By Wes Starratt, PE Published: August, 2004 Imagine moving at the top speed of more than 40 miles per hour (38 knots) down the main ship channel from Vallejo toward San Francisco, only 55 minutes away, and you will get an idea of the thrill experienced by guests aboard the inaugural run of the […]
By Matt Larson Published: May, 2014 Fairly new to the fleet, Fred Von Stieff has been an engineer for Blue & Gold for the past two years. A man of the water, he works on boats both professionally and personally. "I like coming to work," he says. "I love the people I work with. I […]
By Scott Alumbaugh Published: November, 2007 Boats are like children. Not in what they are, but in what they do. They both are here on earth mainly to remind us—the adults and, ostensibly, the people in charge—that we are not the center of the universe. Now, we all know, intellectually, that we are not the […]
