I had the wonderful privilege of being Government Contract Liaison for the Blue & Gold Fleet. That meant being Blue & Gold’s liaison to all of the government agencies Blue & Gold works with as a marine operator, including the National Park Service for the Alcatraz Ferry, the City of Vallejo for the Baylink Ferries, […]
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Bay Crossings Journal
Published: July, 2001 It’s two o’clock in the morning. I’m awake. The hollow light of faraway streetlights illumine the sky between my boat and Oakland. A filmy cover protects the stars. I can’t tell as I sit up and look through the hatch of my sailboat whether it’s fog or lowlying clouds. That is, until […]
Bay Crossings Riders of the Tides
By Christine Cordi Published: July, 2001 Water broke over the bow of the brave little tugboat. Large swells were bearing down in a fast, cruel cadence. The deck was flooding, making the boat list badly to one side. I could see that she wasn’t going to make it. Only a miracle could save her now. […]
SUMMER FUN IS SAUSALITO
Published: July, 2001 What could be more fun in the North Bay than Summer in Sausalito? In addition to the magnificent beauty and panoramic views of San Francisco, Tiburon, Angel Island, the Bay Bridge, Alcatraz Island, Mt. Tamalpias, etc., there are land and water fantasies to delight every interest and passion." Let’s start on land. […]
WTA People Steve Castleberry Manager of Systems Planning, Bay Area Water Transit Authority
Published: July, 2001 I had worked in transportation in the Bay Area for the last thirteen years. It’s always been on the planning and design end though. I think transit designers are really on the front line. They’re the front line soldiers in the transportation war. WTA provides an opportunity to do some fairly important […]
Waterfront Dining
Published: July, 2001 Editor’s note: we welcome a new ongoing feature, Waterfront Dining, by GraceAnn Walden, restaurant columnist for the San Francisco Chronicle. She also leads culinary-history tours of North Beach, the traditional Italian neighborhood of San Francisco. She lives on Telegraph Hill with her dog Shibui and cat Kinky. When the Bay Area restaurant-going […]
Why not a Ferry for both Cargo and People Connecting Bay Airports?
By F. Weston Starratt, P.E. Published: July, 2001 So, goes the thinking of John Glover, Director of Strategic Planning for the Port of Oakland, which operates the Oakland International Airport. Wouldn’t it be nice if passengers could connect to our flights by high-speed ferries from various points around the bay, including the new San Francisco […]
A Picaresque History of the Port of Oakland
Published: July, 2001 Incredible as it seems, the town had been incorporated, the city council duly elected and the waterfront appropriated by Carpentier before most of the residents were aware that Oakland existed. The village had always been called Contra Costa. To be sure, the name was merely a Spanish term meaning "the opposite shore," […]
New Fishermen’s Wharf Hyde Street Harbor Opens
Published: July, 2001 New Fishermen’s Wharf Hyde Street Harbor Opens
Let’s Ride The Ferry From Vallejo
By Wes Starratt Published: July, 2001 Captain Chuck Elles, one of five full-time and six part-time Baylink captains, is at the gangplank of the M/V Mare Island this morning, greeting passengers as they board the boat. He has been up since before dawn bringing the boat over from her overnight dock at Mare Island where […]