Published: September, 2001 Ico-own Compass Rose Yacht Charters. I started the business about 12 years ago with a yacht I had for private use at the time. I had no plan to create a charter business, but then my first yacht, Camelot, proved to be very well received by my friends and clients. They asked […]
Author: BAY CROSSINGS STAFF REPORT
East Bay
Published: August, 2001 Our serialization of the priceless 1930’s Works Project Administration history of the Port Oakland continues. In returning the ordinance to the council without his approval, Carpentier let it be known that his veto was not of the perfunctory sort. Hostility does not exactly cover his attitude. His motions passed through all the […]
Breaking The Speed Envelope For Passenger Ferries
By Wes Starratt, P.E. Published: August, 2001 Speed has been the essential element in getting commuters out of their automobiles and into the ferry. It has certainly been successful, as we have seen, with the ridership of Bay Area ferries growing to match the capacity of the existing vessels to carry passengers, and with feeder […]
Bay Crossings Reader of the Month
Published: August, 2001 Kristel Frank (and Toren) PROFESSION: PG&E, currently Warehouse Operations Manager; previously, Government and Public Relations Manager FERRY COMPUTER: Yes: Larkspur and Richmond PEOPLE WOULD BE SURPRISED IF THEY KNEW: I had climbed Kilimanjaro, one of the twenty highest mountains in the world! IF I HAD A FREE DAY, I’D SPEND IT: Windsurfing […]
On Our Cover
Published: August, 2001 Joe Oakes, author of this month’s The New Centurions, has been guiding swims from Alcatraz for more than twenty years. During that time he has led more than ten thousand swimmers across the icy waters of San Francisco Bay and has done the swim him self "39 times, I think. Maybe one […]
Mary Frances Culnane Manager, Marine Engineering Bay Area Water Transit Authority
Published: August, 2001 The opportunity to make a difference. Having been a commuter in the area I realize the need for many transit options to assist in relieving highway congestion. Being given the task to directly work one solution by designing economically feasible, technically superior and environmentally friendly ferryboats is the chance of a lifetime. […]
Letters to the Editor
Published: August, 2001 Dear Editor: I just wanted to take a moment to say how great the recent articles on Vallejo are. Thanks so much. Tony Intintoli Mayor of Vallejo A Two Thanks Salute! Dear Editor: First of all, thank you so much for giving the North Bay Water Commuters honorable mention in the Checkin’ […]
Marin
By Rob Franco Published: August, 2001 Sausalito is "world class" for many reasons! Its views, ambience, architecture, hotels, restaurants, its many unique points of interest and the fact that people from all over the world flock here each year to enjoy its world class beauty, all make Sausalito a world class city. I could go […]
Cover Story My Richmond
By Jim Mallory Published: August, 2001 Jim Mallory was a Richmond ferry rider Richmond. It’s a 55-square mile city on the northeastern corner of San Francisco Bay whose history and its future is as inexorably tied to boats of all kinds, including ferries, as the tides that lap its shores. In fact, Richmond owes its […]
San Francisco Ferry Terminal Project Update
Published: August, 2001 Work began on the first phase of the San Francisco Ferry Terminal Project in February 2000. This phase is still ongoing and involves constructing new and improved ferry terminal facilities and public access promenades on the north and south areas surrounding the historic Ferry Building. As part of the overall project, new […]