San Francisco's Richmond YC host their Sail a Small Boat Day
by www.pressure-drop.us on 7 Mar 2011
Richmond YC - Sail a Small Boat Day Erik Simonson/ h2oshots.com
With much made about the need for clubs to get members into sailing now running into their third decade, the Richmond Yacht Club (San Francisco, USA) held their annual Sail A Small Boat Day on Saturday.
The weather held and conditions went from light to extra light, with just enough to fill a kite at time to sculling and kinetics lessons. The event was well attended and had the gambit from El Toros, to Vipers, Hobie Cats to an Etchells. A grass root event, it presents a great opportunity for sailors looking for a new smaller family ride, to complete novices a chance to get out on a variety of craft at no expense.
Class reps, dealers, and just dedicated small boat sailors brought out bundles of boats to see, touch, feel and ride. And when the RYC Opti Mid winter's ended just after 1:00 PM, a whole gaggle of kids descended on the party and went straight to it, abandoning their rides for a demo on a newer or different ride.
If you don't have such an event in your community, pull one together, small things lead to bigger things. The wind is free!
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