Published: September, 2014 Sept 6 Noon – Great Schooner Race – Call of the Sea, Sausalito, 415-331-3214, callofthesea.org By donating $250 per person to the Call of the Sea Youth Scholarship Fund you will join the excitement and get up close and personal with the classic schooner fleet as we tack, gybe, and reach across the bay […]
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Around the Bay in September 2014
Published: September, 2014 Sausalito Floating Homes Tour Sausalito’s unique floating homes community invites you to its 29th annual tour, entitled “The Artistry of Waterfront Living,” on Saturday, September 20, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Learn about the art of living on our waterfront and expect to be treated by the various talents of the numerous artists who reside on our […]
ON OUR COVER August 2014
Published: August, 2014 Bay Crossings Publisher Joel Williams recently booked a five-hour Tomales Bay kayaking tour through the local outdoor guide service, Outback Adventures. The tour uses two-person kayaks due to their stability and ease of use, and the tour was designed with beginners in mind. After a brief lesson on how to use […]
Labor and Legacy
By Patrick Burnson Published: August, 2014 The International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) and the Pacific Maritime Association (PMA) had not reached an agreement as of press time on a six-year contract agreement, but both sides pledged to keep cargo moving on the West Coast waterfront. The previous labor contract covering nearly 20,000 longshore workers […]
USS Potomac Returns from Drydocking
BC Staff Report Published: August, 2014 The USS Potomac is once again plying the waters of San Francisco Bay after undergoing a maintenance drydocking at Bay Ship and Yacht in Alameda. Long known as the “floating White House,” she served as the presidential yacht for Franklin Delano Roosevelt from 1936 until his death […]
West Marine Opens New Sausalito Flagship Store
BC Staff Report Published: August, 2014 West Marine, the world’s largest waterlife retailer, announced the grand opening of its new flagship store in Sausalito at 192 Donahue Street, in the Marin Gateway Shopping Center. Grand opening festivities kicked off on Thursday, July 31 and will continue through Sunday, August 3. During the grand […]
Construction Begins on Renovations to Park and Ride Facility in Vallejo
BC Staff Report Published: August, 2014 In late June, the Bay Area transit community gathered in Vallejo to celebrate the groundbreaking for the first phase of the Curtola Park and Ride renovation project. The project will result in a state-of-the-art facility serving over 4,000 people daily and linking hundreds of daily commuters to […]
Vessel Master Curtis Brown
By Matt Larson Published: August, 2014 Curtis Brown has been a vessel master (in other words, a captain) for Golden Gate Ferry for the past seven years. He helms another boat out of the Berkeley Marina for the Neptune Society, as well as the charter yacht Five Stars in Sausalito. With these varied maritime endeavors, […]
Great Blue Herons Plentiful Around the Bay
By Ded Self Published: August, 2014 Slender, blue-gray birds up to five feet tall, great blue herons (Ardea herodias) live all around San Francisco Bay. With half its height in its long legs, this majestic bird wades in the Bay’s shallow tidal waters, often standing silent and unmoving. Then, with a sudden thrust of its […]
A Perfect Day of Kayaking on Tomales Bay
By Joel Williams Published: August, 2014 I moved to the Bay Area in 2000, and over the last 14 years have experienced many unique Bay Area adventures—from hiking on Angel Island to sailing on the Bay. Recently I was able to add to this list by visiting Tomales Bay and learning to kayak, […]