Episode 48 "5.5 Racing With My Boys!"

In this episode I take you on board our family boat "Rogue" our 1964 Columbia 5.5 Meter. The footage is from one of our Wednesday night races in the Oakland Yacht Clubs Sweet 16 Series. We currently have 9 active boats in our fleet. The racing area is on the Oakland Estuary which is a stretch of water between the island of Alameda and the coast of Oakland and it connects to the San Francisco Bay. The race goes around both inflatable marks and permanent navigation marks. I have had the boat for almost 9 years now and my boys have been part of the crew since the beginning. They started out hanging out down below and sticking their heads up every once in a while to see how things were going while I raced with a rotating crew of friends. Eventually they spent more time up on deck and now have taken over all crewing duties. I have never forced them to come sailing and always check in to see if they are having fun. During the summer we race the boat every Wednesday night and in the winter we race almost every Sunday. They are always eager to go sailing and to hang with me, I know it might not last so Im just going to soak it all in. This video more of a time capsule of a great time on the water with my boys that I will never forget. Enjoy!