On December 10, we had 46 shells enter and finish the Corkscrew Regatta with a total of 99 seats. Eight of the shells made the 8.5 mile corkscrew in under an hour. Of the 46 shells, there were 9 shells that were paddlers!! Two of the surfskis made an impressive time of 1hr8min. We think this is the highest number of shells to participate in a Corkscrew Regatta - but not the fastest time (46:27) and not the most number of seats (135 in 2009). Results and photos are posted on the Corkscrew page.

The Corkscrew Regatta is above all a fundraiser for Second Harvest Food Bank of Silicon Valley. This year we raised almost $2,000 from entry fees! In addition, two generous donors added another $3,500 in support of the Corkscrew Regatta. Our total contribution was $5,496 to Second Harvest!! Click here to give more.

The BIAC costume contest has no rules and no description and we had a number of really good entries. Some in celebration of the holiday season, others just great costumes. The winner of the 2023 costume contest is the Can’t Touch This (Quad) of M&M’s. The icing on the cake was the Coffee Cake entry into the potluck by Amanda, one of the M&Ms. (Better food yields results!) Runner up was the Norcal 2x bowed by Toby Sin. Other notable costume entries: The Wonder Women of BIAC (with a GREAT time of under 54 minutes), the two Marin 8’s with Candy Cane and Corkscrew Hats and who can forget Steve with the Banana Boat? Banantlers?