August 3 - It's Woodstock on the Water 2013. Our Great American Raft Up and Taste of South Shore is here again . . . Starts at 12:30 p.m. on Aug 3.

See the video of one of our prior Great American Raft Ups ==> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nQVq5V84wfE

South Shore's Great American Raft-Up is here at last. It's fast becoming the west coast's Woodstock on the Water. This year we are at the Anchorage at the end of Lido Island Turning Basin.

Dance to the tunes of the five piece Newport Beat Band!!!

Shore Boats will pick up from various locations, including 15th street dock and Balboa Ave near the American Legion and also off Lido Island. Parking will be better on Lido.

Boat out to the Newport Anchorage off the east end of Lido Island.

If you don't have a boat we will pick up folks off the 15th street and Balboa Ave Dock about every half hour starting at 12:30 until about 2 pm then about every hour. About the same time, the shoreboat will also pick up off the Lido Island Yacht Club dock off Via Lido Soud and Via San Remo about every half hour. Parking is better on Lido Island.

This event received international recognition with a lead article in sail-world.com. See the following link. http://www.sail-world.com/cruising/index.cfm?nid=72698&rid=11 As mentioned in the article: Yacht Clubs around the world are always trying to think up great events and excursions for their cruising sailors, but the idea of the South Shore Yacht Club at Newport Beach in southern California to hold a 'Great American Raft-up' every mid-summer is a beauty. The Club, which calls itself the 'Friendliest Yacht Club in the world' holds the event each year to introduce the cruising lifestyle to people of all ages. It is becoming a major event for Southern California Boaters. The event features the well known band - Newport Beat who will play off one of the boats in the raft up. How cool is that. Call 949-646-3102 ext 1 or ext 3 for more info

Come by Car or by Boat. Summer officially begins tonight at 10:04 PM and what better way to kick off summer than to have an SSYC cruise to a new port of call!

We'll be sailing/motoring the 22 mile ocean journey and passing through Queen's Gate into San Pedro harbor. Our final destination will be Cabrillo Beach Yacht Club, located at 211 W. 22nd Street, San Pedro, CA 90731. If you're traveling by boat, set your GPS waypoint to 33 degrees, 43', 28" North by 118 degrees, 16', 57" West. If you're traveling by car, Cabrillo Beach Yacht Club is roughly 29 miles (55 minutes) from SSYC if you take the Coast Highway and and 39 miles (51 minutes) if you take the 405 North.

Vice Commodore and Cruising Chair, Matt Steele, is hosting this cruise. This is a new destination for our cruisers, so we'll be doing a little missionary work and expect a great new adventure! Cabrillo Beach Yacht Club is cruising to Isthmus Cove this weekend, so we should have slips available upon our arrival. CBYC has their own Lobster Fest and it is sold out for this weekend, so we are planning on taking a trolley to the Ports of Call area for dinner and drinks.

If you'd like to participate please e-mail or call Matt Steele at [email protected] or (562) 212-4535 or John Marshall at [email protected] or (678) 296-4970 today!

South Shore's Great American Raft-Up was a great success.

Check out the video from Youtube:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nQVq5V84wfE

It's fast becoming Newport Beach's Woodstock on the Water. This year we are in the Turning Basin - between Lido Village and the Rusty Pelican. Shore Boats will pick up from Windward Sailing Dock at Lido Village and there is parking in the structure at Lido Village.

Directions: Newport/Costa Mesa Fry (55) to Newport. Go over bridge, Made First Left onto Via Lido, pass the movie theater, find parking. Walk east (same way you were driving). Windward Sailing will be on your left at ==> 3300 Via Lido, Newport Beach, CA 92663

Last year's event received international recognition with a lead article in sail-world.com. See the following link.

http://www.sail-world.com/cruising/index.cfm?nid=72698&rid=11

As mentioned in the article:

Yacht Clubs around the world are always trying to think up great events and excursions for their cruising sailors, but the idea of the South Shore Yacht Club at Newport Beach in southern California to hold a 'Great American Raft-up' every mid-summer is a beauty.

