| Overnight Chartering | | | | San Francisco Bay, Delta, Outer Coast & Hawaii |
| After a few day charters you might be ready for | | | | is a goodguide to harbors with facility descriptions, |
| moremarinas where you take a boat to spend the | | | | maps, phonenumbers and other useful information. |
| night. Sailorswho enjoy camping out will like the | | | | There's a copy in the |
| economy of overnightcruising in the smaller boats but | | | | Spinnaker office for reference. |
| the features of the largerboats will make it more | | | | Popular destinations include South Beach Harbor near |
| comfortable. Spinnaker offers aspecial weekender | | | | Pac |
| rate for the period of Friday eveningthrough Sunday | | | | Bell Park in San Francisco, Schoonmaker Point Marina |
| evening. The weekender cost is discountedby 10% | | | | in |
| from the cost of chartering two weekend days. | | | | Sausalito, and Bellena Isle Marina in Alameda. These |
| Fridaynight is included at no extra charge. At other | | | | andmany others have restaurants nearby and other |
| times, there's a | | | | fun things todo. |
| 10% discount for two or more consecutive days and a | | | | There are also a few parks where boats are |
| 20%discount for 5 or more consecutive days. | | | | welcomeSnotably Angel Island State Park. This park |
| Places to go include anchorages, private yacht clubs, | | | | has picnic areas,nature areas and historical areas |
| publicmarinas and parks. The best anchorage in the | | | | dating back beyond thecivil war. There are slips |
| Bay is | | | | available in Ayala Cove, first come,first served during |
| Clipper Cove, also known as Treasure Island Cove or | | | | the daytime. These slips must be vacatedat sunset. |
| Yerba | | | | There are mooring buoys in the cove where boatscan |
| Buena Island Cove. Clipper Cove is the name given | | | | stay overnight. There is a use fee for the slips |
| whenthe Pan Am Clipper flying boats were based | | | | andmooring buoys. Be sure to arrive early on |
| there. This isthe coolest place to anchor during heat | | | | summerweekends as the moorings tend to fill by |
| waves. Be sure toenter at the northern end of the | | | | midday on |
| mouth of the cove to avoidthe shoal that extends | | | | Saturday. |
| from Yerba Buena Island at theentrance of the cove. | | | | There's quite a list of possible things to do. These |
| Inside the cove, there's plenty of roomto swing at | | | | includeharbors with restaurants in San Francisco, |
| anchor adjacent to Treasure Island Marina. Acool | | | | Sausalito, |
| breeze blows right over the causeway that connects | | | | Tiburon, Richmond, Berkeley, Emeryville, Oakland, |
| Treasure Island to Yerba Island but the water is flat | | | | Alameda, and San Leandro. In Oakland at Jack London |
| and verywell protected. | | | | Square there's Yoshi's for Jazz. Pac Bell Park is right |
| There are dozens of public marinas around the Bay. | | | | at |
| Someare privately owned and some are municipal but | | | | South Beach Harbor in San Francisco. Sail to a |
| almost allaccept boats for overnight stays. A few | | | | Giantsgame! During a multiple day charter it's possible |
| harbors belong toprivate yacht clubs. These are only | | | | to sail asfar as Vallejo or even into the California Delta. |
| open to their membersand members of reciprocating | | | | If you have an idea and would some advise, talk to the |
| private yacht clubs. The | | | | staffat Spinnaker Sailing. Talk to us even if you're only |
| California Boater's Guide to the Harbors & | | | | curiousabout cruising. |
| Marinas of the | | | | |