Saturday, December 15th – Boat Lighting and Holiday Party at the Harbor – in conjunction with Westpoint Harbor and The Club at Westpoint will be holding the annual Holiday Party with boat-lighting, boat-decorating competition, and holiday food and beverages.
Friday, November 30th at 6:00 pm – International Music Series – James Nash & Angeline Saris
James Nash is no stranger to musical diversity. As at home with Charlie Parker and Bill Monroe, as he is with Django Reinhardt and Jimi Hendrix, the accomplished guitarist embraces the potential challenges of playing multiple genres with both joy and aplomb.
Angeline Saris is a monstrous talent and has the schedule to prove it. In the last year alone, Angeline recorded 2 albums and toured with the Narada Michael Walden Band, rocked the stage with Santana when he joined Narada’s band at their most recent show, joined forces with reggae and ska legend Ernest Ranglin, laid down some serious shredding bass on Gretchen Menn’s album Hale Souls (and works regularly as her touring bassist), recorded 4 instructional DVD’s for Hal Leonard as well as a demo video for GHS strings, joined the all-female Led Zeppelin tribute band Zepparella and continues to moonlight as a hired gun in the studio and for local shows.
Wednesday, November 7th, from 6 to 7:30 at West Marine Store in San Carlos. Know before you go! Member Neal Doten talked about “Boat Stuff, People Stuff, Nautical Skills, and Navigation Skills” you should know before you set off on a cruise.
Friday, November 9th at 6:00 pm – International Speaker Series – Clean Boating Seminar by Vivian Matuk, Environmental Boating Program Coordinator, California Coastal Commission.
Friday, November 2nd to 4th – Cruise Out – St. Francis Yacht Club
Saint Francis Yacht Club in San Francisco was the location for our first-ever cruise out. Friday was a casual dinner in the city for those attending. Saturday night was a dinner at St Francis, docktails and socializing before. Thanks to Jim and Carolyn Peterson for being our cruise captains..
Friday, October 26th – International Speaker Series – Caribbean Bareboat Charter Adventuring
Imagine stepping on to a sailboat gently swaying in the warm breeze, the lip-lop-lap of the crystal water playing with the hull, and in the distance nothing but open water and unrestricted possibilities. Every year the bareboat charter group take time off from their desk jobs in the Valley and go looking for adventure. Come and hear about their tales, some tall, some true but all amusing.
Friday, September 28th – International Music Series –
The sophisticated sounds of Gypsy Soul
“Authentic” and “excellent” are the words most often used to describe The Gypsy Soul Experience.
Their soulful blend of Roots Rock, Blues, and Jazz is born from love, heartache, struggle, and determination and has a multi-textured yet nuanced message that is both universal and intimate, familiar yet otherworldly.
Gypsy Soul began 20 years ago in Scotland when Roman Morykit (UK) and Cilette Swann (Canada/USA) made a promise to each other to make both their living and their lives from their art. They call their shows, “Around The World With Gypsy Soul.”
Thursday and Friday, September 21 and 22nd – Movie Night | Filmabend – Das Boot part 1 and part 2.
A German submarine patrols the Atlantic Ocean during World War II, manned by a crew that must contend with tense conflicts and long stretches of confined boredom. While war correspondent Werner (Herbert Grönemeyer) observes day-to-day life aboard the U-boat, the grizzled captain (Jürgen Prochnow) struggles to maintain his own motivation as he attempts to keep the ship’s morale up in the face of fierce battles, intense storms, and dwindling supplies.
There are several versions of the movie from 1.5 hours to 10 hours. This is the 4 hour, directors cut and was shown over two nights.
Thanks to members Gerhard Scherer, Graeme Tait and Richard Webber for making this happen.
Saturday, September 15th from 8:00am – The Club Gives Back Community Action – Coastal Cleanup Day (CCD) – Meet at the Harbor House
The Club particiapted in the State’s largest volunteer event, Coastal Cleanup Day. The Club provided bagels and coffee, trash bags and gloves. Club members fanned out along the shoreline, parking lots and open areas around the marina and beyond to the slough to collect all human-created trash. Each member picked up an average of 10 pounds of trash. See the blog post by event leaders Shannon and Tod.
Friday, August 17th at 6:00 pm – International Speaker Series – Brad Webb is a New Zealand sailor who has competed in multiple America’s Cup races.
Growing up in Wellington, Webb was a member of the Muritai Yacht Club where he sailed P-class yachts. Webb sailed with Tag Heuer Challenge in the 1995 Louis Vuitton Cup and with America True in the 2000 Louis Vuitton Cup. He was the bowman on USA 17 when it won the 2010 America’s Cup.
Friday, August 3rd at 6:30 pm – Movie Night – Please bring a dish to share and a beverage of your choice.
The movie will be the animated feature “The Triplets of Belleville”. It tells the story of young bicyclist Champion, who, encouraged and trained by his grandmother Madame Souza, dreams of winning the Tour de France – until he is kidnapped mid-race by a group of Mafia gangsters, who seek to use his bicycling prowess in an elaborate gambling scheme. Aided by their faithful, but endearingly overweight dog Bruno, Madame Souza sets out to rescue her grandson, Along the way, they meet a trio of aging jazz musicians, the Triplets of Belleville, who, in their own inimitable way, provide invaluable assistance in the rescue attempt.
“Triplets” is one of those achievements that defies categorization. It is imaginative, quirky, uncanny, eccentric, inventive, kooky, magical, etc. … and entertaining for both adults and children (who are welcome to attend!). Had it not faced “Finding Nemo” at the Academy Awards, it might well have won.
Friday, July 27th at 6:00 pm – Special Members Evening –
We’re welcoming new members, handing out member plaques and we’ll be serenaded by our own very talented member of The Club, Paul Aebersold
Thursday, June 14th, 2018 at 6:00 pm – International Music Series – Scott Kirby, singer, songwriter, guitarist, storyteller, sailor and road warrio
r are all words that aptly describe Scott Kirby. Writing songs for a new CD, performing 150 live shows a year throughout the US and Canada, and holding down the stage at his own club—Key West’s Smokin’ Tuna Saloon—keep the barnacles off this modern-day troubadour.
Friday, May 4th, 2018 – Official Club Opening – once again we were entertained by world-class talent, magician Spencer Grey as we celebrated the official opening of the Temporary Clubhouse.
Friday, Mar 23rd – International Music Series
Maria Muldaur, the world-famous American folk and blues singer, was welcomed to The Club at Westpoint. She recorded the 1973 hit song “Midnight at the Oasis” and continues to record albums to this day. YouTube
Friday, Feb 23rd, 2018 – International Music Series
The Two of Us 2, a tribute to the music of The Beatles featuring Drew Harrison and Scott Southard.
As the Lennon and McCartney of the internationally famous Sun Kings band, these two exceptionally gifted musicians transport you to the 60s and 70s. As Drew says, “If you close your eyes, we look just like them!”
