Sausalito Boat Show Starts Friday — See You There!
We’re looking forward to seeing you at the Sausalito Boat Show, which runs this Friday through Sunday at Clipper Yacht Harbor. We’ll be there to meet and chat with our readers, and hand out the new October issue of Latitude 38 (there’s nothing like the real thing!). We’re also looking forward to checking out new sailboats from Beneteau, Bavaria, Lagoon, Dufour, Jeanneau, Excess and Hanse. Besides sailing on the Bay, Sausalito will likely be one of the coolest places to be on the warm weekend ahead.
Latitude 38 will be in booth 105 alongside many other Bay Area marine vendors, including our friends at Compass Canvas, Helmut’s Marine, Trident Funding and many more that you can find listed here.
The show is more than boats and marine gear. There are four bands scheduled to play, food trucks, and sailors who will be cooling off when you hit the target in the KKMI dunk tank. Warm up your pitching arm! (Psst … scuttlebutt says our own Nicki Bennett will be lining up with the ladies for a dunk on Sunday.)
Just ahead of happy hour at 4 p.m. on Friday, Latitude 38 publisher John Arndt will be speaking about the past, present and future of sailing and Latitude 38. Latitude 38 has shared the stories of amazing West Coast sailors since 1977. John will be sharing some stories of the past plus the start and evolution of Latitude 38 and the challenges and opportunities for sailing. Come to the seminar, then plan to stay for the fun-raising, fundraising charitable happy hour, Waves of Opportunity, running from 5-7 p.m. and sponsored by Helmut’s Marine. There’ll also be seminars covering rigging, engine maintenance, electronics and more, running Friday through Sunday.
A bonus seminar on Sunday is presented by swimmer Amy Appelhans Gubser, who is one of only six people to have swum between the Golden Gate Bridge and the Farallones. She is the first person to have started the swim from the Golden Gate Bridge and headed out to the Farallones. The 55-year-old grandmother from Pacifica did the 30-mile swim this past May in 17 hours, without a wetsuit or shark cage. You can see the full schedule and reserve seats for the seminars here.
Where: Clipper Yacht Harbor, 310 Harbor Drive, near Fish Restaurant, in Sausalito.
When: Show hours are Friday, October 4, and Saturday, October 5, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Sunday, October 6, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
If you’ve been missing the social side of sailing, this is a great place to reconnect with sailors, sailboats, sailing exhibits, and entertainment, all along the shoreline of one of the Bay Area’s most revered nautical waterfronts. You can learn more and buy tickets online here (kids 15 and under are free). We look forward to seeing you at the show.