By CaptaIn Ray Published: June, 2012 All over the world, sailing craft have evolved to meet the specific needs of particular locations. Independent invention responded to those needs—needs that were at the same time generic to all sailing craft and unique to the location and the technology available at the time. Human history is full […]
By Captain RayPublished: March, 2008 As I sat enjoying food, sun, friends, and the wonderful view, I noticed a sailboat below us engaged in quite a struggle. She was sailing east toward Alcatraz in a light westerly wind, and was rapidly losing ground. While the wind was moving her east, some other force was dragging […]
Published: February, 2001 North Bay communities are eagerly watching as the Water Transit Authority begins the work of establishing a framework for a ferry system to serve the ever-expanding region and its nearly one million people. Historically served by water transit beginning in the 1850s, it is indeed, as the 1999 Water Transit Initiative stated, […]
