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What we’re about
We want to make sailing more affordable for skippers and crews by bringing people together to voluntarily share the costs. By sharing the cost of chartering a boat, we can bring the cost of an afternoon on the bay down to $40 per person or a full day on the ocean to $50-75 (or more, for a larger and/or fancier boat, or a weekend day). This isn’t as inexpensive as having a friend who owns a boat, but it can bring sailing once or twice a month within the range of many people. In order to do this, crews need to commit to going and making their voluntary payments in advance so that the skipper can reserve the boat and lock in the cost for everybody.
Nobody is making any money from this (except the boat chartering companies) or accepting any consideration per USCG Regulations; only US Coast Guard licensed captains can be paid for taking passengers. Our skippers have to contribute at least as much for the boat charter as everyone else (you can and should make a voluntary contribution for the cost of fuel, etc. for skippers of their own boats). Here’s how it works: Skippers qualified to charter boats (each chartering company decides whom it will approve for which boats; the Meetup group does not certify anyone) will be event organizers who can create events.
Each event description should include the full cost of chartering the boat and minimum and maximum number of people; that will tell you the range of per person voluntary contributions needed. If an event doesn’t get enough people making voluntary contributions to keep the cost down, the skipper and crew can decide to go ahead with a higher shared cost, or get a smaller boat, or cancel. Once there are enough people going, the skipper/organizer will collect your voluntary contribution in advance of a deadline. The deadline for getting your money to the skipper will be far enough in advance so that if people decide not to go or not to contribute, the skipper will be able to cancel the boat reservation and refund everyone’s money. The event isn’t confirmed until the skipper has enough voluntary contributions in hand from the crew. If you pay and decide after the payment deadline not to go, you’ll get your voluntary contribution back only if the skipper can find someone else in time. This protects the skippers and crews from being out of pocket if you find something better to do at the last minute.
Who Should Join:
- Congenial people who like to sail with like-minded folks. Note that generally no sailing experience at all is required (skippers may sometimes ask for experience, but this is rare, and welcomed).
- People who can commit to an event with a voluntary contribution a week or two in advance.
- People qualified to charter boats who want more experience, especially on larger boats than they would normally charter themselves.
- People who can join with a first and last name (preferably real but I don't insist; a last initial will do) and a real photo of themselves (this has to be real). The reason for this is that if I have to change someone's status, eg, going/not going, not paid/paid, I don't want to try to figure out which "Jane" or "Bob" to change.
Who Should Reconsider:
- People who change their plans at the last minute.
- People not interested in voluntarily contributing $40-80+ for an event - This is expensive compared to many Meetup events, but compare it to a whale-watching trip, or a sail on the Californian from the Maritime Museum. And don’t even think about the cost of owning a boat!
- People who want to join with a screen name and a photo of something else.
Upcoming events (4+)
See all- Second Saturday SailHarbor Island Yacht Club, San Diego, CA
Come sail San Diego Bay! No experience necessary. To get on the boat:
- Join the waitlist.
- If there are less than 10 attendees, send payment!
Once I receive payment, I'll move you from the waitlist to the "going" list. You must RSVP and pay to sail!
Please send $65 per person. I accept (in order of preference):- Crypto: call 971-336-3223
- Zelle: Evans Tucker, gmail@evanstucker.com, 971-336-3223
- Venmo: @evanstucker
- Cash App: $evanstucker
- PayPal: evanstucker (use the "Friends and Family" payment type - I am not selling goods and services, I am just the guy collecting the money to rent the boat.)
If you park in either the East or West parking lots, you'll want to get a $4 parking pass from the club, because the regular rate is expensive.
Refunds:
- You will be fully refunded if the event is cancelled
- You will be fully refunded if you change your RSVP before the boat is reserved. I'll reserve the boat one week before the event.
- You will be refunded the difference in price if we get a smaller boat.
- You will not be refunded after the boat has been reserved.
Depending on headcount, we'll split the cost of one of these boats at the 4 hour member rate (plus ~18% for insurance, fuel, and port fees.)
Headcount | Boat
2-4 | Capri 22
5-6 | Catalina 270, Catalina 290, Hunter 31
7-8 | Catalina 320, Hunter 33, Catalina 36 Mark II, Hunter 36, Beneteau 373
9-10 | Beneteau 40, Catalina 42 Mark II - Second Saturday SailHarbor Island Yacht Club, San Diego, CA
Come sail San Diego Bay! No experience necessary. To get on the boat:
- Join the waitlist.
- If there are less than 10 attendees, send payment!
- Text me so I have a way of communicating with you. Meetup.com's messaging system is broken - I often either don't receive messages, or the messages come through as "Read only" so I can't reply to them.
