BY JOEL WILLIAMS Published: October, 2017 Earlier this summer, the Balclutha made a familiar journey from her home at the San Francisco Maritime National Historic Park to Alameda’s Bay Ship & Yacht, right next to the Alameda Main Street Terminal, for regular servicing and a few repairs. The historic ship, built in 1886, is […]
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Fleet Week Returns With More Sensational Events
BC STAFF REPORT Published: October, 2017 This year marks the 36th anniversary of San Francisco Fleet Week and, from October 3 to 9, the Bay Area will open its arms and piers to the largest and most significant event of its kind in the nation. San Francisco’s Fleet Week is now recognized by the […]
More Oil Tankers on the Bay are a Bad Idea
BY SEJAL CHOKSI-CHUGH Published: October, 2017 The oil company Phillips 66 wants to increase the number of tanker ships carrying crude oil across San Francisco Bay to its refinery—from 59 to 135 tankers per year. More than doubling the number of oil tankers would increase the risk of oil spills in the Bay. […]
Leslie Propheter
BY MATT LARSON Published: October, 2017 For the past 10 years at least, if you’ve been an avid ferry rider, you may have gotten to know Leslie Propheter. She has been a deckhand on Bay Area ferry boats for over a decade, but actually started out her maritime career in 1984 as a gourmet […]
Port of San Francisco Brings New Talent to Cargo Management
BY PATRICK BURNSON Published: October, 2017 The Port of San Francisco is unique in its ability to handle many types of cargo in an efficient and cost-effective way. For example, Pier 80’s auto-processing terminal is ideally located to serve the large network of car dealerships in Northern California. Several harbor and cargo service […]
ON OUR COVER October 2017
Published: October, 2017 Earlier this summer, the Balclutha made a familiar journey from her home at the San Francisco Maritime National Historic Park to Alameda’s Bay Ship & Yacht, right next to the Alameda Main Street Terminal, for regular servicing and a few repairs. The historic cargo ship and floating museum was built in […]
Around the Bay in October 2017
Published: October, 2017 Castro Street Fair Head over to the Castro District on Sunday, October 1 to celebrate the 44th anniversary of the Castro Street Fair. This fun festival features mouth-watering gourmet food, live music performers from around the world and plenty of dancing in the streets. Initially founded by the original “Mayor of […]
WATERFRONT ACTIVITIES October 2017
Published: October, 2017 October 1 2PM – 5PM – Summer of Love on San Francisco Bay, Call of the Sea (415) 331-3214, www.callofthesea.org October 1st marks the culmination of the 50th anniversary of the Summer of Love. Schooner Seaward will join 40-50 other water craft to celebrate on the water and view “The Love Plan […]
A Perfect Landfall
BY CAPTAIN RAY Published: October, 2017 Making landfall is always one of the most anticipated parts of any passage. It could be the music, hula and flower leis that often come at the end of several weeks spent getting to Hawai’i. Or it could mean pulling into warm and sunny Santa Cruz Yacht Harbor […]
Around the Bay in September 2017
Published: September, 2017 Sausalito Art Festival Spend this Labor Day weekend, September 2 to 4, at the 65th annual Sausalito Art Festival. One of the most anticipated festivals every year, this annual event features work from some of the best local and national artists for three days. You also get the chance to listen […]