Published: May, 2002 The massive double-ender ferry John F. Kennedy carries 6,000 people, but guiding it into its slip at the tip of Manhattan was nothing new for Captain Eddie Squire. He’d been at the helm of a Staten Island ferry for more than twenty years. But today was September 11th, and from his wheelhouse […]
Published: January, 2012 The America’s Cup project agreement, details of which became public in December, provides for as much as $100 million to be invested into Port of San Francisco property, and includes significant upgrades to both facilities and infrastructure including Pier 54 in Mission Bay and the James R. Herman Cruise Terminal. The planned […]
By Captain Ray Published: September, 2015 September 19 is Talk Like a Pirate day. In this column, I observe the day by providing ways to mimic pirates (and law-abiding sailors) going beyond “Arrgh, matey.” During the 18th and 19th centuries, pirates and buccaneers of all sorts roamed the seas. These lawless bands of criminals raided […]
