By Ed & Pam McGrathPublished: October, 2006 Boats have a spirit too; you could call it personality or soul, as well. If you are sensitive enough to pay attention, you can feel the soul of a boat the moment you step aboard. Of course a boat, just like humans, develops its spirit over time. A […]
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October Boating Events
Published: October, 2006 Tall Ship Education Academy Events www.tallshipacademy.org (415) 405-3703 Women Skipper’s Regatta Sun., Oct. 15, first warning signal at 1100 hrs. Sausalito Yacht Club (At El Portal, left of the Ferry Landing. Take the Golden Gate Ferry) The 26th Annual Women Skipper’s Regatta is an event benefiting the Tall Ship Semester for […]
Golden Gate Tall Ships’ Blue Angels Cruise on the Gas Light
Published: October, 2006 For more information (415) 331-1009, or www.ggtss.org. Date: Oct. 7, Boarding begins at 1345. Gas Light departs promptly at 1400 hrs. Cost: $85 general public, $65 members of the Society, $75 to guests of members of the Society. Reservations via credit card or mail check to GGTSS, P.O., Box 926, Sausalito, CA […]
Ward Cleaveland Memorial Scholarship Cruise
Published: October, 2006 For more information (415) 331-1009, or www.ggtss.org. Date: Oct. 8 – Boarding begins at 1630 hrs. Lynx departs promptly at 1700 hrs. Cost: $75 donation.
Boating to find the fountain of Youth
By Kimmie HaworthPublished: October, 2006 Letting go of their much-loved boat after so many years was an extremely difficult decision. It must be similar to giving up driving, only much more painful. Driving is a necessary evil, while boating is something you actually enjoy. However, boating requires a certain amount of physical agility which, unfortunately, […]
Dockside Dwelling: Living Ship to Shore
Benicia’s Old Garske Boatyard By Denise DohognePublished: October, 2006 Shipbuilding was the prime reason Matthew Turner came to Benicia over 125 years ago, turning out sailing vessels from Shipyard Cove in the 1880’s. Today I sit on my balcony, overlooking the old Joe Garske Boatyard and dry dock, located at the end of First Street, […]
Grand Living Today at Richmond’s Marina Bay
Published: October, 2006 Currently, there are three existing condominium home communities and another three, either proposed or under construction, around the Marina Bay area. When completed, the six communities will represent almost 1,800 homes. Marina Bay, The Shores at Marina Bay and The Cove at Marina Bay are three waterfront condominium home communities that are […]
Remember the ENIAC
Electronics over mechanics, when the computer became ballistic By Mary E. ShacklettPublished: October, 2006 The future of technology is so predominant that we seldom reflect on the history of computing, and what sparked its development in the first place. The ENIAC computer was developed over 50 years ago at the University of Pennsylvania as part […]
The Great Cork Debate
By Dianne Boate & Robert MeyerPublished: October, 2006 Real corks can break off halfway out, plastic corks won’t go back in and a screw top suddenly on view can create a new kind of bottle shock. So is that bottle shock warranted? And is the cork the best way to seal the bottle? The 17th century […]
Brew Review
Magnolia Brewery By Joel WilliamsPublished: October, 2006 Magnolia, located on the corner of Haight and Masonic in a Victorian built in 1903, opened in 1997 after extensive construction to the building’s cramped and neglected basement that houses the brewery. The pub is small but the interior woodwork that was installed around the 1920s beautifully complements […]