Our clients have found the following internet resources useful.

Please contact us if there are other sites we should add.

San Francisco Boating Services

• Rooster Sails - Quality sail repair & fabrication.

• List Marine Engine Services - Excellent marine engine service and installation - Flying Tiger's Yanmar was installed and serviced by List Marine.

Travel & Lodging – San Francisco Area

• Hotel Sausalito - A boutique hotel on the park in Sausalito. Marin county's stylish little hotel.

• Bear Valley Inn - A great bed & breakfast on the coast in Olema (near Pt Reyes).

Weather, Tides and Wind

• National Weather Service - Weather Forecasts for the San Francisco Bay Area

• Accuweather - The source of weather maps providing a 15-day local forecast.

• Weather at the Lightship - Weather conditions 18 NM from the San Francisco Bay entrance.

• San Francisco Sailing Weather - The resource for San Francisco sailing information.

Marine Conservation and Protection

• Farallones Marine Sanctuary Association - Local environmental group working to preserve the health of San Francisco Bay and the Gulf of the Farallones.

• The Marine Mammal Center - Marin based organization protecting marine mammal in and around the San Francisco Bay.

Bay Area Yacht and Sailing Clubs

• Peninsula Youth Sailing Foundation - Bringing the joy of sailing to youth of the Bay Area.

• Bay Area Association of Disabled Sailors BAADS - BAADS makes sailing accessible to people of all abilities.  This includes full participation in learning sailing, teaching sailing, cruising, racing, and creating engineering designs to develop adaptive equipment.

• Sailing Education Adventures - A bay area sailing club with small boats and very reasonable prices. ASA instruction available.

Boating Resources

• Boatinglinks.com - Best selling boating books.

• BoatingSF.com - Useful information on boating activities in and around San Francisco Bay.

• San Francisco Maritime Park - Located in the Fisherman’s Wharf neighborhood, San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park offers the sights, sounds, smells and stories of Pacific Coast maritime history.

• US Coast Guard 11 th District - USCG which covers the West coast from the California-Oregon border down to Mexico and out around half-way to the Hawaiian Islands.

• Vessel Traffic Service - Coordinates shipping traffic throughout the entire San Francisco Bay waterway system, including Sacramento and Stockton.

Boat Charters – Other Areas

• Shelter Island Sailing - San Diego sailing charters including bareboat and skippered charters, sailing lessons and just about anything related to boat chartering, purchase and use.

• Lake Tahoe Sailing - The SV "Tahoe Cruz" is another Santa Cruz 50 (a sistership to our Baywolf) providing charters on beautiful Lake Tahoe.

Non-Profit Groups Supported by Captain Kirk’s Sailing

• Big Brothers Big Sisters - Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Bay Area helps build responsible, independent children and youth by matching each with a supportive and caring adult role model. Capt Kirk has been a "Big Brother" for over 10 years.

• Mono Lake Committee - For 25 years the Mono Lake Committee has been working to protect Mono Lake from destruction, to heal the damage done in the Mono Basin, and to educate the public about the natural environment and wise water use.

• Abilities United - A great organization helping people with developmental and physical disabilities. (Down Syndrome, mental retardation, autism, and cerebral palsy). We donate heavily to Abilities United.

• Spaulding Wooden Boat Center - We are a Corporate sponsor of the SWBC which is restoring historic wooden boats to active use and educating youth about the beauty of sailing.