ClubBuzz: This weekend the fleet are heading to St. Francis YC. Also in today’s edition, please welcome Patrick McCallum to the Board of Directors.

ClubBuzz: This weekend the fleet are heading to St. Francis YC. Also in today's edition, please welcome Patrick McCallum to the Board of Directors.

The Buzz
Newsletter of The Club at Westpoint
Monday, February 13th, 2023

February at The Club

Cruise-Out fun facts for this weekend.
This weekend, boaters from the South Bay will be cruising. Both The Club at Westpoint and our friends and neighbors, Sequoia YC are heading north on Friday. We might see a traffic jam in the shipping channel. 🤣

Between The Club heading to St Francis YC and SYC headed to San Francisco YC, nearly 30 boats will be cruising north for the Presidents day weekend!

If you’re out on the water and you see one of the boats, take some pics. Captains are always looking for pictures of their boat underway. We’ll make sure the ones of the Sequoia’s fleet get to their skippers.

Shannon Amerman, Cruise-Out Captain

February
Friday 17th to 19th – Cruise-Out to St. Francis Yacht Club
Saturday 18th – Clubhouse closed for a private event – 3-9 pm
Saturday 18th – PICYA Circumnavigate Treasure Island
Monday 20th – Book Club
Friday 24th – Guest Speaker Molly Vandemoer – World Championship Racing

The windows were picked up from the manufacturer and driven up to Westpoint by member Henk Bothof and his crew. Here is a video of them being installed.

Patrick McCallum
New Member of the Board of Directors

Ahoy! My name is Patrick McCallum. I am honored and excited to join the board of directors of The Club at Westpoint. I spent a fair amount of my youth racing sailboats in the SF Bay and up and down the Pacific Coast. I’m hoping to utilize my enthusiasm, experience, and a general curiosity for all aspects of boating (big boat racing/sailing, motoring, kayaking, dinghy sailing, cruising, etc.) in contributing to our club’s full potential.

I joined The Club in 2020 when I arrived as a liveaboard on Cosmo, a 57’ Beneteau cruising sailboat. When I began meeting club members and marina neighbors alike I immediately felt a sense of belonging. I was in the right place, surrounded by a diverse and interesting group of boating enthusiasts. I am a full-time resident on H dock (slip H26), please swing by anytime. I’m looking forward to meeting all of our club members, together cultivating our love of boating and making lasting relationships. Thank you for the opportunity!

PICYA’s annual cruise around Treasure Island
Saturday, February 18th, at 11:00 am

Join us for the 3rd Annual PICYA 360-degree Treasure Island Cruise

PICYA cordially invites you to parade around Treasure Island in celebration of the 1939 Golden Gate International Exhibition Anniversary!

Meet up: TI Ferry Terminal at 11 AM

Gather up and we will proceed in line for a narrated full 360-degree circumnavigation of Treasure Island.
After the cruise head into Clipper Cove or other destinations.
Fun together on the water!

Skippers sign up here

Sailing the World Championships
Molly Vandemoer, Director and Head Coach at PYSF
Friday, February 24th, at 6:00 pm

The Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron was host to the 2022 Women’s Match Racing World Championships, as part of the Women’s World Match Racing Tour.

Molly will describe the event and the experience as being among the world’s best sailors in this grueling and challenging match racing campaign last November.

She will also talk about her extensive sailing background, the newly formed Women’s World Match Racing Tour, and how PYSF is instilling a love of the sport in our Bay Area youth.

There will be food at this awesome event.