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BY PAUL DUCLOS Published: September, 2018 A year after the legendary Italian tenor Enrico Caruso recorded the leading role in Pagliacci, he had barely the time to hop a ferry and escape from the San Francisco Fire of 1906. He recalled that fateful journey across the Bay with considerable bitterness, as the city burned […]
Published: September, 2018 September 10 – 14 Radar Observer Unlimited Course – Maritime Institute, Alameda, 888-262-8020, www.MaritimeInstitute.com This five (5) day course provides training to mariners who wish to obtain a USCG endorsement as a Radar Observer (Unlimited). A Radar Observer endorsement is required for all ocean routes; all towing vessel greater than […]
Published: September, 2018 Sausalito Art Festival Spend this Labor Day weekend, September 1 to 3, at the 66th annual Sausalito Art Festival. One of the most anticipated festivals every year, this annual event features work from some of the best local and national artists. You also get the chance to listen to live music, […]
Published: August, 2018 The zero-emission passenger vessel that Red & White Fleet President Tom Escher has been dreaming about for the last three years is slated to carry its first load across the San Francisco Bay by the end of next year. Golden Gate Zero Emission Marine recently awarded a $3 million grant from […]
BY PATRICK BURNSON Published: August, 2018 While the Port of Oakland is widely recognized as the chief U.S. West Coast gateway for exports, volume is down 1.8 percent through six months of 2018. Exports decreased 4.7 percent in June, which port spokespeople attribute to a strong U.S. dollar that makes American goods costlier overseas. […]
BY MATT LARSON Published: August, 2018 From deckhands to bartenders to operations supervisors to captains, this column has introduced you over the past six years to more than 75 people who are successfully making a career for themselves right here on the San Francisco Bay Area’s bustling ferries. One thing that they’ve all had […]
BY SEJAL CHOKSI-CHUGH Published: August, 2018 A lack of fresh water is tearing apart San Francisco Bay’s web of life. Salmon hatch in rivers and migrate to the ocean at a young age. They mature there and return to the river where they hatched to spawn—leaving the eggs of a new generation. The […]
BY BILL PICTURE Published: August, 2018 The zero-emission passenger vessel that Red & White Fleet President Tom Escher has been dreaming about for the last three years is slated to carry its first travellers on San Francisco Bay by the end of next year. The California Air Resources Board (CARB) recently awarded a […]
BC STAFF REPORT Published: August, 2018 The Transbay Joint Powers Authority (TJPA) announced that the new Salesforce Transit Center officially opens to the public at noon on Saturday, August 11 with a neighborhood block party. Inaugural transbay bus service by AC Transit and others will begin August 12. The transit center replaces the […]
BY CAPTAIN RAY Published: August, 2018 In last month’s column, I began relating the story of the strongest winds I’ve ever experienced while out on the water. Because it is such a frequent question from students, I’ve told this tale quite often. It happened during a U.S. Sailing Association Cruising Instructor Course that […]