Published: January, 2007 Boat stay, commercial buildings and popular local businesses may go. This photo of the marina may be a testament to the way it was. Photo by Dennis Anderson.


Published: January, 2007 Boat stay, commercial buildings and popular local businesses may go. This photo of the marina may be a testament to the way it was. Photo by Dennis Anderson.
BY MATT LARSON Published: March, 2019 For more than two years now, Garry Mason has been working as a deckhand on ferry boats throughout the San Francisco Bay. He could be working in Vallejo one day, Alameda the next, and Marin the day after that. “I work all over,” he said. “With seniority, you […]
By Scott Hargis Published: April, 2007 A quick search on the internet news services for Coast Guard returns mostly disaster stories: lost sailors, boats stranded in heavy seas, capsizes, and sadly, body recoveries. Added to this are high-profile headlines about drug trafficking, Caribbean refugees and Homeland Security. But the Coast Guard has another less exciting […]
By Mary Swift Published: June, 2002 My first dramatic recognition of tidal effect was in 1980, watching a 50’ race boat, in town for the Big Boat Series, trying to get by Pier 39 heading to South Beach Harbor. It had a tall mast, over 65’, with Spinnaker, Blooper, winged out main, crew positioned to […]