Shoreline Lake, Mountain View, California, USA

Laser Picture (shamelessly copied from the NA Laser Class website)
Welcome to Shoreline Laser Fleet's website
Link to go back to the Shoreline Laser Fleet home page

Link to the Shoreline Laser Fleet's Events Calendar

Link to a summary of the 2 minute sequence of flags and whistles we use

Link to a Map and Basic Directions to Shoreline Lake


Link to Join our Automated Email List

Link to a page of Current Conditions near Shoreline Lake (Moffet Field/NASA Ames)

Link to Email for more info on the Shoreline Laser Fleet


other links...
Link to District24 of the North American section of the International Laser Class

Click here to go to Laser/Vanguard, makers of the Laser

 

Who we are...

We're a bunch of sailors who race Lasers  in the San Francisco Bay Area. We meet regularly to practice at a lake in Mountain View, then go race in other hot spots world wide. 

Use the buttons on the left to get around, and email us if you don't find what you want, and hitch your boat to the car and join us!


Events Schedule  

2007 Summer Series
     
The  2007 Summer  Series will run every  Wednesday  evening from May 2 to ?????  (whenever it gets dark to early to have fun).

If you have not already subscribed to the District 24 mail list (see below), now would be a good time to do so to get weekly updates on the racing.

Other Recommended Recurring Events:

St. Francis Yacht Club Thursday Night Series -     https://app1.regatta-manager.com/Regatta/RegattaPage.do?page=home&clubContext=stfrancisyc&regattaContext=ThursdayNightLaserSeries2007

Treasure Island  Series  -    Hosted by the Vanguard 15 fleet, but Lasers are invited.  www.vanguard15.org

All other Events
     See the District 24 Website - http://www.technicalwizardry.com/d24laser/d24.htm


Start Sequence

Just in case you want to know what to expect when you join us, here's a brief of our count down.  When we don't have a committee boat, we'll call time from a Laser on the water (less the flags).
 
Time 
(mins:secs)
Sound
2:00 2 long
1:30 1 long, 3 short 
1:00 1 long
0:30 3 short
0:20 2 short
0:10 1 short
0:05 1 short
0:04 1 short
0:03 1 short
0:02 1 short
0:01 1 short
0:00  Go ! 1 Long

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Shoreline Aquatic Center

You can rent Sailboats and Windsurfers at Shoreline Aquatic Center. Summer Camps for the kids, too. Located on Shoreline lake, and a long term supporter of our racing.   www.shorelinelake.com

Map and Directions to Shoreline Lake

Shoreline Lake
& Aquatic Center
3160 N Shoreline Blvd.
Mountain View, CA 94043-1341
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From San Jose or other areas south, take Highway 101 North, or
From San Mateo or other areas north, take highway 101 South, then...

  1. Take the Shoreline Boulevard Exit.
  2. Turn LEFT at the stop light at the end of the exit ramp.
  3. Follow Shoreline Boulevard about 1 mile to the front gate to Shoreline Park.
  4. Proceed into the park and follow the signs to the Sailing Lake
  5. You've made it when you curve into the parking lot with a boat house and docks.
Lost?  Call Spinnaker Sailing (at the lake) for help: (650) 965-7474

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Email List

We use an automated email list to keep in touch and coordinate our schedule and discuss topics related to our fleet and racing Lasers.

To subscribe to the District 24  Laser Mail list:

Send a message to majordomo@lists.stanford.edu and in the body of the message (not the title!!) put "subscribe laser-class-d24"

That's all there is to it.

To send a message to the list:

Address to laser-class-d24@lists.Stanford.EDU  Note: Only subscribers can post to the list. It is spam free.



Local Conditions

We often check out the  Moffett Field Current Conditions to anticipate the conditions at the lake. Shoreline is roughly half-way between Palo Alto Airport and Moffett Field.

Need More Info?

If you want to know more about our fleet and activities, send a message to Roger at  rogerlaser@yahoo.com  Or you can contact Roger at. 408-691 0214

Related Links

Here are some of the basic Laser links that you should know by heart if you avidly sail a Laser...or are on your way.

We're in District 24 of the North American Section of the International Laser Class
And if you want to catch up on the corporate propaganda from the official manufacturers of Lasers, you can visit Vanguard/Laser .
 

Link to District24 of the North American section of the International Laser Class

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This Site © 1997-2003 Bruce Fleming and Roger Herbst,
Shoreline Laser Fleet, and Wavejump.com
Update: April 29 2007