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March 2013

Bay Lights, the world’s largest LED light sculpture, will come to life on Tuesday, March 5 at 9 p.m. The Bay Lights is a monumental light sculpture inspired by the 75th anniversary of the Bay Bridge. More...

Do you dream of sailing in the San Francisco Bay but don’t have enough sailing experience? Would you like to brush up on your sailing skills in a laid back, friendly environment? Stop by and visit the Bay Area’s newest fleet & sailing school in beautiful Sausalito. Sunsail offers ASA sailing courses for all levels of experience, Corporate Events as well as Bareboat Yacht Charters and Racing options. Sunsail’s First 40 fleet boats are award winning, brand new & heated! Call or drop by today and see for yourself! More...

Any protagonist cast upon a storm-tossed sea will have some appeal to those of us who rely on ferries as our primary mode of transportation. More...

When an oil tanker hit one of the Bay Bridge towers on a foggy morning in early January, it was a wake-up call for everyone who cares about San Francisco Bay. More...

Sailors for the Sea has recognized each of the America’s Cup World Series regattas in San Francisco in August and October 2012 with the first-ever platinum-level certification under its Clean Regattas program, due in part to a 98 percent landfill diversion rate at the second AC World Series regatta in San Francisco last October. More...

In an ongoing series of columns I’ve written, I’ve considered the nautical origins of words and expressions that we use in everyday language ashore. More...

Celebrating its 10th Anniversary, the San Francisco International Ocean Film Festival will be hosting its signature four-day event at the Bay Theater at Aquarium of the Bay on PIER 39 from March 7 to 10. Kicking off the event is an exciting Opening Night Gala featuring Jean-Michel Cousteau, founder of Ocean Futures Society and son of legendary oceanographer and explorer Jacques Cousteau. More...

When the 200 fruit trees recently planted throughout San Francisco as part of the City’s Urban Orchards program reach maturity, the fruit they bear and clean air they help create will be enjoyed for years to come by the surrounding communities. More...

A nostalgic and alluring new sound has been added to the bustle of the San Francisco Ferry Building Marketplace: that of hundreds of individual metal panels whirring and flapping at a furious pace as they cycle through the alphabet and numbers, racing to post the current ferry departure times. More...

Now that shippers have completed the last quarter of 2012, it appears that the state’s merchandise export trade finished 2012 on a weak note, owing largely to a sharp drop in shipments of electronics components to factories in Mexico. More...

This display of many moving parts is called a flap sign, and it’s just been installed in the Ferry Building’s Great Nave, suspended from the ceiling in the passageway leading from the Embarcadero to the ferry docks out back. More...