Alameda's Assets
Alameda has a great Mediterranean Climate for a Race Village
AC 33 Village "Role Model," Valencia
Alameda Point - former Naval Air Station near San Francisco
Alameda (see wikipedia entry) has great potential for AC 34 base with a warm, sunny, Mediterranean climate (see monthly averages) and plenty of room in the former Naval Air Station Seaplane lagoon (now known as Alameda Point) whether it be multihulls or monohull type boats.
Adjacent space for construction and/or reuse of existing hangars.
Alameda has dock space AND space on shore
Buildings previously useful for storing wings (hangars) are available. Alameda Point cleanup issues are mostly completed.
Alameda Point is already a deep water port
- Clean sheet to build the AC Village 34 of your needs and desire
- City council member was base ops manager 36 years
- City Manager gained unaminous city council support responding to grass roots support
- Buildings previously useful for storing wings available (aka Hangars) can be reconfigured for syndicate, retail, commercial, and restaurant use.
- Space available for hotels
- Draft 40ft in outer harbor, 15 ft in lagoon
- Cleanup issues nearly completed
- Early or alternate, backup, supplemental, satellite plan to SF
The lagoon itself is well protected and further protected within the outer harbor. Short tow to race venue or even shorter tow and sail to the venue- what a concept. Sail to the start. Pre race could even be photo op for the tourists and specatators with exhibition and warmup along the "City Front"
Convenient location to the center of San Francisco Bay
Alameda can serve as the alternate, backup, supplemental, or sattelite plan to San Francisco.
Maritime Is Alameda's Core Industry
Alameda has 6 marinas and 6 yacht clubs. Bay Ship & Yacht, a full-service ship repair company, is completing a $10 million expansion project. Pineapple Sails is the largest sail manufacturing facility in Northern California.
