Published: June, 2003 If the California Legislature approves the San Francisco Bay Area Water Transit Authority (WTA)’s recommendations and this plan is funded, 31 new boats will be added to the current fleet of ferries for a total of 44 ferry boats in the Bay and as many as eight new terminal locations. These […]
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Master Mariners Upcoming Events
Published: June, 2003 May 16, 2003 Sponsors Lunch – St. Francis Yacht Club San Francisco Bob Cart, (510) 549-2200 May 24, 2003 Master Mariners Regatta & Awards Party Encinal Yacht Club, Alameda Jeff Stokes, (925) 935-7096 June 28, 2003 MMBA Annual Meeting June 29, 2003 Wooden Boat Show Corinthian Yacht Club, Tiburon Craig […]
Bay Crossings Boating Calendar
Published: June, 2003 7-8 J-105 Summer Invitations SFYC Olympic Circle If you own or sail on a J-105 this is a fun but demanding event. 14 Delta Ditch Run RYC/SSC Richmond-Stockton A downwind classic. It takes the full day with a warm wind at your back. 14 Coastal Cup Encinal YC SF to Catalina Island […]
Bay CrossingsWorking Waterfront
Published: June, 2003 Although the acronym NOAA may sound like something in a James Bond movie or secret document, it actually stands for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. It is a federal agency (Dept. of Commerce) and home to one of the seven uniformed services in the United States, the NOAA Corps. (Can you […]
The Last Whaling Station
Published: June, 2003 One of the two last whaling stations in America was active in San Francisco Bay until 1971. It was located on the north side of Point San Pablo, just up the railroad tracks from the Point San Pablo Yacht Harbor. It was opened in 1956 by Del Monte on a bight near […]
Wylie Cat Ketch to Track Whales
Published: June, 2003 San Francisco Bay Area premier boat builder, Tom Wylie, and his partner Dave Wahle of the Wyliecat in Watsonville, are mighty happy. After two years, their $1.5 million vessel is afloat. They designed and built a new kind of marine research vessel. The handsome 65’ Cat Ketch ,the Derek M. Baylis, was […]
The Deck is Readied Admiral Horatio!
Published: June, 2003 Acelebration highlighting the opening of Horatio’s summer outdoor deck was held on May 16th from 4-7pm. The sun came out on cue, providing a bright and cheery setting; a preview of summer days to come. Horatio’s Restaurant is located at the harbor’s edge of San Leandro Marina. Carol Henry-Golphin, marketing director for […]
Waterfront Living
Published: June, 2003 The Towers, also known as One Embarcadero South, was built as an apartment complex. Now under new ownership and management, it is reinventing its quality and way of life into a luxury living homeowners resort-like complex with great success. The Towers has been sequentially undergoing extensive remodeling as rented units end their […]
Bay Crossings Cusine
Published: June, 2003 Forbes Island is a unique restaurant, even among San Francisco’s 3,000 fine restaurants, and it is reported to be the only floating island in the world. Forbes Island Restaurant actually has an engine and can be driven. Orignally, the Island was a 50’ x 100’ barge that Forbes Thor Kiddoo converted into […]
Learning Day and Night
Published: June, 2003 Across from St.Patrick’s Church, at 920 Peralta (at 10th), is a new community center for West Oakland that is making a difference. Pastor Burns lead the effort to save the old abandoned building that in 1876 was a convent. His brother, Washington Burns ,aided in making that a reality. The center is […]