Published: July, 2001 It’s two o’clock in the morning. I’m awake. The hollow light of faraway streetlights illumine the sky between my boat and Oakland. A filmy cover protects the stars. I can’t tell as I sit up and look through the hatch of my sailboat whether it’s fog or lowlying clouds. That is, until […]
By Matt Larson Published: October, 2013 Louis Nickles, senior deckhand for Blue & Gold Fleet, has been at the job on the San Francisco Bay for the last 18 years. "It’s a good excuse to be on the water every day," he said. "And to be around nice people." Nickles got his start with Harbor […]
Published: May, 2003 Carry things in our arms or back-packed in a canvas lump, lunches we will eat later at work, newspapers, CDs, a thermos, survival packs swung over a shoulder as we climb the stairs to our favorite seat hoping it’s empty, the one nearest the door, in the back, or on the Bay […]
