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Welcome to the Islander 36 Association Celebrating our 51st year in 2025! Picture of the Month  Windcatcher Spring Meeting |
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I-36 Next Events:
Impromptu SF Giants baseball rendezvous 6/9/25
Join Dan Throop on Windcatcher, and Commodore Egan on Kapai for a fun rendezvous and raft-up in McCovey Cove for a SF Giants baseball game on Saturday, June 7th. Plan to arrive around 12 noon to get rafted up and settled in for the 1:05 first pitch. Enjoy watching the big screen, listening to play by play on the radio, all while enjoying your Islander 36 with family and friends. You might even see a home run ball splash in the Cove!
SG Giants Game Rendezvous Sing-up.
I-36 Next Events:
Summer Sailstice Rally 6/21/25
Started back in COVID days, this fun for friends and family Summer Sailstice Rally on Saturday, June 21, is a great way to celebrate the longest sailing day of the year. We have a simple course around Angel Island and if you choose to be timed while doing it, there are six ways you can gain extra points. We will use the US Coast Guard Rules of the Road, not the Racing Rules of Sailing. That will lower the stress level. Above all, have fun, be polite, play nice and stay safe. If interested, maybe we'll have a raft-up afterward for the saltier parties. (Note in Registration form if interested.) We'll assemble just south of the center block of the western span of the Bay Bridge, and use the shadow of the roadway of the bridge on the water for our 12:00 start of the Rally. For maybe the first time in your sailing life you can actually see the starting line on the water!
Summer Sailstice Rally Details & Reservations.
 Vallejo Race |
Vallejo Race 5/3/25 The winds at San Francisco airport lived up to forecast! Yet four dedicated Islanders faced the ferocious forecast northwest winds gusting 30 - 40+ yet arrived on the starting line for a most enjoyable Vallejo Race. Light westerlies prevailed and after the short windward leg it was spinnaker time heading for Red Rock and on to San Pablo Bay. Yet mother nature wasn't ready to give up. Only the earliest starters made it to San Pablo Bay with chutes, but the wind died then filled in from the northwest to a delightful 12 - 15 knots. It was a power reach into San Pablo Bay with some great pictures along the way. Stay tuned as we hope to get more pics and stories from the fleet! Vallejo Race 5/3/25 |
 Spring Meeting |
Spring Meeting at Encinal 3/1/25 Periods of sun, then cloudy and 15 - 20 knot windy, but that did not deter our fearless and faithful Islander 36 Association members from our Spring Meeting at Encinal Yacht Club. We had 28 people representing 11 boats that gathered for the fun and to hear Jesse Johnson and Sara Rutman's presentation on the USCG cutter Munro. Spring Meeting at Encinal 3/1/25 |
 3 Bridge Fiasco |
3 Bridge Fiasco 1/25/25 We had four Islanders enter the 3 Bridge Fiasco this year: Cassiopeia, Kapai, Luna Sea and WindCatcher. They wound up among the 285 boats in the 330 boat fleet that were abandoned by the wind gods and did not finish. Here's your link to three of their stories: 3 Bridge Fiasco. |
 Round Alameda |
Happy New Year 1/1/25 'Round Alameda Partly cloudy and cool, but calm winds ushered in 2025 for your Islander 36 Association fleet. 23 Folks aboard 5 Islanders representing 8 Islanders in total enjoyed a smooth ride past the three bridges and floated effertlessly into Aeolian Yacht Club at 1100 hours on a tide rising toward 7'. Delicious chili, plain and jalapeno cornbread, and plenty of toppings washed down with Gin Fizzes and Bloody Mary's made for a delicious lunch. Most departed at 1215 at peak high tide to venture west through the Bay Farm Bridge to tread the thin water along the San leandro Channel to reach the deeper water of South San Francisco Bay to complete a circumnavigation. Also spotted by Vanishing Animal was I-36 sail #20 heading west at 0914 leaving the Estuary, and spotted again returning from Sam's restaurant in Tiburon by Luna Sea around 1430. 'Round Alameda 2025.. |
 Fall Fun |
Fall 2024 Newsletter You will really enjoy our newsletter Editor's article about Jubilee Getting New Hardware. When you first start to read it you'll probably looking for winches, blocks and similar, but it's not about that. It's about why we sail our Islander 36s - don't skip that one! Similarly, Blondie going beyond the gate is yet another example of the joys of the I-36 life. Enjoy these and the rest of yet another wonderful Newsletter. Fall 2024 Newsletter (5 MB). |
 Fall Meeting |
Fall Meeting at CPYC 11/16/24 A beautiful, blue-sky sunny Saturday was the perfect setting for our 2024 Fall Meeting and Winners Celebration lunch at Coyote Point Yacht Club. Seventeen Islander 36s were represented by 28 people and enjoyed a great buffet lunch, an informative talk by Fleet Measurer Kit Wiegman (Cassiopeia) and a wonderful surprise visit from 91 year old founding member Lou Zevanov. Lou gave an impromptu talk on the earliest days of the Association and how, at one point, there were about 150 Islander 36s in the greater Bay Area. And to top it off, we've got a 1 hour and 11 minute cellphone video of both their talks, the business part of the meeting, and the annual awards presentation. Fall Meeting |
Remember Our Maintenance Section:
Though it's right there in the middle of our Menu, don't overlook our Maintenance section with over 70 links to ideas and fixes. Maintenance Section.
Changing email address? Moving? Other member information changing? Use the Member Info Update form to speed the changes directly to our Treasurer, Membership Chairman, Newsletter Editor and List Administrator. Thanks! When you see another Islander around your marina or cruising waters, point them to our home page, and the convenient New Member Application form.
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Here's How to send your boat's picture:
We would like pictures under full sail, that are clear and crisp, and most often show the whole boat, but, hey, if you like the picture, the rest of our members probably will too. They don't have to be any special size or type.
They can be attached to an e-mail. Just highlight and copy the block of text below, click "Send Email to I-36 Webmaster", paste the text into the message area, fill in your data, then attach your picture file and send it!
Boat Name:
Owner:
Home Port:
Sailing Waters:
Send Email to I-36 Webmaster
You can also snail mail them to:
Rick Van Mell, I-36 Webmaster
1629 Begen Avenue
Mountain View, CA 94040