<p>please let me know immediately whether you are part of or know a campus sailing organization at cal. i am seriously interested in sailing and want to participate in the awesome weather here in the bay area.</p>
<p>Know of. CalX knows a bit . . .</p>
<p>If you are interested, I highly recommend that you check out the Cal Sailing Team's booth at the Calapolooza.</p>
<p>Go sailing!</p>
<p>The CAL Sailing Club - not affiliated with the university (<a href="http://www.cal-sailing.org/%5B/url%5D">http://www.cal-sailing.org/</a>)</p>
<p>CAL Adventures (<a href="http://calbears.berkeley.edu/insidepage.aspx?uid=46be183c-69de-41dd-889b-5364f4085954%5B/url%5D">http://calbears.berkeley.edu/insidepage.aspx?uid=46be183c-69de-41dd-889b-5364f4085954</a>)</p>
<p>located at the UC Aquatic Center. Besides sailing, they offer sea kayaking and windsurfing. </p>
<p>Both of the above are physically located at the Berkeley Marina.</p>
<p>"Go sailing," "Go, sailing," or both, unlimitedx?</p>
<p>Sailing is a great thing to get into at Cal. Sign up at Cal Sailing, and once you complete the basic course you can take out their boats and get some experience. You can also take windsurfing classes there. </p>
<p>Cal Adventures also has sailing classes, but they are a little more expensive.</p>
<p>Once you have a little experience, you can hook up with captains in the local marinas (Berkeley, Emeryville, Richmond and beyond) and sail on their boats as part of the crew, as there are more boats and boat owners than crews out there. You'll get to sail on bigger, faster boats out in the Bay. You can also get together with some friends and rent a boat for the afternoon in Sausalito, amazing way to spend a weekend afternoon. It's one of those only-at-Berkeley perks.</p>
<p>CALX: Not to hijack this thread, but did you ever post the remainder of you "things to do before you graduate..." list?</p>
<p>Just look in the Guide to the Good Life in Berkeley booklet. There is a 100 things to do. However, many freshmen will never be able to do all 100 (one calls for a visit to one of Berkeley's legendary bookstore, Cody's Book).</p>
<p>True, many undergrads will not get around to doing all 100 (not to mention that this list is certainly not comprehensive...) That's a good incentive for coming back to Berkeley for grad school, like I did, especially since many of the things to do in and around Berkeley are often worth repeating!</p>
<p>CA2006: no, I haven't yet, I've been super busy with work, and I figure the deadline on this one is way out there given that most readers are freshmen...</p>
<p>PS firax: Cody's original store near campus did close unfortunately, but Moe's was the best bookstore on Telegraph anyway. Cody's has two branches now, one on 4th street in west Berkeley, and one on Union Square in SF.</p>
<p>firax: What Berkeley booklet are you talking about? And, have you read CalX's beginning to "things to do before you graduate?" If you haven't I will dig out that old thread when I have time and revive it. I thought it was great.</p>
<p>thanks for the props CA2006, I'll bokmark it and add to it when things get less hectic.</p>
<p>I've heard the sailing club is great; they go out on the weekends and just spend hours on the water.</p>
<p>I wish I joined something like that, it seems like an amazing experience.</p>
<p>One really cool thing about Berkeley is that it is large enough a school that you have a solid nucleus of students in just about any activity, and of course a nice physical environment that provides a great outlet for those activities. </p>
<p>There are many other groups similar to sailing, like rockclimbing, martial arts, cycling, skiing, photography, music and so forth.</p>