Published: June, 2003 Your positive article about Senator Perata’s proposed Bay Toll Crossing allocation was right on target. Perata’s plan is remarkably well balanced and intelligent, especially when compared to what MTC has been doling out for the past 25 years. However, the MTC mishmash continues. I hope you’ll write more about this. Three years […]
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Wylie Cat Ketch to Track Whales
Published: June, 2003 San Francisco Bay Area premier boat builder, Tom Wylie, and his partner Dave Wahle of the Wyliecat in Watsonville, are mighty happy. After two years, their $1.5 million vessel is afloat. They designed and built a new kind of marine research vessel. The handsome 65’ Cat Ketch ,the Derek M. Baylis, was […]
Port of Call: Mayotte, Comoros Islands
Published: June, 2003 "Glory is fleeting, but obscurity is forever." Napoleon Bonaparte’s semi-famous, but increasingly forgotten line about celebrity status was never so true as for French traders at the end of the First Empire. French merchants and customs agents, who were doing quite well, merci, working the lucrative routes of the Indian Ocean from […]
The Last Whaling Station
Published: June, 2003 One of the two last whaling stations in America was active in San Francisco Bay until 1971. It was located on the north side of Point San Pablo, just up the railroad tracks from the Point San Pablo Yacht Harbor. It was opened in 1956 by Del Monte on a bight near […]
Bay CrossingsJournal
Published: June, 2003 The sun is engulfed by the sweaty green water oaks. The water moves from west to east, steady, rising along the riverbank. When it rains, the quiet tides of the Pamlico Sound reach back to Greenville, sinking beneath the fresh water coming off the hilly terrain of the Piedmont, creating brackish water. […]
Bay CrossingsWorking Waterfront
Published: June, 2003 Although the acronym NOAA may sound like something in a James Bond movie or secret document, it actually stands for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. It is a federal agency (Dept. of Commerce) and home to one of the seven uniformed services in the United States, the NOAA Corps. (Can you […]
Transportation Summit Slated for Bay Area
Published: June, 2003 Transportation 2030: Getting From Here to There," a free conference sponsored by the Metropolitan Transportation Commission, will take place at San Francisco’s Palace Hotel (2 New Montgomery Street in the City) Saturday, June 14, 2003 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Lunch is included and reservationss must be made by Tuesday, June […]
Bay Crossings Boating Calendar
Published: June, 2003 7-8 J-105 Summer Invitations SFYC Olympic Circle If you own or sail on a J-105 this is a fun but demanding event. 14 Delta Ditch Run RYC/SSC Richmond-Stockton A downwind classic. It takes the full day with a warm wind at your back. 14 Coastal Cup Encinal YC SF to Catalina Island […]
Cheers to the Tiburon Wine Festival!
Published: June, 2003 The Tiburon Wine Festival held on May 17, 2003 has mellowed and matured like a fine wine. It couldn’t miss as a successful event when a fabulous group of vintners and wine merchants, representing 50 of the best wines grown in California, plus a few great beers and excellent food provided by […]
Master Mariners Upcoming Events
Published: June, 2003 May 16, 2003 Sponsors Lunch – St. Francis Yacht Club San Francisco Bob Cart, (510) 549-2200 May 24, 2003 Master Mariners Regatta & Awards Party Encinal Yacht Club, Alameda Jeff Stokes, (925) 935-7096 June 28, 2003 MMBA Annual Meeting June 29, 2003 Wooden Boat Show Corinthian Yacht Club, Tiburon Craig […]