BAADS strives to make all aspects of sailing accessible. To fulfill this mission, we offer weekly small boat & keelboat sailing out of South Beach Harbor, next to Oracle Park.
BAADS is a 501(c)(3) charitable organization which relies on tax-deductible donations to run our programs. Boat donations and equipment are also accepted.
BAADS would like to express our sincere gratitude to Andy Schwenk for generously volunteering his time and expertise to conduct a survey of the Easy Street, a Catalina 30 that was kindly donated. Andy’s familiarity with BAADS through our community outreach efforts and his willingness to decline any charges for his services speak to his wonderful and generous character.
It is with a heavy heart that we share the news that our dear friend and fellow sailor, John Greener, died peacefully on Thursday, February 13. He was at home with Karen, his beloved wife of more than 40 years. Before joining BAADS, John spent many years in Hawaii and dearly loved the water. He first joined BAADS in the early 90’s and quickly became a skipper on both Endless Time and Raven.
Although John was the sweetest man off the water, many of us experienced another side to him – as a ferocious competitor on many a race course! John was often on the podium as a Liberty racer in our Herb Meyer Regatta and was champion in 2019. He also raced a Freedom 20 in the Independence Cup in Chicago several times and competed in the North American Para Sailing Championship in San Diego. John also said though that some of his favorite sailing days were quiet ones with just Karen and their girls, Victoria and Angela out on the Bay.
A longer obituary will be posted Pirates Log as well as details of his Celebration of Life sometime this spring. If you would like to send your condolences to Karen, here’s her address: 25 Pico Court San Raphel, 94903.
John was a dear friend of BAADS and will be greatly missed.
We’re gearing up for 2025’s Herb Meyer Regatta, so here’s a look back on the 2024 HMR. We wish to thank all the many volunteers, racers, and safety crew for making this race weekend such a big success!
Safety Day 2024 was attended by 25 BAADS and SBYC sailors, plus representatives from the San Francisco Fire Department Engine 35. The day included presentations on keelboat, small boat and dock safety awareness, preparation, and response which sparked discussions giving us all tangible examples of fundamental safety principles in action. A big thank you to our Safety Director, Charles Weinbar.
A copy of the Safety Day slide deck, plus other resources has been posted at https://www.baads.org/safety/. The safety event was followed by a great BAADS dock clean-up (thank you Scouts!) and we as always thank you!
BAADS welcomes your submissions to our semi-monthly newletter the Pirate’s Log – especially from our fellow sailors in and around our own sailboats. We can’t guarantee we’ll include every word or photo, but please email your articles that you think your fellow sailors would be interested in to pirateslog@baads.org
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NOAA Weather
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FZUS56 KMTR 162102
CWFMTR
Coastal Waters Forecast for California
National Weather Service San Francisco Bay Area
202 PM PDT Fri May 16 2025
Central California Coast from Point Arena to Point Piedras
Blancas out to 60 NM, including Monterey Bay, Greater Farallones,
and Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuaries
PZZ530-170930-
San Pablo Bay, Suisun Bay, the West Delta and the San Francisco
Bay north of the Bay Bridge-
202 PM PDT Fri May 16 2025
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON...
.TONIGHT...SW wind 10 to 15 kt, becoming W 15 to 20 kt late.
Waves around 2 ft or less.
.SAT...W wind 15 to 20 kt, rising to 20 to 25 kt in the
afternoon. Waves around 2 ft or less.
.SAT NIGHT...W wind 15 to 20 kt, easing to 10 to 15 kt after
midnight. Waves around 2 ft or less.
.SUN...NW wind 5 to 10 kt, rising to 15 to 20 kt in the
afternoon. Waves around 2 ft or less.
.SUN NIGHT...NW wind 15 to 20 kt, easing to 10 to 15 kt after
midnight. Waves around 2 ft or less.
.MON...NW wind 10 to 15 kt. Waves around 2 ft or less.
.MON NIGHT...W wind 10 to 15 kt. Waves around 2 ft or less.
.TUE...W wind 5 to 10 kt. Waves around 2 ft or less.
.TUE NIGHT...SW wind 5 to 10 kt. Waves around 2 ft or less.
.WED...SW wind 5 to 10 kt. Waves around 2 ft or less.
.WED NIGHT...W wind 10 to 15 kt, becoming SW 5 to 10 kt after
midnight. Waves around 2 ft or less.
$$
San Francisco Sailing Weather
https://windandtides.com
Golden Gate NOAA Tide and Current Predictions
Golden Gate NOAA Tide and Current Predictions
13:49 Fri
Max Flood
2.2 kts
16:27 Fri
High
4.17 ft
17:49 Fri
Slack
19:46 Fri
Max Ebb
0.7 kts
20:14 Fri
Low
3.42 ft
21:47 Fri
Slack
01:09 Sat
Max Flood
1.8 kts
02:10 Sat
High
5.36 ft
03:37 Sat
Slack
06:46 Sat
Max Ebb
2.2 kts
09:23 Sat
Low
-0.59 ft
11:06 Sat
Slack
14:36 Sat
Max Flood
2.2 kts
17:18 Sat
High
4.19 ft
18:36 Sat
Slack
20:35 Sat
Max Ebb
0.7 kts
21:15 Sat
Low
3.44 ft
22:41 Sat
Slack
02:00 Sun
Max Flood
1.7 kts
03:00 Sun
High
5.12 ft
04:29 Sun
Slack
07:38 Sun
Max Ebb
2.1 kts
10:14 Sun
Low
-0.48 ft
11:58 Sun
Slack
15:28 Sun
Max Flood
2.2 kts
Fri, 16 May 2025 13:49:00 -0700
http://windandtides.com/marine/tide
