By Paul DuclosPublished: October, 2010 As ferry commuters, we are all too familiar with breaches of simple manners and social conduct. The bore on the cell phone; the verbose stranger broadcasting his or her views on every conceivable subject; the sprawler splayed across several seats; and the gate rusher storming to the front of […]
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EPA Rule Will Halt Cruise Ship Coastal Sewage Dumping
By Bill PicturePublished: October, 2010 On August 25, a proposed rule banning the discharge of sewage from cruise ships and many other large oceangoing vessels within three miles of the California shore was signed by United States Environmental Protection Agency Pacific Southwest Regional Administrator Jared Blumenfeld at a press conference held at San Francisco’s […]
Jack London Square’s Waterfront Flicks Offer Outdoor Fun
Published: October, 2010 Although drive-in theaters are mostly a thing of the past, you can recapture some of that outdoor fun at Jack London Square’s Waterfront Flicks series, which concludes this month with the last two features of the year. Bring a chair or a blanket and enjoy a free outdoor movie on Market […]
Sharks of San Francisco Bay
By Deb SelfPublished: October, 2010 As Halloween draws closer and our thoughts turn to costumes and candy, this festive fall holiday also inspires us to dust the cobwebs off our spookiest stories. Being a water-oriented organization—and writing for a commuter-ferry audience—it was hard to resist the scariest aquatic thriller of all time: the 1975 […]
The Fleet Is In!
Published: October, 2010 From October 7 to 12, San Francisco will open its arms and piers to what promises to be the most extensive Fleet Week in more than 20 years. With more ships, more sailors, more Marines, more free family-friendly events than ever and a new focus on emergency preparedness, the organizers of […]
Transbay Transit Center Breaks New Ground
By Marjorie BlackwellPublished: September, 2010 The long-awaited “Grand Central Station of the West” is under way at last — after years of planning and accumulating funds, an international design competition, unrelenting political will from the Bay Area, Sacramento and Washington, DC, and a final boost of federal “stimulus” funds. The $4.2 billion Transbay Transit […]
Port of Oakland Recycles Its Mammoth Cranes
By Patrick BurnsonPublished: September, 2010 The Port of Oakland has added state-of-the-art super-post-Panamax cranes over the past decade to handle the larger container ships that now transit the globe. When the Alameda Naval Air Station was in service, however, Oakland used thousand-ton “low-profile” cranes to accommodate flight-path safety issues. Since the base closure, those […]
WATERFRONT ACTIVITIES September 2010
Published: September, 2010 Every Wednesday 6PM – 8PM – Wednesday Night Sail, OCSC Sailing, Berkeley, 510-843-4200, www.ocscsailing.com This two-hour skippered charter is a great way to break up a long week. We’ll be sailing from 6 to 8 pm and follow that with a chili and chowder social. Don’t miss this great opportunity for a mid-week break! On September 1st this […]
Another ‘Ghost Ship’ Removed From Suisun Bay for Scrapping
Published: September, 2010 Bay Ship & Yacht, located in Alameda on San Francisco Bay, has completed hydro-blasting the hull and superstructure, and finished its seawirthiness inspection of, the decommissioned USS Florikan. The ship, shown above, was brought to the shipyard’s 388’ x 84’ drydock prior to being towed to Texas for scrapping. The Florikan will […]
ON OUR COVER September 2010
Published: September, 2010