We haven't published the upcoming 2010 cruising events here yet, but most are on the CALENDAR TAB, above through the end of May. . .

This is it. Talked about from Seattle to Cabo. The party of the year on-the-water. We have asked for a permit for 15 boats. This is South Shore's Outdoor Party of the Year. A raft-up with a live band - The Fabulous Nomads and Scotty Porter. Don't miss this event. It is also part of a membership drive so we expect to see some new faces joining the fun. If you don't have a boat call for a dingy ride out. The 15th Street pier (Balboa Ave and 15th is close by) Call Scott at 714-815-8557, or call the club number 949-646-3102 and try extension 3.
We expect some great American Sailing Activities - Perhaps a we bit of drink, perhaps a few sparsely clad ladies, perhaps a bit of dancing, did I mention a bit of drink? and then there’s always the topless set . .

Please let us know if you will be coming, we will need to know how many boats to expect.
See ya . . .. . . .

Another great day sail, race and raft-up party. Come to the club at 9:30 a.m. for assigments to boats. If the door is locked upstairs, go around the back and see any posting in on or near the back door. We leave the club at 10:00a.m. for our boats. If late, call the club number and press extension "1" for an assignment to a boat. At 3:30 we raft-up by Lido anchorage. Call for a dinghy ride out to the raft-up party. Some boats will stay rafted up over-night and the party will continue into the night. Call 949-646-3102 extension "1" for more info or a dinghy ride out to the event.

Join us for a sail on one of our boats from Newport Beach to Dana Point, or come to our raft-up party in the Dana Point Harbor over memorial day weekend. If you can't make the sail down, or the sail back, then you can drive to Dana Point and join the fun. South Shore Yacht Club is looking for new members.

Here's the schedual:

Saturday May 23rd:

9:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. - Come by our Yacht Club in Newport Beach, or call ahead, to get assigned to a boat.
11:30 a.m. Boats begin to leave Newport Harbor for to sail or race to Dana Point.
3:00 p.m. Boats begin to arrive in Dana Point Harbor and start a raft-up with other boats.
3:30 p.m. We launch some remote control sailboats from the raft-up or a Mini America’s Cup Race
6:00 p.m Sunset Social and Party on raft-up boats
7:30 p.m. We Dingy to Dana West Yacht Club for dinner

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Sunday, May 24:

9:00 am Bloody Mary’s on the Catamaran Barramundi
10:00 am Dingy Parade through Dana Point Harbor
1:00 pm Second Challenge of remote control sailboats for Mini America’s Cup 2009
3:00 pm First Event on the SSYC Summer Golf Tournament
6:00 pm Wine Tasting Party on boats at Raft-Up

Monday, May 25:

Daysail back from Dana Point to Newport Beach. Call ahead to get assined to a boat.

Boats will leave Dana Point beginning 11:00 a.m.

Three R’s Recover – Relax – Return

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If you are considering a Yacht Club to join, South Shore Yacht Club in Newport Beach is looking for new members. For all you sailing and party lovers, this will be a great weekend. We will assign interested potential members to one of the South Shore boats for the race/cruise down on Saturday and/or the cruise back on Monday. There will be two boat parties at the raft up. The Saturday Night Party, followed by dinner at the Dana West Yacht Club, and the Sunday Night Wine Tasting Party on the boats at the Raft-Up. Serious potential members are welcome to join the fun on any of these days. Call South Shore at 949-334-3105 and press 1 or 3 to be connected to Scott or Steve, or call Scott at 714-815-8557 or Steve at 714-403-7753 for more details or to be assined to a boat. If you're driving to Dana Point to join the fun, call these numbers for a dingy ride out to the boats at the Raft-Up.

Addition information about our club can be found on our website at www.Southshoreyc.org. We are also on Facebook.com under groups - South Shore Yacht Club.

For all you tequila lovers, here's your Cruise. This is Saint Patty's day Southern California Style. Tequila Jacks in Shoreline Village is the home to 100 fine Tequilas, all waiting to be sampled. Sail, Motor, or Drive, your choice. We leave Newport at l0:30 a.m., sail or motor to Shoreline Yacht Club, where we will be assigned a slip (no charge)and then we head to Tequila Jacks (round 1), then off to Shoreline Yacht Club, for dinner and drinks (round 2 - coffee?), then for those up to it, back to Tequila Jacks for another sample (round 3), then we walk back to our boats for a nightcap (more coffee? - round 4?).

For those driving, you can stay over on one of our boats, or we will arrange for a designated driver to take you home.

For those who want to race, here's the rules: start whenever you want before noon, take your time as you exit Newport Harbor, and note your time as you enter Long Beach's breakwater. If you run your engine note how long -this is especially important for power boats who do not want to use bedroom sheets hoisted on a mop handle. After a few tequilas, Cabin Boy will adjust the times for boat handicaps and engine time according to Cabin Boy's own secrete formula. If you tell us you've raced, you put $10 in the pot toward trophies. Trophies will be in the form of, you guessed it, tequila shots.

Sunday after breakfast we head back. It's going to be a great sunny day. We guarantee it.

