By Matt Larson Published: May, 2014 Fairly new to the fleet, Fred Von Stieff has been an engineer for Blue & Gold for the past two years. A man of the water, he works on boats both professionally and personally. "I like coming to work," he says. "I love the people I work with. I […]
Published: April, 2005 Hundreds braved the threat of storm to gather atop a 1948 Army Artillery Barge in the center of Sausalito’s waterfront Saturday night, March 21, and the clouds parted. The first annual Shipwright’s Ball, a benefit for a comrade in need, was attended by 250 people and raised enough money to help off-set […]
By Wes Starratt, PEPublished: April, 2006 San Francisco is a city surrounded on three sides by water and on two sides by major earthquake faults. The City has two fireboats, the Phoenix and the Guardian. They are docked at Firehouse No. 35 at Pier 22½, which is located directly under the Bay Bridge. Between earthquakes, […]
