Welcome, San Francisco Bay sailors!

The purpose of this meetup group is to promote and share the passions of sailing. Anyone interested in sailing may join. We'll offer a variety of scheduled events which can help build up your sailing social circle, which is one of the keys to more sailing. Educational, social, and actual sailing events will be fun and allow members to meet each other.

You don't have to know how to sail to be part of the group. People with boats usually always welcome guests aboard to help pull ropes and turn cranks and pass out beer. That is called "crewing". Sailing sure is fun!

It's easy to make sailing friends here. We are the largest and most active sailing Meetup group in the Bay Area. Many of our events are free, and nearly all are less than $35. We really strive to offer inexpensive sailing opportunities for everyone without a big financial outlay. Boating is expensive though, and there are other sailing groups out there where you can charter boats collectively with a group typically costing much more. You really don't have to pay to sail if you like the next paragraph.

Hopefully we can introduce some passion-sailors to racing. It's a good way to sail more and really learn how to sail well. And it's a great excuse to go sailing on the race days, of which there are quite a lot in SF Bay. And, don't forget practice sessions, too. Racing is for the most passionate, take it to the next level, sailors, who want to turn the intensity up and focus on the sailing, and drink the beer afterwards instead of during the sail. Racing is often free and typically the skipper buys the beer and food. Crewing for race boats is a good way to get a lot of fun, inexpensive, thrilling sailing.