By Captain RayPublished: June, 2009 In the mid-1930s, the Works Progress Administration (WPA) constructed the 403-acre Treasure Island on the shoals north of Yerba Buena Island. The water at the site varied in depth from as deep as 26 feet to as shallow as two feet, creating a significant hazard to navigation carefully avoided by […]
By BC Staff Published: April, 2015 Last month, the San Francisco Fire Department Aquatic Rescue Unit received 40 custom wetsuits from a local San Francisco nonprofit organization, the Peter Patrick Madigan Antonini (PPMA) Foundation. The Aquatic Rescue Unit’s members are San Francisco firefighters, and the unit is San Francisco’s only in-surf rescue crew. […]
Published: June, 2003 Hercules Engineering Tour Sunday, June 22, 1PM. Meet at the gangway on the Pier. Reservations required: 415-561-7100. Vessel admission. Explore the major engineering spaces and learn about steam piston technology and its effects on the working environment of the marine steam engineer. (Note:This tour includes climbing moderately steep ladders and entering cramped […]
