Are you ready to deploy an emergency means of steering and sail your boat if your rudder becomes inoperable? Join BAMA on May 8th for an on the water emergency steering clinic. More details to follow, but the plan is for participating boats to gather in the south basin and sail an out and back…

The 2021 BAMA Cup series is off to a good start this year. The season is still early, with many racers having only completed one or two races, but Mama Tried, Looking Good 3, Greyhound, Raven and Papillon are all in the running. Currently in first place, and perhaps almost out of reach, is Mama…

BAMA welcomes two new boats to the fleet this month: Skipper David Schumann and “Bottle Rocket,” his Seacart 30 gp+; and Skippers Brendan Busch and Ian Klitza, and “Rocket 88,” their C-Class Cat. You can read about Rocket 88’s revival in this article from Pressure Drop, which notes that Rocket 88 holds the Delta Ditch…

Late last month the Alameda Marina Management notified remaining tenants that they must remove their stored trailer or vessel by March 1. This leaves a big hole in dry storage opportunities within close access to central bay sailing. If you discover a good dry storage opportunity that you don’t need share it over our sfbama.groups.io…

If you are the type of racer who wants to know your current standing in BAMA Cup or BAMA Racetrack after every weekend of racing, you are in luck. Go to the Racing & Ratings page on our website and scroll down to the current race standings. Race standings are updated after every race. If…

Steven Green, aka Slackwater, in an amazing feat of sailing photojournalism, captured Skipper Dave Wilhite smiling as Wingit crossed the finish line at this year’s Three Bridge Fiasco. Twice! Nice to see Dave having so much fun.

The 2021 BAMA Challenge hereby commences. Your mission, if you choose to accept it, is to complete a series of challenging sailing tasks in 2021. Those who do will receive a fantastic bottle of something to drink at our Annual Meeting. Read the specifics here, and get busy.

The BAMA Racetrack is open for 2021! San Francisco Bay Racing may be heavily impacted in 2021, but BAMA members with a valid PHRF certificate can still compete against one another on the BAMA Racetrack. The BAMA Racetrack is a fixed 10-nm course to be sailed any time and as many times as one wants.…

Multihull turnout for the Three Bridge Fiasco is strong this year with 15 boats signed up to compete. For the F27 division, Papillon, Raven, Wingit and Bird of Prey are signed up to race. In the Multihull 0 division (the fast multihulls), Cat Sass, Errol the Swamp Dragon, Mama Tried, Wild Thing, and Waterwings are signed…

Rafi, our BAMA Race Chair for 2021, has come up with a great scheme for the BAMA Cup this year. Race any published race you want! Check the Calendar for race dates. The BAMA Cup Scoring scheme is described fully here.