Published: October, 2003 "This agreement ensures that millions of tons of cargo and significant revenue will come to the Port," stated Port Maritime Director Peter Dailey. "Hanson’s commitment is good news for the City’s maritime industries, organized labor, and the environment." Since September 1, 2000, Hanson has operated the maritime bulk cargo terminal at Pier […]
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Ferry Building Marketplace Harvest Festival Set for October 23- 26
Published: October, 2003 The Ferry Building Marketplace is steadily adding new shops, lending momentum to what has quickly become one of San Francisco’s favorite destinations for food shopping, eating and socializing . Just announced: from October 23-26 the first of a series of seasonal public festivals . First up: the Harvest Festival. Thursday, October 23, […]
Bay Crossings On the Cover
Published: October, 2003 Quiet had sunk in through the night. Sawdust stilled, power saws turned off, old fashioned wooden sliding doors closed to the public, we arrived one by one for the 9:00a.m. class held at the Mariner Museum Boatshop. A class on rigging and sailing old fashioned downeast wooden sailboats. Welcome, my name is […]
Bay Crossings and Fleet of New Businesses Dock at Ferry Building
Published: October, 2003 Call it your home-based business that makes good. What started out of the house of entrepreneur Bobby Winston — and then moved aboard the good sailboat Belle Chere — has now morphed into Bay Crossings’ Ferry Tickets Shop. Now one of the many new businesses at San Francisco’s Ferry Building, the store […]
Saving the "Silver Slug"
Published: October, 2003 What is it about ancient ferryboats that inspire people to save them, or try at least? Notable successes include the Eureka, which is stuffed and mounted like a trophy fish at the Hyde St. Maritime Museum. Or the Berkeley, posing as a one-boat museum in San Diego with her boiler cut in […]
Passage for More Ferries Clears California Legislature
Published: October, 2003 If Neil Armstrong were asked to speak about the California Legislature’s recent passage of Senate Bill (SB) 916 (D-Perata, Oakland), he might say that it will create one small wave for ferries, one tsunami of funding for Bay Area commuters. If signed by the governor, this bill will allow voters in seven […]
Point Molate: Waterfront Dream or Terrorist Nightmare?
By Susan Williams Published: October, 2003 Many in the City of Richmond have dreams for Point Molate—a secluded, mostly undeveloped, 290-acre strip of waterfront nestled in Richmond’s Potrero Hills north of the Richmond-San Rafael Bridge. It offers spectacular views of the San Francisco and San Pablo Bays, the Marin hills, and the bridge from its […]
Bay Crossings Docks at Ferry Building
Published: October, 2003 Call it your home-based business that makes good. What started out of the house of entrepreneur Bobby Winston — and then moved aboard the good sailboat Belle Chere — has now morphed into Bay Crossings’ Ferry Tickets Shop. Now one of the many new businesses at San Francisco’s Ferry Building, the store […]
Master Mariners Benevolent Association Upcoming Events
Published: September, 2003 Petaluma Dick Wrenn, (510) 654-7704 Oct. 4, 2003 WoodenBoat / MMBA Offshore Cruise Drake’s Bay Bob Rogers (415) 381-3498 Oct. 18, 2003 Jessica Cup Regatta St. Francis Yacht Club Terry Klaus, (415) 364-1656 For more information, call (415) 364-1656, e-mail mastermariners@hotmail.com or visit www.mastermariners.org.
My Captain, My Crew
Published: September, 2003 I furled the jib While you tied the boat to the dock, That stray lock of hair Blowing loose in the breeze. You looked at me with that smile; You know, the one where Your lip is just slightly curled upward And your nose wrinkles so that Your freckles stand out. And […]