April 5, Opening Day on the Delta

April 6, Daylight Savings Begins!!!

April 12, Opening Day in South Bay. Contact Sequoia Yacht Club.

April 20, Easter Sunday. Take the family on a sail to Angel Island.

April 27, Opening Day on the Bay. Parade from the Golden Gate Bridge along the City front. www.picya.org.

May 3, Opening Day on the Straits. Contact Benicia Yacht Club.

April 23-27, Pacific Sail Expo. Largest sail focused boat show on the Pacific Rim. 300 exhibitors, 100 in- the- water sailboats, Irving Johnson on the 26th www.sailamerica.org.

May 1-4, Pacific Power Expo, Jack London Square, Northern Calif. Marine Assoc. www.ncma.org.

Mon., Bay View Yacht Club, SF 4/14

Tue., Sausalito Yacht Club, Sausalito,

4/22-1st of 5 races, (415) 331-5204

Sierra Point Yacht Club, 5/6-8/26.

Wed., Coyote Point Yacht Club, 4/9-

10/22, (408) 866-5495

Monterey Yacht Club, 4/9-9/17

Oakland YC,Ala. 5/7 (510) 769-1414

Richmond YC, 5/7 begins every other week series, (510) 841-6022

Santa Cruz YC, 4/9 (831) 423-8111

Sequoia Yacht Club, 4/9 (650)

361-9472

Vallejo Yacht Club, 4/9 (707) 643-1254

Thu., Benicia Yacht Club, 4/3 ( 707)

745-5848

Fri., Berkeley YC, 4/11 (510) 540-7968

Corinthian Yacht Club, Tiburon, 4/11- 9/5, (415) 789-0506

Encinal and Island Yacht Clubs, Alameda, alternate Fridays 4/11

Golden Gate YC, 5/16 (415) 474-9246

St Francis YC, SF 4/18 (415) 563-6363

South Beach YC, 4/18 (415) 999-1019

Tiburon YC, 5/9 (415) 924-1842

Weekend Spring Race Highlights

April 5 & 6, Big Dinghy Regatta from Richmond Yacht Club for Wylie Wabbit, Byte, Laser, Snipe, 29er, 505 and more (510) 232-6310 or www.richmondyc.org

April 5, Single-handed Farallones Race, Single Handed Sailing Society

April 12-13, J-Fest, Encinal Yacht Club, www.encinal.org

April 12-13, Stone Cup, St Francis YC

April 12, Commodores Cup, Encinal YC

April 12, Duxbury-Lightship, Ocean Yacht Racing Assoc. (OYRA)

April 26, 50th Bullship Regatta. Sail an El Toro (8’pram) from Sausalito to San Francisco, (707) 526-6621 www.eltoroyra.org

April 26, Twin Island Race #1, Sausalito YC

April 26-27, High School Pacific Coast Championships, Paradise Cove

May 3 & 4, Vallejo Season Opener, largest inland yacht race (300-700 boats). All racing fleets participate plus a large number of boats join for the fun and great party.

Register with YRA to participate in SF Bay races. www.yra.org.