'Delta Doo Dah 3D – Better Than Ever' was featured in the September 2011 issue of Latitude 38 and is copied in our Delta Stories section.

Read all about Delta Doo Dah 3D on 'Lectronic Latitude:
Delta Doo Dah 3D Ends (8/8/11)
Doo Dah Fleet Disperses (8/3/11)
Delta Doo Dah 3D Blasts Off (8/1/11)
Doo Dah Kickoff Party Tonight (7/29/11)

The amended Sailing Instructions have been posted on our site. Included are up-to-date maps for Owl Harbor and Sugar Barge.

News flash! We've had a change to our itinerary. Instead of heading to Boyd's Harbor on Monday afternoon, we'll be going a mile further down Piper Slough to Sugarbarge Resort and Marina instead. Please see our itinerary page. Our Sailing Instructions will be updated on Monday afternoon.

Sailing Instructions will be stuffed in your swag bag, but if you'd like to study them ahead of time, they are now available on our site.

Who's coming to Berkeley for the kickoff party? Are you coming by car or by boat? Please and let us know.

Our logowear store is closed and our order has been placed with Pirate's Lair (not to be confused with Korth's Pirate's Lair), but we'll have some extra hats and shirts to sell at the Kickoff Party.

We've added PDFs of our Questionnaire form and Waivers to our site. We need each skipper to download, fill out, sign and mail back the Questionnaire and Skipper's Waiver, and each crew member to do the same with the Crew Waiver. We need them back no later than July 15.

Two stories have just been posted to our 'Delta Stories' section. One is the recap of last year's Doo Dah Deux, and the other is our current article on cruising the Delta.

We've just opened up a logowear store, where Delta Doo Dah sailors can pre-order extra T-shirts. New this year: safari-style wide-brimmed hats. The store will remain open until June 20.

The Delta Doo Dah forum is a fun and useful resource, already loaded with valuable tips and information. Anyone can read it; if you'd like to be registered to post on it, email your name, your boat name, and your desired Username and Password to .

Delta Doo Dah sailors honored by US Sailing: Brian and Erik D. Jones of Sizzle (2010 and 2011 fleets) were awarded the Hanson Rescue Medal. Read more.

The 2011 fleet list has been added to our website. It's a good mix of newcomers and veterans.

Unbelievable! Registration filled up in half an hour. If you want to get on the waiting list, please email your name, boat name, boat type & length, and daytime phone number to . We'll be opening up a form soon where you can order more T-shirts, and we're planning to have hats this year too.

Registration for Delta Doo Dah 3D is now open. It's sure to fill up fast, but please don't sign up until you're certain, because there will be no refunds. The entry fee this year is $59, which includes one of the T-shirts pictured below:

Our online forum is getting active again, and contains a wealth of information for those interested in going this year. Anyone can read the forum; if you want to post, please email your desired username and password to .

For the first time this year, we've created a 'Notice of Rally' and posted it on our site. View the PDF here.

Our itinerary is shaping up; please visit our Itinerary page.

Dates for the 2011 Delta Doo Dah will be July 30-August 5, with a kickoff party the evening of July 29.

Some news from 2010:

Heads up! The Delta Doo Dah Deux article will appear in the September issue of Latitude 38, coming out on Wednesday, Sept. 1. Besides the story itself, it's got lots of pictures to capture the vibe.

Doo Dah Comes to a Close 8/6/10
Dawdling on the Delta 8/4/10
Doin' the Deux 8/2/10
Delta Doo Dah Deux to Decamp 7/30/10

We've uploaded another Delta Story, Nothin' Doin', from 1981. Rest assured, you can buy ice, food and other supplies in the Delta.

Added a story from the current (June 2010) issue of Latitude 38 to the small but growing list of Delta Stories.

We've added a new section to our Web site: Delta Stories, with links to recent - and not so recent - tales of Delta sailing.

Our forum for discussion of the Delta Doo Dah and Delta sailing is going strong thanks to our fleet. You can read the forum without registering. If you're a new user who'd like to post to the forum, please send your full name, username and password to the . You do not have to be a Delta Doo Dah participant to use the forum.

If you're new to the Delta (and even if you aren't), be sure to read our Delta Primer. It can be downloaded as a PDF.