2019 SBSSA Wine Tasting and Yacht Tour

Wine Tasting and Yacht Tour to benefit SANTA BARBARA SEA SHELL ASSOCIATION

Santa Barbara Harbor – Marina One. Rain or Shine!

The Sea Shell’s annual Wine Tasting and Yacht Tour has been a Santa Barbara tradition for 38 years. It’s a great way to appreciate Santa Barbara’s unique combination of spectacular local wines and a world-famous waterfront. The event includes:

·         Red and white wines from local wineries paired with hors d’oeuvres

·         Beer from local breweries served with barbecued sausages

·         Desserts served with coffee and sparkling wines

·         Tours of beautiful motor and sail yachts hosted by their owners

·         Silent auction

Adults 21 and over

To purchase tickets contact: commodore@sbssa.org

What is SBSSA?

The Santa Barbara Sea Shell Association was founded in 1948 as a family-oriented group focused on teaching children how to sail and get them started in dinghy racing. For over seventy years, the Sea Shells have taught sailing, seamanship, self-reliance, and teamwork. In addition to the weekly Sunday regatta, there are picnics, instructional days, work days, parties and road trips. Skippers and families develop strong, long-term friendships.

For the first few decades, families generally built their own Sea Shell boat during the off-season and raced it during the summer. However times change the the SBSSA has adapted. In the 1990’s, realizing that families generally didn’t have the time or space to build boats, the club transitioned to racing US Sabots. These provided an off-the-shelf, fiberglass boat small enough that an eight-year-old could still race. The majority of the fleet is still US Sabots, but we have added RS Fevas to give older skippers a chance to sail two-person boats and RS Teras as we look to the future.

Sailing is an excellent co-ed sport and Sea Shells is open to skippers from 8 to 18 years old.