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Published: April, 2012 Sail on Sailor The 2012 Strictly Sail Pacific all-sailboat boat show will sail into Jack London Square April 12-15 with everything that is hot in the world of sailing. Strictly Sail Pacific is the only all-sailboat show on the West Coast, featuring new sailboats, gear, accessories, hardware, daily seminars, interactive workshops, free […]
Published: March, 2012 Will Travis received a grand send-off when he retired last month. State bureaucrats usually don’t get red-carpet shindigs taking up the entire second floor of the Ferry Building and attracting over 500 guests, but it’s a testament to the special affection the waterfront community—and the entire Bay Area, really—has for the avuncular […]
Published: March, 2012 A new program to promote the synchronizing of traffic signals owned by Caltrans with those owned by Bay Area cities and counties is delivering benefits—including shorter travel times, reduced tailpipe emissions and improved safety for bicyclists and pedestrians—that outpace costs by a ratio of 80 to 1. The Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC), […]
Published: March, 2012 I was extremely disappointed to see such blatant use of unnecessarily provocative language in your December follow-up op-ed piece regarding pollution in Bay Area marinas. The impact of an otherwise reasonably presented article on pollution was seriously compromised by the totally unsupported and unsubstantiated claim that "The most egregious offenders are those […]
Published: March, 2012 The San Francisco Port Commission this week approved a new policy for Zero Waste Events and Activities on port property for events with a total expected attendance of 5,000 or more people, restricting the sale, use and distribution of certain plastic bags, plastic bottles, plastic food ware and the release of balloons. […]
By Patrick Burnson Published: March, 2012 Ocean cargo shippers can expect a slight surge in business this year, with the economic tide lifting all boats, according to a prominent shipping industry economist. This will be particularly evident when it comes to measuring port throughput across the continent. Dr. Walter Kemmsies, Moffatt & Niclol’s chief economist, […]
By Deb Self Published: March, 2012 Can one boater make a difference? Consider this: A weekend boater flushing untreated sewage into San Francisco Bay produces the same bacterial pollution as 10,000 people whose sewage passes through a treatment plant. One marina operator can make a big difference, too. At Sausalito’s Galilee Harbor, a co-op affordable-housing […]
By Matt Larson Published: March, 2012 For about six months out of the year, one of the first ferries of the day departing from Vallejo bound for San Francisco is most likely under the guidance of Captain Al Lewis Jr. of Blue & Gold Fleet. Lewis, a former basketball star at St. Mary’s College, has […]
Published: March, 2012 In February, EPA’s Pacific Southwest Regional Administrator Jared Blumenfeld finalized EPA’s decision and approved a state proposal to ban all sewage discharges from large cruise ships and most other large ocean-going ships into state marine waters all along California’s 1,624 mile coast—from Mexico to Oregon and surrounding major islands. Last month’s action […]
By CaptaIn Ray Published: March, 2012 An old adage tells us there’s only one chance to make a first impression. There’s another expression that the exception proves the rule. Recently, I was fortunate enough to witness what may have been the exception, having an opportunity to reintroduce someone to the joy of sailing. It […]