February 28, is our first "Day Sail" and raft-up party. In the morning we will gather at the downstairs clubhouse for a breakfast snack and appropriate drinks, where people will be assigned to boats. We will leave the Harbor at 11:00 a.m. for a day sail. I expect a few boats may create an ad hoc mini keep-your-own-time mini-race. The race "rules" will be discussed in the morning and anounced on Channel 68 at 11:00 am and 11:30 am, if you miss the morning meeting (or just call Scott or Steve on their cell phones. If you don't want to do the fun race, there will be a how-slow-can-you-go day cruise contest.

Between at 3:00 p.m. we will raft up at the Lido anchorage for an afternoon party. If you're not taking your boat, come on one of the others, or just make your way out to the raft-up. If you need a dinghy ride out just come on down and call Scott (714) 815-8557 or Steve (714)403-7753. See ya . . .

SouthShore
Does Buccaneer Days - Again!!!
Arrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr . . . . . . . We're Back

When: Some of us be leav'n Newport, Wednesday, October 1. Others on Thursday, October 2, and a few on Friday Oct 3, or Saturday, Oct 4*. Great Parties on Friday Night and Saturday and Saturday Night.

Return: Sunday, October 5, if ye be alive . . . .

Where: Isthmus (Two Harbors) Catalina
Who: Southshore members n their friends, and all the other riff-raff, and scallywags, about the harbor.
How: Take ye bark, ship, er boat. Board another as a pirate crew, or stow away on the Express.

What: What's to do, ye ask. . . rob, steel, plunder, great fun and profit. Then there's the party and dancing on shore til all hours of the morn Friday and Saturday night. Spend ye treasure at the Islands best restaurant or duck out the back without paying. Win the contest for best pirate dress or better, steal someone else's trophy. Do water battle with the other boats.

Contact: Scott Karlin (email: ScottKarlin@Karlinlaw.com cell: 714-815-8557 )
for more infomation or to let us know ye be com'n.

* Some boats be leav'n Oct 1 or 2 to snatch a prize mooring, later boats coming the next day be able to raft up along side the earlier arriving boats. Folks not coming on our here boats can
come later by the Express (from San Pedro direct to the Isthmus or from Newport or Dana Point to Avalon then overland to by safari bus to the Isthmus).

Arrrrrrrrrrr. Let us know what ye wants to do and we be figure'n a way to make it work, but ye may pay the price in service or treasure. . .

*If you can’t come early in the week, be sure to contact us so we can arrange a side tie- raft-up to one of our boats coming early. You can anchor at Two Harbor in 40 to 100ft, or at calm Cat Harbor in 25 ft (which is an extra 1 ½ hour sail). If you have no boat, call us so we can put you up on a club boat and you can sail over, back, or come by ferryboat.

Recap of the BVI trip? Well, I guess I could write about the absolutely perfect 80 degree temperature, the 20knot breezes, the crystal clear turquoise water, extra fruitiful drinks, the chef’s culinary “experiments”, etc…but that’s pretty consistent every trip.

I’d rather comment that the real ‘success’ of the vacation is more closely tied to the cast of characters involved. I couldn’t imagine a better group. It’s so refreshing to travel with other boaters, each vacationing at their own pace, participating in group events as well as finding ‘private time’ in one of the many corners of the boat or ashore. From a very personal perspective, this trip was extra special for me, as I felt the additional pride in being able to share HYPNAUTIC with such great friends.

Overall, BVI provides rewarding experiences for newcomers and “old-timers’’ (measured in # of trips…not age), alike. I feel extremely fortunate to add this experience to the memory banks, and hope to see this as an annual event that continues to expand throughout the club.

Picture this…Ed Quesada had done a great job getting us all set up for the March 15th cruise to Shoreline Yacht Club. Dinner plans were set, slips were assigned and South Shore members were preparing their vessels. Then two days before departure we get a call… “There is no place at the Inn” Shoreline Yacht Club had a cruise/race planned to Catalina and heard that the weather was not going to cooperate, so they cancelled their event. The dominos started to fall and since there wasn’t going to be any slips available we in turn decided to cancel our cruise. This was a real disappointment as this is always a fun cruise with many of our members able to drive up and enjoy the great dinner that Shoreline puts on. Although we missed this event, it just means we are going to have twice as much participation at our next event!

Our next cruise is to Dana Point over the Memorial Day Weekend, May 24th to 26th. This event is sure to draw a crowd. Family and friends can drive to Dana Point who can not stay the whole time or don’t have their boat projects completed yet. We are going to raft up on the east end of harbor, near the fuel dock. Look for the South Shore Banner and new burgees that everyone is going to have on their boats.

You’ll need to bring a few extra items because we’ll be having a lot of fun events.

1. Bring your long board: We’ll paddle over to Doheny for a little surf session. Better yet, we’ll hitch a ride on f a dinghy and arrive just outside the break in style.

2. Bring a few bottles of your favorite international wine: We are going to have an international wine tasting. Well for some it will be “international wine tasting” but for our some, it will be “international wine drinking”.

3. Bring your favorite golf club: We are going to have a little boat golf tournament which involves dinghies, fish nets and beer. Fourrrrrrrrrrrrr!

4. Bring some soggy dollars: We’ll have a group dinner a DWYC.

5. Bring your dinghy: We’ll have a dinghy parade around the harbor. I could have gone in a different direction with that item, but this is a family show.

As you can see, we are going to have lots of fun so mark your calendar to spend memorial weekend with your friends at SSYC.

Ken Schoffstoll will be in charge of this event, so if you have any suggestions please give him a call. We will have additional details sent out prior to the cruise.