday, May 24 @ 7pm PT - First response while on the water

​Classes are $25 each for non-members. A recording will be shared with all paying registrants the week following each session.
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IYC Members: Receive a $5 discount on each class by using our "members only" coupon code at checkout. Learn more.​

About Michelle Diaz

Michelle is a multi-lingual San Francisco Bay Area based nurse and mariner.  When on land, she works in a local Intensive Care Unit as Critical Care Registered Nurse licensed through the California Board of Nursing and additionally credentialed as CCRN through the American Association of Critical Care Nurses.  At sea, she holds a US Coast Guard Merchant Mariner Credential as Master 50 Gross Registered Tons Near Coastal with Auxiliary Sail and Towing Endorsements.  She has close to 15,000NM of experience including ocean deliveries and racing. She is also an American Sailing Association certified sailing instructor through the first 5 levels of sailing instruction (101 103 104 105 118) providing ASA instruction at an award-winning school in Sausalito and is also available for private lessons, charter captaining and marine consultation worldwide.

Michelle currently owns two boats in the San Francisco Bay Area, a 1981 Sparkman & Stephens Catalina 38 which she personally restored over a three-year period. She now owns her second Ranger 23, in which she is also undertaking a complete restoration. She is an active participant in the SF Bay yacht racing circuit and is currently one of the bowmen on a highly competitive and award-winning Santa Cruz 50.

2021 Sadie Hawkins all-female skippers race in photos.

5/3/2021

 
We have some beautiful photos and video from Saturday's Sadie Hawkins race. You can check out albums from: Eric Korbas & Maribel Torres, Julie Blaustein and Slackwater SF. William Pryor did a fantastic job with the drone footage above. Commodore Melissa has a great write-up in her IYC Spring letter. 

​Thank you to our volunteers for your great coverage--and well done to all our Sadies and supporters!
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Our Sadie Hawkins Awards Ceremony & IYC Zoom Meetup is this Monday, May 3 at 7pm PT - all welcome!

And the winners are...

01 - Spinnaker
  1. Heart of Gold - Joan Byrne - Olson 911s
  2. Medusa - Rachel Cherry - Santa Cruz 27
  3. Maverick - Allison Tinney - Columbia 5.5

02 - Non-Spinnaker
  1. Warpath - Karissa Peth - Olson 30
  2. Gonzo - Celia Kitchell - Santana 525
  3. Starshine - Dawn Chesney - Ericson 32

03 - Size Matters
  1. Meliki - Deirdre Collins - Santana 22
  2. Anemone - Gina Kaler - Santana 22
  3. Slice - Heidi Stagg - Wilderness 21

Fleet results are here. Also, if you missed our Alameda Estuary "Race to Win" tactics class, you can watch it here.

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    December 2021
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  • HOME
  • Women's Sailing Seminar
    • Linda Newland
  • Sail a boat!
    • Reserve your sail
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    • Get out and sail!
    • Cruise-Outs
  • Racing
  • Join IYC - $65/year!
  • Store
    • Tides & Currents on the San Francisco Bay
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