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Fleet week San Francisco 2018
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GTBRMC
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Here is a link to one thread on it. Don’t let my first statmemt deter you.
https://jetboaters.net/threads/am-i-the-only-jbn-forum-member-that-boated-to-fleet-week-in-sf-bay-this-year.3838/
What do you need? A Healthy respect for Bay, everyone on board to wear a life jacket, oh and if you find yourself in my situation, to be cool under pressure. Alternatively, just don’t F up.
Seriously, if you get to the boat ramp and the water is already to rough for you, call off the trip and watch it from shore instead, the water only gets rougher as the day goes on IMHO anyway. I launched out of San Leandro by the way. I found the public Oakland ramp but it was in a sketchy area.
https://jetboaters.net/threads/am-i-the-only-jbn-forum-member-that-boated-to-fleet-week-in-sf-bay-this-year.3838/
What do you need? A Healthy respect for Bay, everyone on board to wear a life jacket, oh and if you find yourself in my situation, to be cool under pressure. Alternatively, just don’t F up.
Seriously, if you get to the boat ramp and the water is already to rough for you, call off the trip and watch it from shore instead, the water only gets rougher as the day goes on IMHO anyway. I launched out of San Leandro by the way. I found the public Oakland ramp but it was in a sketchy area.
Jeremiah
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Do you set anchor when you find a spot? Do I need to get a radio?
Ronnie
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If you can find a spot near the shore but I trolled the whole time. Parts of the bay are deep, longer than my anchor line.
Ronnie
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No need for a radio you will have plenty of other boats and first responders around you.
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First, is anyone going out to Fleet Week 2018?
Second, thoughts on launching?
We used to go all the time with the smaller 17' aluminum hull outboard equipped bay boat. Haven't gone out in 15+ years in my own boat, just in bigger boats which kinda stink for many reasons. Back then we launched out of San Leandro, but other forums say it is pretty run down and super sketchy now-a-days. It wasn't great back then either, but I used to go there it was with a ghetto OJ Bronco and a crap trailer so no one would look twice. Also, folks have said that they haven't dredged the 2 mile long channel in 12+ years. That it gets down to 2 feet in the channel at low tide which is at 5:49PM on Sunday. Chart says 5-7 feet, but they say don't trust it.
So looking at other choices to launch out of.
Second, thoughts on launching?
We used to go all the time with the smaller 17' aluminum hull outboard equipped bay boat. Haven't gone out in 15+ years in my own boat, just in bigger boats which kinda stink for many reasons. Back then we launched out of San Leandro, but other forums say it is pretty run down and super sketchy now-a-days. It wasn't great back then either, but I used to go there it was with a ghetto OJ Bronco and a crap trailer so no one would look twice. Also, folks have said that they haven't dredged the 2 mile long channel in 12+ years. That it gets down to 2 feet in the channel at low tide which is at 5:49PM on Sunday. Chart says 5-7 feet, but they say don't trust it.
So looking at other choices to launch out of.
- Encinal looks even sketchier than San Leandro as there is nothing around the launch.
- Grand Street almost never has parking, much less on Fleetweek.
- So that leaves Berkeley Marina. Haven't been there since the late 90s.
- Oyster Point. Never launched out of there. Looks nice on the maps.