Did You See This Boat Cruising the Bay on the Weekend?
Sandy and Bill Edinger of SV Defiance were cruising the Bay on the weekend, when they spotted a boat with interesting images on their mainsail and jib “scooting along the S.F. Cityfront.” They sent us a photo asking, “What’s it all about?”
© 2024 Sandy & Bill Edinger
It makes us think the owners are quite the travelers.
Did you see this boat? Do you know the story behind the sails? We’d love to hear from you if you do. Email us at [email protected].
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Paris / Dakar race?
they obviously took a camel trip to the eiffel tower
There is a wonderful story behind this boat. They race every Tuesday night out of Sierra Point Yacht Club. It is not my place to tell the story, but it is a good one that reflects on their good crew. Ask the SPYC for more details.
Parisian and Egyptian crew ?
Caravan to Paris.
I am one of the 4 owners of this boat, a 1998 Catalina 400 named San Saggio Anthropoi. Our partnership purchased the boat in 2008 from the boat’s original owner based in San Diego and sailed it up here to San Francisco Bay and docked it at Brisbane Marina.
The 3 original partners (I bought my share in 2011) renamed the vessel San Saggio Anthropoi which means “Three Wise Men” in Mandarin, Italian & Greek, respectively. One of those 3 partners had lived & worked in China for 10 years, and the other 2 were Italian-American & Greek-American, respectively, so the vessel name was intended as a representation of their new partnership, heritage & life experiences, although the “wise” part is very much up for debate! 😉
One of those original partners, Bruce Paris, who had been most responsible for teaching us all about sailing on San Francisco Bay, died suddenly and tragically in October of 2019. So when we purchased new sails in 2021, we had new images installed to represent the name of the vessel (the mainsail) and to honor our former partner and friend (the jib).
Sorry for the longwinded answer, which we normally share with new crew over a beer in one of our Sierra Point YC Beer Can Races on Tuesday evenings, but which now looks like a dissertation when I write it in an email!
Fair Winds, Bob
Wonderful and heart warming story… Boats affect our lives and vice versa…