Once I receive payment, I'll move you from the waitlist to the "going" list. You must RSVP and pay to sail! Please send $65 per person. I accept (in order of preference):
- Crypto: call 971-336-3223
- Zelle: Evans Tucker, gmail@evanstucker.com, 971-336-3223
- Venmo: @evanstucker
- Cash App: $evanstucker
- PayPal: evanstucker (use the "Friends and Family" payment type - I am not selling goods and services, I am just the guy collecting the money to rent the boat.)
If you park in either the East or West parking lots, you'll want to get a $4 parking pass from the club, because the regular rate is expensive.
Refunds:
- You will be fully refunded if the event is cancelled
- You will be fully refunded if you change your RSVP before the boat is reserved. I'll reserve the boat one week before the event.
- You will be refunded the difference in price if we get a smaller boat.
- You will not be refunded after the boat has been reserved.
Depending on headcount, we'll split the cost of one of these boats at the 4 hour member rate (plus ~18% for insurance, fuel, and port fees.)
Headcount | Boat
2-4 | Capri 22
5-6 | Catalina 270, Catalina 290, Hunter 31
7-8 | Catalina 320, Hunter 33, Catalina 36 Mark II, Hunter 36, Beneteau 373
9-10 | Beneteau 40, Catalina 42 Mark II - Second Saturday SailHarbor Island Yacht Club, San Diego, CA
Come sail San Diego Bay! No experience necessary. To get on the boat:
- Join the waitlist.
- If there are less than 10 attendees, send payment!
- Text me so I have a way of communicating with you. Meetup.com's messaging system is broken - I often either don't receive messages, or the messages come through as "Read only" so I can't reply to them.
Once I receive payment, I'll move you from the waitlist to the "going" list. You must RSVP and pay to sail! Please send $65 per person. I accept (in order of preference):
- Crypto: call 971-336-3223
- Zelle: Evans Tucker, gmail@evanstucker.com, 971-336-3223
- Venmo: @evanstucker
- Cash App: $evanstucker
- PayPal: evanstucker (use the "Friends and Family" payment type - I am not selling goods and services, I am just the guy collecting the money to rent the boat.)
If you park in either the East or West parking lots, you'll want to get a $4 parking pass from the club, because the regular rate is expensive.
Refunds:
- You will be fully refunded if the event is cancelled
- You will be fully refunded if you change your RSVP before the boat is reserved. I'll reserve the boat one week before the event.
- You will be refunded the difference in price if we get a smaller boat.
- You will not be refunded after the boat has been reserved.
Depending on headcount, we'll split the cost of one of these boats at the 4 hour member rate (plus ~18% for insurance, fuel, and port fees.)
Headcount | Boat
2-4 | Capri 22
5-6 | Catalina 270, Catalina 290, Hunter 31
7-8 | Catalina 320, Hunter 33, Catalina 36 Mark II, Hunter 36, Beneteau 373
9-10 | Beneteau 40, Catalina 42 Mark II - Second Saturday SailHarbor Island Yacht Club, San Diego, CA
Come sail San Diego Bay! No experience necessary. To get on the boat:
- Join the waitlist.
- If there are less than 10 attendees, send payment!
- Text me so I have a way of communicating with you. Meetup.com's messaging system is broken - I often either don't receive messages, or the messages come through as "Read only" so I can't reply to them.
Once I receive payment, I'll move you from the waitlist to the "going" list. You must RSVP and pay to sail! Please send $65 per person. I accept (in order of preference):
- Crypto: call 971-336-3223
- Zelle: Evans Tucker, gmail@evanstucker.com, 971-336-3223
- Venmo: @evanstucker
- Cash App: $evanstucker
- PayPal: evanstucker (use the "Friends and Family" payment type - I am not selling goods and services, I am just the guy collecting the money to rent the boat.)
If you park in either the East or West parking lots, you'll want to get a $4 parking pass from the club, because the regular rate is expensive.
Refunds:
- You will be fully refunded if the event is cancelled
- You will be fully refunded if you change your RSVP before the boat is reserved. I'll reserve the boat one week before the event.
- You will be refunded the difference in price if we get a smaller boat.
- You will not be refunded after the boat has been reserved.
Depending on headcount, we'll split the cost of one of these boats at the 4 hour member rate (plus ~18% for insurance, fuel, and port fees.)
Headcount | Boat
2-4 | Capri 22
5-6 | Catalina 270, Catalina 290, Hunter 31
7-8 | Catalina 320, Hunter 33, Catalina 36 Mark II, Hunter 36, Beneteau 373
9-10 | Beneteau 40, Catalina 42 Mark II