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Overnight Chartering

After a few day charters you might be ready for more
extensive cruising in The Bay. There are lots of harbors and
marinas where you take a boat to spend the night. Sailors
who enjoy camping out will like the economy of overnight
cruising in the smaller boats but the features of the larger
boats will make it more comfortable. Spinnaker offers a
special weekender rate for the period of Friday evening
through Sunday evening. The weekender cost is discounted
by 10% from the cost of chartering two weekend days. Friday
night is included at no extra charge. At other times, there’s a
10% discount for two or more consecutive days and a 20%
discount for 5 or more consecutive days.

Places to go include anchorages, private yacht clubs, public
marinas and parks. The best anchorage in the Bay is
Clipper Cove, also known as Treasure Island Cove or Yerba
Buena Island Cove. Clipper Cove is the name given when
the Pan Am Clipper flying boats were based there. This is
the coolest place to anchor during heat waves. Be sure to
enter at the northern end of the mouth of the cove to avoid
the shoal that extends from Yerba Buena Island at the
entrance of the cove. Inside the cove, there’s plenty of room
to swing at anchor adjacent to Treasure Island Marina. A
cool breeze blows right over the causeway that connects
Treasure Island to Yerba Island but the water is flat and very
well protected.

There are dozens of public marinas around the Bay. Some
are privately owned and some are municipal but almost all
accept boats for overnight stays. A few harbors belong to
private yacht clubs. These are only open to their members
and members of reciprocating private yacht clubs. The
California Boater’s Guide to the Harbors & Marinas of the
San Francisco Bay, Delta, Outer Coast & Hawaii is a good
guide to harbors with facility descriptions, maps, phone
numbers and other useful information. There’s a copy in the
Spinnaker office for reference.

Popular destinations include South Beach Harbor near Pac
Bell Park in San Francisco, Schoonmaker Point Marina in
Sausalito, and Bellena Isle Marina in Alameda. These and
many others have restaurants nearby and other fun things to
do.

There are also a few parks where boats are welcomeS
notably Angel Island State Park. This park has picnic areas,
nature areas and historical areas dating back beyond the
civil war. There are slips available in Ayala Cove, first come,
first served during the daytime. These slips must be vacated
at sunset. There are mooring buoys in the cove where boats
can stay overnight. There is a use fee for the slips and
mooring buoys. Be sure to arrive early on summer
weekends as the moorings tend to fill by midday on
Saturday.

There’s quite a list of possible things to do. These include
harbors with restaurants in San Francisco, Sausalito,
Tiburon, Richmond, Berkeley, Emeryville, Oakland,
Alameda, and San Leandro. In Oakland at Jack London
Square there’s Yoshi’s for Jazz. Pac Bell Park is right at
South Beach Harbor in San Francisco. Sail to a Giants
game! During a multiple day charter it’s possible to sail as
far as Vallejo or even into the California Delta.
If you have an idea and would some advise, talk to the staff
at Spinnaker Sailing. Talk to us even if you’re only curious
about cruising.

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