The Club, which calls itself the 'Friendliest Yacht Club in the world' holds the event each year to introduce the cruising lifestyle to people of all ages. It is becoming a major event for Southern California Boaters.

The event features the well known band - Newport Beat who will play off one of the boats in the raft up. How cool is that.

Call 949-646-3102 ext 1 or ext 3 for more info

South Shore Yacht Club's
"2nd Friday-of-the-Month" Dinner Party!

Open to members and potential members.

Where: Club and Docksider Room-Lower Level
When: July 8, 6:00 PM Cocktails, 7:00 Dinner
Cost: $25/per person

Attire: Dress down, Beach Casual, Sandals are a must!
Gimmick: Informal, fun photo opportunity! Get your
picture in the SSYC Monthly Newsletter, "The Sheets".
Raffle: Have fun! Bring a prize for the Raffle!
$5 == 5 Tickets; $10 == 15 Tickets!

We'll auction off the Party Theme 2-Sided Banner!
"It's 5 o'clock SOMEWHERE!"
This is a "must-have" accessory to hang on your boat for
upcoming SSYC Cruises and Raft-Ups! Don't own a
boat? With this banner, you will be in demand for
someone which does own a boat!

It's Photo Night, Friday October 8. Where your most dashing outfit and have your portrait photos taken by World Famous Photographer, Chris Bliss (see www.newyorkpictures.com). There is no charge for the photo session and you get to keep the original images for printing anywhere you like. The usual cost of this type of sitting with the ability to keep the originals is well in excess of $400, and its free to our members!!!

In addition to the portrait session, we will have a raffle, great dinner and party. Don't miss this one.

Photos start at 5:00 p.m. Cocktails at 6:00 p.m., and dinner follows.

GREAT AMERICAN RAFT-UP and TASTE OF SOUTH SHORE highlighted in THE LOGThis edition of THE LOG features our GREAT AMERICAN RAFT-UP and TASTE OF SOUTHSHORE as a major event for Southern California Boaters.

This is it!!! This is our major outdoor event of the year. Talked about from Seattle to Cabo, it’s South Shore Yacht Club’s GREAT AMERICAN RAFT-UP featuring a live band on one of the boats.. This year it’s the unforgettable Surf Tones. This year we will also introduce a TASTE OF SOUTH SHORE with different foods to sample on member's boats. The event is open to our members, their guests, potential members, and anyone interest...ed in checking out South Shore Yacht Club, It’s all happening on Saturday, July 31 at the Lido Anchorage at 11:30 a.m. to 7:00 p.m., so mark your calendars.

We will dance to the sounds of the Surf Tones, one the best Surf and Blues Bands around. This event is in the middle of Newport Harbor, so you will need to come out on a boat or take one of our Shoreboats to one of our pick up points . Call the club number (949) 646-3102 for details on departure points. This year we are considering picking people up from the club dock or from the new improved dinghy dock at 15th Street and Balboa Ave, or both.

We are “suggesting” a $10 donation for shoreboat rides and a wrist band for the TASTE OF SOUTH SHORE. All proceeds and donations will be used to offset the cost of the event. If there is any profit, it will be donated to the Newport Sea Bases for their children’s programs.

There will be lots of activities such as Hot Tubs in the water, dinghy or kayak races, dancing, and now a TASTE OF SOUTH SHORE. For the boats staying over-night, the next morning we will head out to Newport’s back bay for a Kayak adventure. We hope to see every South Shore Boat as well as potential members’ boats, and we hope to see every South Shore member as well as potential members. So join us for what is now our now famous GREAT AMERICAN RAFT-UP and TASTE OF SOUTH SHORE.

Call 949-646-3102 or go to our website www.southshoreyc.org,
or look on our facebook group page for more information, FYI - on the home page of our website (www.southshoreyc.org) there is a video of last years Great American Raft Up.

Let us know if you will be rafting up with a boat, or if you coming in your dinghy or by way of Shoreboat. Also, let us know as soon as possible if you can help in any way with this event, and/or if you will be serving up some great food as part of the TASTE OF SOUTH SHORE.

