Daisy Reminder and Search Update

Just a reminder that all boats entered in tomorrow’s OYRA Crewed Lightship Race are invited to pick up daisy flowers from volunteers on the docks at  the St. Francis and Golden Gate YCs prior to the start. As a tribute to Kirby Gale and Tony Harrow, OYRA crews are invited to drop a daisy in the water as they around the Lightship buoy. Gale and Harrow were lost last weekend when Gale’s Cheoy Lee 31 Daisy failed to return to the Bay during the Doublehanded Lightship Race,

If you are not racing but would still like to take part, you’re invited to join Island YC members ashore who will drop daisies in the Bay at the end of the breakwater (at the wave organ) just before the start of the race. For details, call Janet at 415-387-5807.

We understand that other clubs and races are also planning tributes to Gale and Harrow, so check with your club before you go sailing.

In an update on the ongoing investigation, a combined team of divers from the Coast Guard and San Mateo County Sheriff’s Department located underwater wreckage yesterday that’s believed to be from Daisy. The wreckage was located approximately three miles west of the Golden Gate Bridge. Divers went down to examine the wreckage but reported finding no person among the underwater debris. As reported earlier, the body of Tony Harrow washed up near Half Moon Bay the day after the race. Kirby Gale’s body has not yet been found.