JUNE 18, 2011
San Francisco Bay's SUMMER SAILSTICE Celebration to be held at Encinal Yacht Club in Alameda
Come see the the America's Cup race boat USA 76 at the docks!
The Encinal Yacht Club is one of the Bay's most active sailing clubs and a favorite destination of cruising sailors. Located on Alameda down the Oakland Estuary it is an ideal host for a celebration of sailing. Sailors should plan to sail the Bay as part of the YRA Summer Sailstice Party Circuit bonus race, participate in the photo treasure hunt, race to Catalina with EYC's Coastal Cup or just enjoy a Bay tour before ending your cruise at EYC.
Address:
Encinal Yacht Club
1251 Pacific Marina
Alameda, CA 94501
(510)522-3272
info@encinal.org
Directions Plenty of free parking!
Click for a map/chart on Bloosee
America's Cup Display and Seminar at Summer Sailstice
USA 76 - the IACC yacht raced by Oracle Racing in Valencia will arrive at the EYC docks and be available for viewing from about 1-4pm. At 3pm, Stephanie Martin from the America's Cup Event Authority will be giving a talk and update on the latest Cup news. The AC teams will be announced on Wednesday, June 13th so there will lots more news to here!
View the video invitation with scenes from past Summer Sailstice events.
Public Transit
Leave the car at home and take public transit to the event. Take BART to 12th St, Oakland City Center then hop on an AC transit bus for the short ride into Alameda. Go to http://tripplanner.transit.511.org for times, fares and details.
Summer Sailstice Location Map
Encinal Yacht Club is surrounded by marina facitlities and nearby anchorges in the protected Oakland Estuary.
OPEN TO THE PUBLIC - FREE ADMISSION! Summer Sailstice brings together everyone who loves wind, water and sail! Sail in, motor in, or just come down for a full weekend of sailing, cruising, racing, windsurfing and onshore entertainment.
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For Boaters: Come for the day or the weekend. EYC will have space available for visiting boats on a first come first served basis and will be monitoring channel 71 throughout the day. OYC has a limited number of slips available. Please contact their office at (510) 522-6868 to reserve a spot. . There are several marina’s in the area, including Marina Village Yacht Harbor that is within walking distance of the event. The number for Marina Village Yacht Harbor is 510-521-0905.
In addition, there is plenty of free anchorage adjacent to the Summer Sailstice event and a dinghy dock for your convenience OYC
If you don't have a boat, don't worry... sailboat rides are available with a nominal donation to Encinal Sailing Foundation, watch sailboat racing and enjoy live music at the festival village. Or see if you can hook up with a ride on the Latitude 38 crew list or visit the new, complete Bay Area access to sailing resource: gosailingsf.org.
Sail and Shoot on the Photo Treasure Hunt: Summer Sailstice announces the third annual photo scavenger hunt from the water, Saturday, June 18! Create a crew, grab your digital camera, hop on a boat, then hit the waves to start capturing scavenger list items. You may sail or motor. Register by emailing martha@renegade-pr.com or summersailstice@encinal.org by Thursday, June 16. Email your entry to receive instructions then take the pictures as you sail to EYC. Bring your camera with pictures to EYC to be eligible to win - Good Luck! Download the full press release here.
Detailed Event Schedule
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Musical Line-Up
2011 Event Press Releases:
Photo Scavenger Hunt
General Announcement
Build A Boat Competition
America's Cup Boat USA 76 to Appear
Download this year's poster here.
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Summer Sailstice 2010 began on the winter solstice, December 21st 2009!
Check out the celebration at Angel Island!
