Come by land or come by sea!
Sailing, dining, dancing and good weather are in the forecast!

The Coyote Point Yacht Club, in San Mateo, has graciously invited us to hold a Potter Rendezvous at their clubhouse and docks on Satureday and Sunday, April 3-4th. If you can't attend the whole weekend, at least come for a day sail or for the dinner party on Saturday night!

CPYC has a 275 foot long guest dock and the clubhouse has spacious baths and showers for guests who wish to stay overnight. The beautiful clubhouse will be open all day Saturday for us to hang out, renew old friendships and form new ones. The clubhouse is a warm and gracious place to hang out. It has sweeping views of the South Bay, comfy chairs, and amenities like a pool table and big-screen TV. The bar opens at 11 am on Saturdays and Sundays, and stays open until 10 pm.

Hors d'oevres will be served at 5:00 in the bar and dinner will be served at about 6 pm, followed by our special guest speakers. We'll enjoy a full service, full course pasta dinner, including beverages and dessert, prepared by the CPYC catering staff.

During dinner, Ryan Forrest, the new owner of International Marine, and Dave Dressler, the outgoing owner, will speak on the latest news from IM.

Bill Teplow will give a slide presentation of his 2600-mile trip in his Potter 19, Chubby, up the Inside Passage from Port Angeles,WA to Glacier Bay Alaska, back to Craig, Alaska. Chubby was then barged back to Seattle due to deteriorating weather. From Seattle he sailed her back to Berkeley in October, visiting Grays Harbor, the Columbia River, Newport OR and Noyo Harbor on the way while dodging two powerful early Fall storm systems.

At about 8:30, we'll crank the jukebox up and start the dancing.

Logistics and Details:

You must RSVP by March 26th. to Commodore Rich McDevitt

Commodore Rich will snail-mail you a "cruising package" for the event containing:

• charts of the marina
• directions by land
• directions by sea
• instructions for launching and parking at Coyote Point Marina
• coupon for free launching and trailer parking

When you RSVP, please indicate

• your boat model and length
• date of arrival by land or water,
• and the number of people attending dinner on Saturday.
• mailing address

The cost of dinner is $15 per person, payable at dinner by cash, check or credit card.

Skippers who prefer to arrive early on Friday, rather than Saturday or Sunday should contact CPYC's Port Captain, Carter West, in advance so he can make arrangements to have somebody meet you there.

You can find out more about Coyote Point Yacht Club online at http://www.cpyc.com/home.html . Directions are at http://www.cpyc.com/visitors/direction.html

A map of the marina can be found here