Summer Sailstice News & Stories
Frank Bulter - Builder of 75,000 Boats
by jarndt
Back in 1970 Frank Butler founded Catalina Yachts by launching the Catalina 22 hoping he might sell 300 of them. He went on to sell 16,000.
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Life Under Sail - Exploring Why We Sail
by jarndt
We recently spent a couple of days touring and sailing around San Francisco Bay for a high school senior video project with Colby Marsh to explore the question why we sail and why it's worth celebrating.
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Sailing Renaissance On The Water And In The News?
by jarndt
Has everyone spent so much time staring at computer screens that they're finally looking up to see a lone sailboat and starting to think, how come I'm not out there sailing?
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What's Your Yacht Club Doing On Summer Sailstice?
by jarndt
On the solstice weekend Southern yacht clubs may be just starting to 'reason with hurrican season' while those in the North are putting on the last coast of varnish before launching for the long days of the short summer sailing season.
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SailSFBay.org Invites San Francisco Bay Residents to Sail!
by jarndt
Seven million people live in the greater San Francisco metro area and many will spend hours on the road to get to the coast, the mountains or so
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Celebrate with Sunsail, plus, be eligible for Sunsail's One-Week Bareboat Charter!
by Monica Grant
Sunsail is inviting sailors all over the world to join them on June 18 for the 16th annual Summer Sailstice.
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Celebrate Summer Sailstice with Cape Hatteras Marine!
by Monica Grant
Summer Sailstice prize donor, Cape Hatteras Marine, invites Summer Sailstice sailors to celebrate with them at the San Diego Boat Show on June 18!
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Urban Sailors 'Step Into a Different Universe'
by jarndt
Sailors are amongst the select few who can live in densely populated urban environments, with a simple step, escape to a 'different universe.' That universe is sailing.
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Have you ever attended a Gam?
by Monica Grant
Voyaging With Kids co-author, Behan Gifford, and her family are sailing
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Purists May Scoff: Racine Yacht Club No Sails Required Race
by jarndt
In 2015 the Racine Yacht Club drafted the rules for a No Sails Required Regatta.
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