2009 REVIEW - Have a look at pictures and activities from Summer Sailstice 2009:
Videos and Pictures from the 2009 Treasure Island Event:
Narrated Video from VidSF
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Db5eVoCEi6g
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AMMmZ1iPlAo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uTOvRa2ePzE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AMMmZ1iPlAo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Db5eVoCEi6g
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uTOvRa2ePzE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Juwnf8Lu8ow
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U90y1aN-GmE
Photos:
Russ Breeds photo album
http://picasaweb.google.com/ddlozier/SummerSailstice2009?feat=email#
http://picasaweb.google.com/arianepaul/SummerSailstice2009#
http://www.flickr.com - type 'sailstice' into 'Search'
2008 REVIEW - Have a look at pictures and activities from Summer Sailstice 2008:
Thanks to all of you who sailed in, swam in, drove or came via transit. We had a fantastic day celebrating sailing on Treasure Island. Clipper Cove was filled with 85+ boats at anchor, almost 140 boats raced from the TISC docks, 75 boats raced with the YRA, 50+ kids discovered buried treasure on the beach, over 150 people enjoyed free sailboat rides and five fabulous bands played from noon to 8pm. We look forward to seeing everyone again next year on the weekend of June 20/21. Until then enjoy a great season of sailing. For pictures and more Summer Sailstice at Treasure Island visit:
Photos from Ariane Paul
http://www.latitude38.com/lectronic/lectronicday.lasso?date=2008-06-23&dayid=132
http://web.mac.com/fredeagle/Site/sailstice.html
http://charlesthomasphoto.webng.com/SummerSailstice/
http://www.summersailstice.com/content2.php?article_id=116
http://www.flickr.com/photos/lben/sets/72157605792289698/
Air travel, automobile and recreational vehicle use, and cruise ships produce anywhere from 0.4 to 2.2 tons of carbon dioxide per family, and consume large amounts of fuel. Whether you're a sailor or non-sailor, cruiser or racer, windsurfer or kiteboarder, strike back at global warming and qualify for over 300 prizes with the Bay's best on-the-water party: the 9th annual Summer Sailstice SF Festival at Treasure Island, June 21, 2009.
About Summer Sailstice
The Summer Sailstice San Francisco Festival is part of the global holiday of Summer Sailstice. Guided by an organizing committee of sailing organizations and businesses, the Festival intends to be Northern California's largest on-the-water celebration for everyone who loves harnessing wind, water, sun and sails to power their fun. See the feature story on Summer Sailstice SF Festival in Bay Crossings
Summer Sailstice was founded in February 2001 by John Arndt, as the global, annual celebration of sailing held on the summer solstice.
The annual Summer Sailstice sailing event is free to all participants and has grown from 200 boats signed up in 2001 to well over 2,000 boats today. Since many sailors join in the fun on boats signed up at http://www.summersailstice.com//, the actual number of Summer Sailstice sailors participating is estimated at almost 10,000 annually.
"The first rule of sustainability is to align with natural forces,
or at least not try to defy them." – Paul Hawken
More about Summer Sailstice
Since 2001, sailors from around the world have come together on the summer solstice to create a global celebration of sailing called Summer Sailstice. The 2008 event is celebrated on the weekend of June 21 and 22 by over 10,000 sailors worldwide. Founded as a way to unite the diverse and dispersed community of sailors, Summer Sailstice is now used by numerous sailing clubs, classes and organizations as a way to launch the summer sailing season and connect with others locally and globally.
Sailstice, in affiliation with the Ocean Conservancy, is working to get more people to choose sailing for summer vacation. Air travel, automobile and recreational vehicle use, or cruise ships produce anywhere from 0.4 to 2.2 tons of carbon dioxide per family, and consume large amounts of fuel. Summer Sailstice, in its eighth year, is working to increase participation 20 percent and log 26,000 nautical miles of participant sailing with both formally organized events and spontaneous sailing activities hosted by hundreds of sailing clubs, schools, associations, charter companies, individual skippers. Sailstice helps current and would-be sailors launch summer, connect with others, and enjoy a family-friendly alternative to fuel-intensive travel by highlighting sailing’s ability to harness wind power for recreation with minimal impact on the environment.
Summer Sailstice is structured so any sailor can participate regardless of what or where they sail. Sailors register on the Summer Sailstice website (www.summersailstice.com) to tell others about their weekend sailing plans, find and organize events in their local areas, and become eligible to win one of over 300 sailing industry prizes.
As for this year’s event, founder John Arndt comments, “The time is right for the world to see what sailing has to offer. With the price of gas over $4 per gallon and increasing concerns about global warming and protecting the environment, it’s time for sailing to bring attention to this more earth friendly way of enjoying life on the water.” One of Summer Sailstice’s key messages in 2008 is promoting the natural harnessing of windpower for recreational enjoyment with negligible impact on the environment. Towards this end, Summer Sailstice is affiliated with the Ocean Conservancy, supported by global circumnavigator Jimmy Cornell, and is hosting for the second year, a virtual Summer Sailstice circumnavigation of the globe. Participating sailors are asked to pledge funds to the Ocean Conservancy for every mile sailed during the Summer Sailstice weekend with the goal of everyone sailing a combined 26,000 miles, equivalent to one circumnavigation of the planet. All funds raised by the circumnavigation will go towards the Ocean Conservancy’s on-going ocean preservation programs.
On a final note Arndt added, “As Summer Sailstice grows we want people to recognize the solstice not as the first day of the summer season but as the biggest day of the sailing season!”
Summer Sailstice: Powered by Wind, Water and Waves -
