Published: July, 2003 July 26 River Rat Cruise Sacramento Delta Bob Cart, (510) 549-2200 Aug 30-Sep 1 ChickenShip Regatta (location TBA) Dick Wrenn, (510) 654-7704 Oct. 4 WoodenBoat / MMBA Offshore Cruise Drake’s Bay Bob Rogers, Gene & Pat Buck (415) 364-1656 Oct. 18 Jessica Cup Regatta St. Francis Yacht Club Terry […]
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Summit Sows Seeds for New Funding Plans, But Political Winds May Blow Ill
Published: July, 2003 Mention of a $2 gasoline tax drew claps and cheers from many in the enthusiastic, and decidedly pro-transit, crowd. But with a $35 billion-plus state budget deficit proving unable to sway the opinions of hardline anti-tax forces in California, and the Bush Administration putting the kibosh on House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee […]
MTC Courts Public in Quest to Solve Transportation Planning Mysteries
Published: July, 2003 Like death and taxes — or a splendid view from the deck of a ferry — you can always count on transportation to rank at or near the top of Bay Area residents’ lists of concerns. Just as certain is that transportation bureaucrats have no monopoly on good ideas for solving our […]
Port of Call: Jaffna, Sri Lanka
Published: July, 2003 "Does anyone know when we can catch the next ferry out of Jambukolapattana?" This was the question of the day in 1998 when a particular group of Sri Lankans were in need of a ferry boat ride to the other side of the island, which is about the same size as West […]
Japanese Tall Ship is Coming
Published: July, 2003 The Nippon Maru II, one of the largest tall ships in the world, is arriving from Tokoyo in July. She will sail into San Francisco Bay during her Pacific training voyage, and be in Port from July11-17. This beautiful 361-foot Japanese tall ship is a four-masted barque, has 36 sails, and carries […]
Bruce Schwab to Speak at Corinthian Yacht Club
Published: July, 2003 The Corinthian Yacht Club is proud to announce that Bruce Schwab, local rock-star sailor and rigger extraordinaire, will be speaking in person at the Corinthian Yacht Club on Thursday, July 10. The public is cordially invited to attend this exciting talk on fast, short-handed sailing. On May 3, 2003, just over a […]
State Sales Tax May Dampen Chances for Local Measures
Published: July, 2003 Confronted with a $38 billion state budget deficit — a debt accumulated over the past three years — Democratic lawmakers in Sacramento are looking favorably towards a temporary sales tax increase. One scenario that seems to be gaining momentum is a $10.7 billion bond package that would be backed by a six-year, […]
Win a Princess Cruise to Alaska
Published: July, 2003 Do you know what’s been around the San Francisco area longer than the Golden Gate Bridge, Fisherman’s Wharf, and Coit Tower? The answer is world-famous Colombo and Parisian sourdough breads, both baked fresh daily in San Francisco and Oakland since the mid-1800s. In order to draw extra attention to the popular breads, […]
I Lunch for a Living
Published: July, 2003 The City of San Francisco is more than just a pretty face. It’s also one of the world’s greatest in terms of fine dining. Whom do you call for the straight scoop on the perils and possibilities roiling the restaurant industry? None other than Patricia Breslin, Executive Director of the Golden Gate […]
Pelosi Announces $2.5 million for Fuel Cell Ferry
Published: July, 2003 Today House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi announced that the San Francisco Bay Area Water Transit Authority will receive $2,483,750 from the U.S. Department of Transportation to construct the first zero-emission passenger-only ferry in the world. Pelosi requested these funds in the 2003 federal Transportation appropriations bill, following the $100,000 she secured in […]