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Published: March, 2003 March 22, 2003 Spring Potluck – Membership Drive Pt. San Pablo Yacht Club Cutting Blvd. in Richmond John Tucker, (510) 215-6620   April Pacific Sail Expo & Opening Day! May 16, 2003 Sponsors Lunch – St. Francis Yacht Club San Francisco Bob Cart, (510) 549-2200   May 24, 2003 Master Mariners Regatta […]

Visiting a Unique San Francisco Winemaker By Dianne Boate and Robert Meyer  Published: March, 2003 Did you know there is a winery at a pier on the Embarcadero? Tom Kehoe is the owner of the only winery in San Francisco, and he is the winemaker, the label designer, the sales rep, and the advertising department.Tom’s […]

By Wes Starratt, P.E.  Published: March, 2003 Vallejo’s Fourth Ferry Awaits FundingYes, California’s budget crisis is affecting the Bay Area’s ferry system. The City of Vallejo’s Baylink Ferries has tentatively awarded a contract for the construction of its Ferry #4 to Dakota Industries of Anacortes, Washington. However, the contract cannot be finalized, since state funding […]

Published: March, 2003 Do you know what's been around the Bay Area longer than the Golden Gate Bridge, Fisherman's Wharf, and Coit Tower? The answer is world-famous Colombo and Parisian sourdough French breads, both baked fresh daily in San Francisco and Oakland since the mid-1800s. In order to draw attention to the "French" connection, Colombo […]

For a Moment, Terrorism By Bill Coolidge  Published: March, 2003 a black and white blotched, high-sided old fishing boat begins to circle my sailboat, two guys, blue shirts, standing hatchet faced, rifles in hand, peer at me waves bounce me around. Underneath my jib I spot a long gray hulk tied to port.   "oh, […]

By Bill Coolidge  Published: March, 2003 The sun is engulfed by the sweaty green water oaks. The motion is from west to east, east to west. Liquids mingle forthright, steady but not willful. Each carrying a unique destiny; one purifying and cleansing, washing along the riverbank, gathering then holding. And on great rain days, clenching. […]

Peter Dailey  Published: March, 2003 Maritime Director, Port of San Francisco The Port of San Francisco offers as wide an array of maritime uses as any port on the West Coast. There are seven ports in Northern California, and each port has an important role to play in the area’s maritime industry. Oakland is the […]

Published: March, 2003 Do you know what's been around the Bay Area longer than the Golden Gate Bridge, Fisherman's Wharf, and Coit Tower? The answer is world-famous Colombo and Parisian sourdough French breads, both baked fresh daily in San Francisco and Oakland since the mid-1800s. In order to draw attention to the "French" connection, Colombo […]

Published: March, 2003 Most people believe the age of steam reached its twilight years back in the 1950s, when the railroads moved to diesel locomotives. That would mean that steam power would have virtually no application in this modern century. Certainly for the Roger Rabbit characters running the Diesel Technology Forum, steam is indeed dead. […]

Published: March, 2003 Editor’s note: This kicks off our latest editorial flight of fancy, in which we will occasionally lunch with folks of note and print interesting conversational snippets. We start off by visiting with John M. Gioia, a member of the Contra Costa Board of Supervisors, representing District 1. Gioia’s district includes the Richmond […]