By Captain David Clark Published: January, 2002 This is a story of events leading up to my father’s attainment of the world record as Oldest Solo Circumnavigator. This is not a description of the actual voyage, but rather my view of the factors that motivated a member of the "Greatest Generation" to seek and meet […]
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By Graceann Walden Published: January, 2002 In these weird economic times, we’re all looking for affordable entertainment. It can be had by ferry riders for a mere $6. Take your friends, family and visitors on an insider’s tour of three great San Francisco neighborhoods: Chinatown, nob Hill and Fishermen’s Wharf. As a writer specializing in […]
Prospect Of Bay Circle Line: Making Waves Of Imagination
By Michael Nolan Published: January, 2002 Your relatives back East are coming to San Francisco. They’re still not sure why you migrated to California and want some convincing answers. You’ve got to show the Bay Area at its best. And there’s the clue… the Bay itself… that magnificent body of water that unifies this scenically […]
InsideStory
By Bobby Winston Published: December, 2001 Bay Crossings will be two years old this January, so it seems a good time for reflection on how it came to be. For many years, I lived in San Francisco where I ran the San Francisco Shakespeare Festival. It’s maddening to run a non-profit organization these days – […]
Bay CrossingsRound-Up
Peralta Joins the Fleet Published: December, 2001 The name Peralta recalls California in 1820, when the last Spanish governor gave Luis Maria Peralta a 44,800-acre land grant, extending from Albany through Oakland and Alameda all the way to San Leandro, in tribute to Peralta’s 40-year military career. Peralta land on the Oakland/Alameda Estuary became the […]
New York Dispatch
Bay Crossings is the Rage in NYC Published: December, 2001 The October issue of Bay Crossings made it’s first appearance on the docks and waterways of New York City this month. Local aquammuters David Feeney, partner, Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft and Richard Marrin, Partner, Ford, Marrin, Esposito, Witmeyer and Glesser (water commuters into NYC for […]
Joining Together to Wish Smooth Sailing for Ferry Run on Soybeans
Published: December, 2001 What do representatives from air quality regulatory agencies; entrepreneurial business; a ferry operation; local, state and federal government; an environmental group; and the Cal mascot "Oski" all have in common? On the afternoon of November 13, they all got together to talk about the first time that a passenger vessel has been […]
Bay CrossingsJournal
By bill coolidge Published: December, 2001 I’d like to tell you that the seasons of my life have been stable, rooted. Oh sure I can point to childhood, 18 years in one house, and then in my thirties and forties, homesteading for 15 years. But mostly no, 5 years here and there. I’m 58 and […]
Working Waterfront In their own words
Robert Kidd Published: December, 2001 President, Jack London Aquatic Center The concept of an aquatic center at Oakland’s Estuary Park was first suggested by Cleve Williams, then the director of Oakland’s Office of Parks & Recreation, back in 1993. Our group had proposed the idea of building simple storage for rowing crew shells, on […]
25th Annual Lighted Yacht Parade
Published: December, 2001 The Alameda/Oakland Estuary along Jack London Square was lit up for the holidays with the 25th Annual Lighted Yacht Parade on Saturday, December 1, 2001. Over sixty nautical vessels of all imaginable sizes and shapes, dressed in their holiday lights and finery, floated past over 15,000 guests along the shore. This year’s […]