On Friday the Spaulding Center held its annual volunteer appreciation picnic and barbecue at Ayala Cove on Angel Island in San Francisco Bay.  A flotilla of three sailboats—SWBC’s own Polaris and Pegasus wooden sloops and my 36′ sloop—ferried revelers from the Spaulding Wooden Boat Center in Sausalito to Ayala Cove and back to Sausalito at the end of the day.

The weather was perfect. A couple of us had spent the night before the picnic on my sailboat moored in the cove and it was foggy and cold the day and evening before the picnic. Fortuntately Friday dawned with less fog and it cleared up quickly, just in time for our party on the island.

The State Park’s Live Web cam of Ayala Cove

Annual Spaulding Wooden Boat Center Volunteer Appreciation Party

Friday, July 31 2009, 10am – 4pm

Spaulding Wooden Boat Center volunteers are invited to our Annual Volunteer Sail BBQ & Picnic at Ayala Cove on Angel Island. Cruising over to Angel Island is a wonderful way to spend the day and a great opportunity to catch up with old friends and meet new people.

SWBC will provide food, drinks and boat transportation to and from Angel Island.

Our 1906 gaff sloop Polaris arriving at Angel Island for 2008 picnic

Please RSVP to Andrea at the Spaulding Center via e-mail or phone.