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ArchivesMay 2011 
Around the bay in May 2011
The Alameda Point Collaborative (APC) announces its first-ever Not Your Mother’s Garden Party event, which will be held on Tuesday, May 17. More... 
Levee Maintenance Keeps the Delta Afloat
This month’s issue is dedicated to the working waterfront and those individuals who keep the currents of water-born commerce flowing. More... 
May Detour Will Accelerate Construction of New Bay Bridge East Span
Bridge officials have unveiled a plan to accelerate the opening of the new East Span of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge by four to six months, allowing the bridge to open in both directions in the fall of 2013. More... 
Fashionistas Take Note
Now through July 4, the de Young Museum in San Francisco is featuring Balenciaga and Spain, an exhibition curated by Hamish Bowles, European editor-at-large of Vogue. More... 
Jack London Square to Host a Full Slate of Summer Events
Summer is a perfect time to visit Jack London Square to take in an outdoor film, enjoy free dance lessons, enjoy evenings of music by the water and much more. More... WATERFRONT ACTIVITIES May 2011This two-hour skippered charter is designed to provide folks who are considering getting into sailing with a real glimpse of the sport, our club and our people. Cost is $40. More... 
Leopard Sharks:
Spotted in the Bay
Although it’s part of my day job, even in social situations I enjoy asking the icebreaker, “What sharks do you think live in San Francisco Bay?” More... 
Boaters Can Help Keep Sewage out of the Bay
First, a sewage spill update: since I wrote last month about our annual Bay Area winter sewage spills, the number of gallons of sewage spilled has doubled! More... 
Local Firm Helps Boaters Dump a Bad Habit
Many of the Bay Area’s 40 marinas allow slip-renters to live aboard vessels in their harbors. More... 
Entries Surge for America’s Cup
The new era of America’s Cup racing has attracted 15 teams from 12 countries, who will begin their quest for the Cup with 2011 America’s Cup World Series stops in Cascais, Portugal; Plymouth, England; and San Diego. More... 
A TRULY AMERICAN CUP
In appreciation of the U.S. Armed Forces, Club Nautique Sailing School and Yacht Charter Company is hosting a sailing regatta in which all branches of the military will be competing on individual boats to claim bragging rights and take home the perpetual trophy. More... SAILBOATS AT WORKIt’s easy to recognize that some vessels plying the waters of San Francisco Bay are work boats. Tugs and barges transport bulk cargos—fuel, gravel, fill, and dredging spoils—cheaply. More... Hiring on the WaterfrontEvery month, hundreds of men and women file through the hiring hall at the Sailors Union of the Pacific Building in San Francisco’s South of Market neighborhood hoping to join one of the region’s union-manned ferry crews. More... 
BIRD’S EYE VIEW
San Francisco 1906, photographed using a kite-mounted camera.
About six weeks after the1906 earthquake and fire devastated the City, George R. Lawrence took this 130-degree panoramic photo from high above San Francisco Bay. More... 
Making Clean Air a Reality at the Port of Oakland
The docks. Ships. Rail and trucks. Images of moving cargo readily come to mind when we think of the working waterfront. More... 
Dutra in the Delta
For over 100 years, the Dutra companies have been building and maintaining the vital levees in California’s Delta, through which much of California’s water flows en route from the snow-capped Sierras to the Pacific Ocean—with stops along the way to irrigate the state’s thirsty farmland and its thriving cities. More... California Exporters Post Best-Ever JanuaryThe Port of Oakland and the rest of the state were given some good news last month about exports in the year’s first quarter. More... 
Three Coast Guard Vessels Dry-Dock in Alameda
This spring, three U.S. Coast Guard vessels—the 175-ft. buoy-tender George Cobb; the 225-ft. More... 
ON OUR COVER MAY 2011
This spring, three U.S. Coast Guard vessels—the 175-ft. buoy-tender George Cobb; the 225-ft. cutter Hickory and the 110-ft. cutter Edisto—joined the long list of U.S. Coast Guard vessels that have undergone periodic maintenance and repair at Bay Ship & Yacht in Alameda on San Francisco Bay. Ship maintenance in dry-dock is just one of the many facets of the working waterfront, and we devote this issue to exploring the vast opportunities for waterborne commerce, employment, transportation and recreation that the Bay Area provides. Photo courtesy of Bay Ship & Yacht More... |
