Ferry Supporters Pack MTC Meeting—Beat Back Proposal to Divert Toll Funds to Livermore BART Extension By Guy Span Published: October, 2002 Like Alice in Wonderland, your intrepid reporter found himself thrust into the incomprehensible workings of the Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC). Attending a MTC meeting is a little bit like tuning into a soap opera, […]
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“BIG BOAT SERIES 2002” Hosted by St. Francis Yacht Club FINAL RESULTS
Sep.-May Around Alone single-handed ‘round the world, 12 men and 1 woman entered, with 2 Californians competing. www.aroundalond.com or to check Bay Area’s entry Bruce Swabb log on to www.oceanplanet.org.Oct. 1-10 Start of the Louis Vuitton Cup in Auckland: nine challengers representing six countries will race in the Challenger Series to determine who will race […]
Farmers’ Market and the Ferry Building
The Amazing Success of the Ferry Plaza Market and Its Future By GraceAnn Walden Published: October, 2002 Farmers’ markets are sexy. They seduce people. They bring them downtown at night. San Rafael did that. And since 1993, they have been bringing sophisticated San Franciscans to the Wharf—an area of the city where they formerly wouldn’t […]
Ferry News
Coast Guard’s Vessel Traffic Service Celebrates 30th Birthday By Wes Starratt Did you ever wonder what keeps all of those high-speed ferries, slow-moving barges, and cargo ships on the Bay from bumping into each other? The answer is the U.S. Coast Guard’s Vessel Traffic Service (VTS) located high atop Yerba Buena Island on San Francisco […]
Tall Ships on the Bay
By Ariane Paul Published: October, 2002 If you stayed in the Bay Area over Labor Day weekend, you may have been among the throngs of people along the Embarcadero watching the tall ship parade and checking out the visiting ships on display. There were swarms of people and children enjoying the summer sun and the […]
Bear Boat #1, Merry Bear Set to Return to the Waters of San Francisco Bay
San Francisco Maritime Park , Saturday, November 2, 2002, 11:00 a.m. Small Boat Shop, Hyde Street Pier at Hyde & Jefferson Streets, San Francisco For those of you who wince at the sight of a classic wooden yacht deteriorating in a remote corner of a boatyard lot, and at the shrinking numbers of the Bay’s […]
Letters tothe Editor
Published: October, 2002 Dear Editor: I just finished reading my copy of the September Bay Crossings and I am impressed. You have brought this publication a long way and I know that sometimes it has been a struggle. Congratulations on all of your hard work and dedication. I found a couple of articles of interest […]
“Damned by Dollars: Moby Dick and the Price of Genius”
Lecture & Book Signing With Author Hershel Parker The San Francisco Maritime Park presents a lecture and book signing by the master of Melville scholars, Hershel Parker. On the heels of the publication of his concluding volume of Herman Melville’s definitive biography, Hershel Parker will be speaking about the life and times of Herman Melville. […]
Blue & Gold Fleet Files to Discontinue Alameda Oakland Ferry Service
Published: October, 2002 In a recent filing with the California Public Utilities Commission (PUC), Blue & Gold Fleet announced its intention to cease operating the contract ferry service between Alameda, Oakland, and San Francisco by January 31, 2003. Blue & Gold and the City of Alameda are in talks to extend the contract, but apparently, […]
Building a Better Bike Stash
Frances Barbour Hayden Promotes Larkspur Bike Station By Nancy Salcedo What seems like the ideal commute situation—ride your bike to the Larkspur ferry terminal and board for the city—can actually be laced with difficulties. For one, if you’ve got a nice bike, you don’t feel right leaving it vulnerably chained to a bike rack at […]