VALIANT is a 45' Sparkman Stephens (#708) built in Buenos Aires in 1962 in Gutierrez Yard. Since 2013 she has volunteered as the sail training boat for WBFV, sailing veterans fro the following programs:
VALIANT provides sail training to veterans in the following areas of basic seamanship:
- VA Poly-traumatic Rehabilitation Center – Livermore
- Veteran Justice Court Rehabilitation Program
- Bay Area Association of Disabled Sailors veteran program
VALIANT provides sail training to veterans in the following areas of basic seamanship:
- Parts of a sailboat
- Knots
- Use of safety gear (personal flotation devices, fire & distress)
- Man overboard equipment and procedures
- Docking maneuvering
- Getting underway and raising sail
- Points of sailing
- Tides and Currents
- San Francisco Bay landmarks and familiarization
- Weather
- Anchoring procedures
