October 2, 1999
San Fernando Valley Yacht Club
sponsored the 31st annual

Sailing Symposium

Out of the Pardee Sea Base, Marina Del Rey

They assigned the crew and leaders to 25 to 35 ft yachts.  In the morning the owner/skipper of the yachts taught us how to function as crew for the the ships.  After lunch we sailed out to Santa Monica Bay where we participated in three races.  After the races we sailed back to the marina, helped the skippers clean up the ships then had a dinner.  At the end of the day awards were given out for the top four team.  Our crew (464) had members on the 2nd and 3rd place boats.
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heading to the boats
 
 
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Melissa, Kym & Cory crew the "Tessa"
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The "Windsday" was crewed by Robbyn, Advisor Dave, and two  Explorer scouts.  Skipper Roger taught them well
 
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Unfortunately, our only picture of Danny on the _______ turned out a "little" overexposed.
Could have been worse. No pictures came out of our Leaders, Chris & Connie... sorry
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A long day, and a tired, hungry crew.
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Two winning boats
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