Home	Green Day Concert 9/21/24

Big shout out to Mike and Liz on Green Flash for organizing a fun Islander 36 outing. Also kudos to intrepid solo sailor Dan Throop on Wind Catcher for making his third trip to McCovey Cove this season.

Who would of thunk that this is a happening? Mike and Liz mentioned some time ago that they heard the Greatful Dead from the anchorage at McCovey Cove and indicated that the sound is actually pretty good. When we organized the calendar for the I-36 Association last winter we agreed to put Def Leppard and Green Day on the list and Mike and Liz offered to coordinate. Dan Throop solo'd to the Def Leppard and said it was pretty cool so Kapai and our crew decided to give it a go for Green Day.

Kathy and I arrived at Kapai at 4:00PM and waited for son Bryce and daughter-in-law, Reanne to arrive. We motored a total of about 1000 yards out of South Beach harbor and found Green Flash and Wind Catcher in the process of rafting up. Dan put out an anchor at the bow and Green Flash put out a stern anchor so this raft was not going anywhere.

After tying up we joined everyone in a libation and then dinner awaiting "Rancid" the first warm up band. Mike and Liz were right; the sound is pretty decent. Rancid was followed up by "Smashing Pumpkins" and finally Green Day came on around 8PM. The crowd went wild and the band fed off the energy of the throng. This was the thirtieth anniversary of Green Day's break out album.

Lot's of pyrotechnics after almost every song. Big fun! I would estimate 7 boats anchored and an additional 5 boats circling the anchorage with lot's of nautical borne spectators. This really is a thing. The Kapai crew would definitively do it again.

Thanks again to Mike and Liz for being coordinators for this event.

Commodore Rick Egan

Windcatcher anchors ...	Green Flash alongside ...	with dinghy.	Dinghy Captain Mike.
Kapai joins ...	all secure.	& can see the screen.	Settling in.
Kathy, Reanne & Bryce.	Happy crew ...	relaxed, ...	and fed.
Pretty raft.	Twlight ...	moon rise, ...	Let the fun begin!