The free event will include sailing taster sessions, live music from Jukebox Jazz, and a performance by local magician Luke Lamont.

A warm-up event to the annual Opening Day on the Bay on Sunday, which signals the beginning of the sailing/boating season ... Council and Commonwealth Club after 20 years of leading programs ...

Opening day is a good time for a little salty talk. I had lunch just the other day with Vince Casalaina, a filmmaker working on a documentary about classic sailing vessels from San Francisco Bay.