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Lodging and reservations, no boat no problem. tinsley offers members fantastic options for on-island accommodations..

Ranging from a historic lighthouse to a modest bunkhouse, there are several unique places to stay on Tinsley. Members may reserve housing through a lottery system each November. The Island staff keeps the accommodations in ship-shape and members enjoy their vacation using a combination of provided accoutrements, and items brought from home. WHAT’S INCLUDED

In keeping with our tradition of primitive elegance on Tinsley Island, please be aware that a certain amount of self-sufficiency is necessary when you visit. Provided for your Convenience In the Lighthouse, Captain’s Quarters, First Mate’s Quarters and Houseboat:

• Bath towels
• Kitchen with appliances, pots and pans, cutlery, dishware, etc.

In the Bunkhouses

• Communal refrigerator

Wifi covers the Island; however, as the Island is remote, connectivity varies.

Please Bring from Home

• Food, drinks, provisions
• Bath and pool towels
• Hair dryers
• Table decorations
• Plates, dishes, flatware, cooking utensils, pots and pans (if you’re planning to cook around the barbecue)
• Soap and sponges
• Sunscreen and bug spray
• Sleeping bag and pillow (for houseboat and bunkhouses)

Rules to Know

• Pets are not permitted in any Island accommodations.
• No cell phones or other electronic devices are allowed on Tinsley, except for your boat or sleeping location.
• All visitors are permitted to climb to the Lighthouse Tower and savor the views of the Delta, provided this is done during daylight hours and in a manner that respects the privacy of those using the Lighthouse as their home away from home. Common courtesy dictates that children may not visit without an adult and all who visit the tower should do so quietly and respectfully.

HOUSING LOTTERY

Tinsley Island wishes to accommodate as many members as possible throughout the year. While many members and guests sleep aboard members’ boats on the docks, others may choose to stay in on-island accommodations. Reservations for these accommodations are handled through a lottery system that takes place at the conclusion of every season. The following timeline represents a typical lottery cycle; the Tinsley Island Committee set specific dates each year.

November:  members receive housing lottery forms in the mail. Download a PDF of the Form  HERE . Read the 2020 Lottery Letter  HERE . December 15, 2019:  reservation requests are due to the Club Early January:  lottery winners are drawn by Club management Mid-January : lottery results are sent by email to all participants Late January : deadline for lottery winners to confirm or cancel winning requests  February 1–May 31:  All available rooms can be booked on a first-come, first-served basis through the Front Desk at  [email protected]  or 415-563-6363. Any member can make one individual reservation regardless of the number of other reservations the member already has. That reservation is limited to one room per reserving member, with a maximum stay of seven nights and a minimum stay of two nights. June 1–December 31:  Any member can make any number of reservations regardless of their existing reservations. These reservations are not limited by number of rooms or number of days. 

The majority of on-Island accommodations must be booked through the annual housing lottery. Beyond the lottery, available rooms are booked on a first-come, first-served basis. For questions on reserving on-Island accommodations, contact the Front Desk at  [email protected]  or 415-563-6363. 

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Short Takes

• By Rich Turner
• Photographs by Rich Turner
• July 12, 2019

Tinsley Island

Every so often I like to take low and slow flights over the Delta just to see what I can see. In all the years I’ve been doing this, it never grows old. On one such flight a few years ago, and an uncommonly clear day, I asked my accommodating pilot to detour over to Tinsley Island. 

Back in my boating days in the mid-80’s, I motored by this private island many times not knowing anything about it. Like most other Delta islands, from the water level all you see are lines of trees or tules belying what may exist beyond. If you venture out to the west end of Eight Mile Road, turn left on Rio Blanco Road and follow that to the end, you can see it. Yes, all you see is a line of trees. 

But get up a little higher and now you can see a very well appointed addition to San Francisco’s St. Francis Yacht Club. Why in the heart of the Delta? 

It’s common knowledge to those of us who have lived in the Valley for any length of time that the summer is decidedly warmer than San Francisco, which in the summer tends to be cold, foggy, and windy. This was incentive enough for the St. Francis Yacht Club to search for a warmer alternative. In 1958 a group of members pooled personal funds and purchased the then-overgrown island for $10,750.  

In this photograph, Tinsley Island is at the lower right with Ward Island immediately to the upper left. Little Venice Island, another private boater’s paradise is just to the upper right and Little Potato Slough then leads up and beyond the west end of Eight Mile Road. 

Tinsley Island is open to members year around and might be worth a little more now than the 1958 purchase price.

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Award-winning photographer, Rich Turner, explored, photographed, and aerial photo-mapped Antarctica as a Navy photographer, was a newspaper photojournalist for 19 years, and has operated his own fine art photography studio since 1990. “Delta Grandeur,” his traveling exhibit, toured California museums and libraries for 5 years. His most recent passion is spreading the word far and wide about what an amazing place the Delta and Greater Bay Area is. With the help of very talented writers, artists and photographers, publishing this magazine seems a good way to do that.

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What year was this photo taken? The erosion has taken much of what you see in this picture and Little Venice Island is almpost gone. The house burnt many years ago.

Four years ago.

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St. Francis Yacht Club was founded in 1927 by a group of 21 San Francisco yachtsmen with a vision of a club in the City. It was an offshoot of the San Francisco Yacht Club, which was founded in 1856 and had its facility in Sausalito, across the Bay. That facility burned to the ground in the mid-twenties and a fierce debate raged after the fire between those who lived in Marin County and those who lived in San Francisco. The city-dwellers wanted to relocate to San Francisco—not surprising given that this was before the Golden Gate Bridge, so SF members had to travel by water to their club. Members from Marin found a suitable location in Belvedere against the wishes of their SF membership and pulled some fast and furious moves to secure the right number of votes to make it happen. This so offended the SF members that they chose to leave San Francisco Yacht Club and form their own club: the St. Francis Yacht Club.

Today, there is great camaraderie between the two clubs and many members belong to both.

For the club’s full history, click here .

St. Francis Yacht Club Honors Hall of Famers

The St. Francis Yacht Club honored their Hall of Famers at a dinner on October 28, 2014 with 200 people attending.

Those honored included National Sailing Hall of Famers Tom Blackaller, Paul Cayard, Stan Honey and John Kostecki, plus America’s Cup Hall of Famers Lucy and Fritz Jewett. Another Hall of Famer, National Sailing Hall of Fame President Gary Jobson, was the Master of Ceremonies.

Here are some photos of the event, courtesy of photographer Igor Capibaribe, and a short video tribute that was played during the dinner.

L-R: St. Francis YC Commodore Bruce Munro, John Kostecki, Stan Honey, Lisa Blackaller, Lucy Jewitt, Paul Cayard, Gary Jobson, St. Francis YC Commodore George Dort

Video: Tribute to the St. Francis Yacht Club Hall of Famers (4:15)  :

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Photograph courtesy U.S. Coast Guard The passage between the eastern side of Angel Island and Southampton Shoal is quite narrow. The strong tides setting in and out through the Golden Gate have full force on a vessel bound up or down the bay, and in the case of ships being towed, as so many are, past this point, the set of the current is enough to make it hazardous, there being danger either of running aground on Southampton Shoal or Angel Island. An enormous quantity of shipping annually passes this point, bound to or from the great grain wharves at Port Costa, the Sacramento and San Joaquin rivers, and Mare Island Strait. Hundreds of the largest sailing ships are towed from San Francisco to Port Costa, where they load with grain, and are then towed down and out to sea. In this way there is more shipping passing through these waters than anywhere else in the district, except through the Golden Gate. There have been a number of casualties in the vicinity. 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