Latitude 38- December 2014/2015

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Or leave this article lying around, and maybe Santa will give the gift of sailing to you!

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• Modern Sailing School & Club, 2310 Marinship Way, Sausalito (415) 331-8250 or (800) 995-1668; www. modernsailing.com

• Spinnaker Sailing (of Redwood City), 451 Seaport Ct., Redwood City

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"Look Ma, I'm sailing!" Of all the gifts you might give this season, there's one that's not likely to be to be re-gifted: The gift of sailing, of course.

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• Spinnaker Sailing (of San Francisco), Pier 40, San Francisco (415) 543- 7333; www.spinnaker-sailing.com

• Tradewinds Sailing School and Club, 2580 Spinnaker Way, Richmond (510) 232-7999 or (800) 321-TWSC; www.tradewindssailing.com

• OCSC Sailing, One Spinnaker Way,

Berkeley Marina, Berkeley (510) 843-4200 or (800) 223- 2984; www.ocscsailing.com

• Afterguard Sailing Academy, 1853 Embarcadero #2b, Oakland (510) 535-1954; www.afterguard.net

• Club Nautique, two locations: 1150 Ballena Blvd., Suite 161, Alameda (510) 865- 4700; 400 Harbor Drive, Suite D, Sausalito (415) 332-8001; www.clubnautique.net

• J World Performance Sailing, 423 Water Street, Oakland (510) 271-4780 www.sailing-jworld.com

• Sail Berkeley, 201 University Ave., J-Dock, Berkeley (510) 343-5635 www. sailberkeley.com

• Sailing Education Adventures, 3001 Bridgeway #199, Sausalito (415) 775-8779 www.sailingeducationadventures.org

• Treasure Island Sailing Center, 698 California Ave., #112, San Francisco (415) 421-2225 www.tisailing.org

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