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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CWFMTR
Coastal Waters Forecast for California
National Weather Service San Francisco Bay Area
304 PM PDT Thu Apr 3 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
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San Pablo Bay, Suisun Bay, the West Delta and the San Francisco
Bay north of the Bay Bridge-
304 PM PDT Thu Apr 3 2025
.TONIGHT...W wind 5 to 10 kt. Waves around 2 ft or less.
.FRI...NW wind 5 to 10 kt. Waves around 2 ft or less.
.FRI NIGHT...W wind 5 to 10 kt. Waves around 2 ft or less.
.SAT...N wind around 5 kt. Waves around 2 ft or less.
.SAT NIGHT...W wind around 5 kt. Waves around 2 ft or less.
.SUN...SW wind around 5 kt. Waves around 2 ft or less.
.SUN NIGHT...SW wind 5 to 10 kt. Waves around 2 ft or less.
.MON...W wind 5 to 10 kt. Waves around 2 ft or less. A chance of
rain in the morning.
.MON NIGHT...W wind 10 to 15 kt, easing to 5 to 10 kt after
midnight. Waves around 2 ft or less.
.TUE...W wind 5 to 10 kt. Waves around 2 ft or less.
.TUE NIGHT...W wind 5 to 10 kt. Waves around 2 ft or less.
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San Francisco Sailing Weather
https://windandtides.com
Golden Gate NOAA Tide and Current Predictions
