If you're not familiar with sailing on San Francisco Bay, the cold water and high winds makes for a unique experience. Here's a list of clothing to bring plus some tips for how to rig your V15 for the breeze. If you're racing: SIGN UP so we can start planning for things like food, drinks, whalers, etc. Include your email so we know how to reach you with additional details. If you're not racing: Email mcsessions at gmail.com so we can add your name to the charter boat list. If you have additional questions, email alsargent at gmail.com.

For free housing, here are some options: 1) Email the SF V15 fleet. Details on how to get onto our mail list are here. 2) Camp at Rob Hill Campground, in the west side of the city, a 30 minute drive in the morning. 3) Camp at Kirby Cove, just west of the north tower of the Golden Gate Bridge. For not-free housing, there are AirBnB and VRBO.

Sponsors lined up for the 2015 Nationals include Svendsens Marine, Castelli Vineyards, Dolce Mia and Flotek. Thanks for your support! We have a limited number of additional sponsor slots available; let us know if you know of other companies interested in sponsoring.

We have a dozens of V15s in our yard here at TISC, as well as at nearby fleets in Alameda and Benecia, and expect to have charters available on a first-come, first serve basis. For charter boats, please contact our charter team: Matthew Sessions: MCSessions@gmail.com Sam Wheeler: swheeler@ucla.edu Pete Trachy: pete@tolachi.com Peter Stemler: pstemler@pstemler.onmicrosoft.com

Thursday September 3, 2015 6:30 pm: Thursday Night Fleet Racing. All Nationals sailors arriving early are welcome to race in our weekly Thursday night races. First gun at 6:30 pm. We typically get in 5-7 races a night. (Races don't count towards Nationals scores.) Sailing Instructions mandatory TISC medical form Registration form Friday September 4, 2015 2 pm - 5 pm: Practice racing 6 pm: No host dinner/drinks @ TI Bar & Grill Saturday September 5, 2015 9 - 10 am: Check-in, and last call for registration. Turn in TISC medical form 10:30 am: Skipper’s meeting 11 am: Lunch on shore 12 pm: First warning signal, additional races to follow 5 pm: No races started after this time 6 pm: Class meeting 6:30 pm: Social, dinner and drinks @ Treasure Island Sailing Center Sunday September 6, 2015 10:30 am: Skipper’s meeting 11 am: Lunch on shore 12 pm: First warning signal, additional races to follow 4 pm: No races started after this time 5 pm: Social and awards

Vanguard 15 Nationals returns to Clipper Cove, site of the V15 nationals back in 2002 and 2000, as well as 2009 collegiate team race nationals and hosted by Treasure Island Sailing Center (TISC). For those who haven't sailed there, Clipper Cove is a great venue: flat water, consistent 10-20 knot seabreeze that fills in during the late morning, and air temperatures in the high 60s to low 70s. The venue is a couple minutes sail from the launch ramp. We expect a great turnout for this regatta, anchored by the size of Vanguard 15 fleet 53 with over 40 teams competing in our season and over 15 teams on any given night. Our PRO, Forrest Gay, is the sailing director at San Francisco YC. And San Francisco, with its great nightlife, is just five minutes from the race venue.