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Published: April, 2013 The waterfront location for the new Brannan Street Wharf public park located on the San Francisco Embarcadero Promenade between Pier 30-32 and Pier 38 has seen significant progress in the last few months. To date, Dutra Construction has already placed over 3,000 cubic yards of concrete to complete the main wharf structural […]
By Patrick Burnson Published: April, 2013 The Port of San Francisco will host the American Association of Port Authorities (AAPA) 2013 Cruise Seminar on April 24-26 as part of the port’s 150th anniversary. The event will kick off with a candid look inside the cruise industry from the perspective of four key cruise line executives […]
By Patrick Burnson Published: March, 2013 Now that shippers have completed the last quarter of 2012, it appears that the state’s merchandise export trade finished 2012 on a weak note, owing largely to a sharp drop in shipments of electronics components to factories in Mexico. According to an analysis by Beacon Economics of foreign trade […]
Published: March, 2013 This display of many moving parts is called a flap sign, and it’s just been installed in the Ferry Building’s Great Nave, suspended from the ceiling in the passageway leading from the Embarcadero to the ferry docks out back. The retro sign tells ferry riders at a glance when their boat is […]
Published: March, 2013 Light Up the Night! Bay Lights, the world’s largest LED light sculpture, will come to life on Tuesday, March 5 at 9 p.m. The Bay Lights is a monumental light sculpture inspired by the 75th anniversary of the Bay Bridge. Artist Leo Villareal will network 25,000 individually programmable, white LED lights to […]
Published: March, 2013 Anytime Charter the Bay – Sunsail in Sausalito, 800-797-5907, www.sunsail.com Do you dream of sailing in the San Francisco Bay but don’t have enough sailing experience? Would you like to brush up on your sailing skills in a laid back, friendly environment? Stop by and visit the Bay Area’s newest fleet & […]
By Paul Duclos Published: March, 2013 Any protagonist cast upon a storm-tossed sea will have some appeal to those of us who rely on ferries as our primary mode of transportation. But haven’t we all encountered the occasional rascal who deserves to be cast out of the boat when things get rough? That would be […]
By Deb Self Published: March, 2013 When an oil tanker hit one of the Bay Bridge towers on a foggy morning in early January, it was a wake-up call for everyone who cares about San Francisco Bay. The collision between the tanker, the Overseas Reymar, and the bridge could have led to a real disaster. […]
Published: March, 2013 Sailors for the Sea has recognized each of the America’s Cup World Series regattas in San Francisco in August and October 2012 with the first-ever platinum-level certification under its Clean Regattas program, due in part to a 98 percent landfill diversion rate at the second AC World Series regatta in San Francisco […]
By CaptaIn Ray Published: March, 2013 In an ongoing series of columns I’ve written, I’ve considered the nautical origins of words and expressions that we use in everyday language ashore. For example, a phase like "the devil to pay" (explained in a previous column) has lost all connection to its original nautical meaning and acquired […]