Bill Xavier Published: July, 2002 Owner of Perfection Marine Yacht Sales I am an engineer/scientist by trade. Before I started selling boats full time, I worked at Lawrence Livermore Laboratory for 18 years, then for EG&G – a company that supported Lawrence Laboratory. I’m an Oakland native and have worked on the Estuary about 30 […]
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Twenty-Fourth Annual World Footbag Championships To Be Held In San Francisco August 8 – 11
Published: July, 2002 You may think of it as “hacky-sack,” but the name of the sport is footbag — and the world’s most amazing practitioners will converge on San Francisco in early August for one of the most unusual and captivating athletic competitions of the year. It’s the 24th Annual World Footbag Championships Footbag […]
PortFest a Party with Panache
Published: June, 2002 The Port of Oakland throws a party each year to show off its happenin’ Oakland Estuary home. The festivities are centered at Jack London Square with Harbor Cruises and aerial demonstrations to boot. It’s become a much-anticipated waterfront tradition with a good time guaranteed to be had by all!
St. Francis Yacht Club to Fear: Not
Master Mariners Event Set for Sunday, June 23, 2002 By Ariane Paul Published: June, 2002 What better way to spend a Summer day than to ride the ferry over to Tiburon and enjoy the Master Mariners’ Wooden Boat Show at the Corinthian Yacht Club. Over 50 classic sailboats will be on display Sunday, June 23rd […]
Bay CrossingsInterview
Published: June, 2002 Bay Crossings: Your administration made a big difference in funding new ferryboats for the Bay Area such as the new Alameda/Oakland boat and Vallejo boat, which will be constructed this year. You also put money aside for building new ferry facilities at Treasure Island. What motivates your interest in expanding ferry service? […]
Bay CrossingsJournal
By Bill Coolidge Published: June, 2002 Wandering waters poke along the black banks, sketchy currents appear on the backside of darkened clay oyster piles. Slowly a brushed bronze cloud cover overcomes a pencil thin gap of blue, the shadow of sun’s remnant rays. I feel the heaviness. And the gratitude. Here at land’s end, exposed […]
Columbus Replica Ship Nina to Visit Port of Redwood City for Public Tours June 19-30
Published: June, 2002 A replica of the Niña, one of the three ships which Columbus sailed to the New World, will make its first visit to the Port of Redwood City in eight years for an 11-day stay in June 20-30, Board Chairman Jack Castle announced today. Self-guided tours June 19-30 from 9 a.m. […]
A Curmudgeonly Review of the Ferry Plaza
By Guy Span Published: June, 2002 Sitting at the foot of Market Street is our own, homegrown icon – the Ferry Building. A rare survivor of the big quake and fire of 1906, she proudly reminds us of the time of Empire, when ferryboats brought some 45 million a people a year into the city, […]
Council Adopts Strong Ordinance to Help Keep Redwood City Waterways Clean, Safe
Published: June, 2002 The City Council of Redwood City has adopted a tough, new ordinance regarding abandoned boats and other hazards in its waterways. The “Redwood City Harbor Administration” ordinance also provides enforceable regulations for water craft speed limits, noise limitations, overnight mooring and anchoring, and pollution. The new ordinance is the result of more […]
Sausalito/Marin City Marine Center Grand Opening June 1st
Published: June, 2002 BoatU.S. Celebrates 10-Year Partnership with Recreational Boaters of California (RBOC) with Presentation of $10,000 Check BoatU.S., the nation’s largest association of recreational boat owners with over 530,000 members, will present a $10,000 check to the state’s leading boater’s advocacy organization, Recreational Boaters of California (RBOC), at 1:30 p.m., Saturday, June 1, during […]