Shoreboats will be picking people up at 15th Street and Balboa Blvd, Newport Beach at the public dock by the American Legion and also on Lido Island, where the parking may be better, at the dock next to the intersection of Via Lido Soud and Via Genoa, Newport Beach, CA

Join us for a day sail on one of our boats (or on your own boat) out of Newport Beach June 19, and then come to our informal raft-up mooring party in the "H-Block" of the Newport Harbor Mooring Fields. If you can't make the day sail, then you can drive to the 15th Street Pier and get a dinghy ride out.

Here's the schedule:

Saturday June 19:
10:00 a.m. - 10:30 If you are not taking a boat of your own, this is the time to get out to one of our member's boats. Be sure to call ahead for a boat assignment.
11:30 a.m. Sailboats and Powerboats leave Newport Harbor for a day sail and possibly a fun race.

3:00 p.m. Boats arrive at the mooring field to raft-up

3:15 p.m. Sunset Social and Party on the boats. Call for a dinghy ride out to the raft-up party.

5:30 p.m. some of the boat head back to their slips, other boats may stay longer.

This event is open to our members and anyone considering club membership. For all you sailing, boating, and party lovers, this will be a great event. Potential members are welcome to join the fun. Call South Shore at 949-646-3102 and press 1 or 3 to be connected to Scott or John, or call Scott at 714-815-8557 or John at (678) 296-4970 for more details or to be assigned to a boat. If you're driving just to the raft-up party, call these numbers for a dinghy ride out to the boats at the Raft-Up.

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

April 23, 2010 - Border Run Send Off Party

6:00 p.m.

Party, Party, and Party. For racers and their friends and all members of South Shore Yacht Club. On Friday Night, there is a fantastic send off party for the Border Run race NOW AT THE BALBOA INN:

Due to the overwhelming support of the upcoming Border Run Race, South Shore Yacht Club and XS Racing have changed the venue for the Pre-race Party to be held on Friday April the 23rd. With over 180 boats entered in the race, we expect a very large crowd.

The new location for this party is the beautiful Balboa Inn Resort located at 105 Main Street, Balboa which is right at the base of the historic Balboa Pier. The Balboa Inn Resort is centrally located and has plenty of parking which is located adjacent to the resort in the public lot next to the pier.

If you are coming by boat, Sea Tow will be offering shuttle service to the public dock in the Balboa Fun Zone, just a short 3 minute walk to the party. Sea Tow can be reached on channel 11 and for a nominal charge of $2.00 per person, will pick you up and deliver you to the dock. The party starts at 5pm and there will be a Skipper’s Meeting at 7:00.

“Surf’s Up” a Beach Boys tribute band will be performing from 5:00 until 11:00. They are a great band and play all the tunes you know and love from you younger days! We will also be holding a raffle to support the race charity, the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, so bring extra money! There will be food available with a full bar and plenty of fellow racers to party with before the big race.

Links to important web pages…
Border Run Race Page http://www.theborderrun.org/index.htm
South Shore Yacht Club http://www.southshoreyc.org/index.htm
XS Racing http://www.xsracing.org/
Balboa Inn Resort http://www.balboainn.com/

April 25, 2010 Border Run Finish Party in San Diego
2:00 p.m. See also the next article about the party in Ensenada the night before at South Shore's Hospitality Suite.

The Mexico Week Parties Continue in San Diego in association witht the Border Run Race. The party is at the Kona Kie Hotel for the Border Run Racers and all of South Shore's members and friends. Don't miss this great party.

Saturday Night and into Sunday, April 24 and into April 25, 2010 Mexico Race Week Parties in Ensenada at our Hopitality Suite for the Newport to Ensenada Racers.

South Shore Yacht Club will have a hospitality suite in Ensenada, with a lot of activties planned. This year it is again being hosted by South Shore member Nicky Corona. Then on Sunday, drive up to San Diego for the great party planned at the Kona Kie Hotel for the Border Run Racers and all of our members and friends.