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columns features WATERFRONT SAILING ADVENTURES 09 07 Supes Consider Barge The Island’s For Sale! 10 by Captain Ray Plan for S.F. Trash by B.C. Staff BAYKEEPER guides 16 10 OCEAN FILM FEST Islands of S.F. Bay 50 Films to Showcase 06 WATERFRONT ACTIVITIES by Sejal Choksi Worldwide Talent Our recreational resource guide

THE DELTA BEAT GREEN PAGES WETA FERRY SCHEDULES 17 12 18 Be on time for last call Wine Lovers Rejoice Local Firm Tackles by Jah Mackey Festival Trash 22 AROUND THE BAY by Bill Picture To see, be, do, know

news ON OUR COVER Clipper Locations Offer March 2011 Volume 12, Number 3 04 Help for Travelers Bobby Winston, Proprietor Joyce Aldana, President by Brenda Kahn Joel Williams, Publisher Patrick Runkle, Editor 08 WATERFRONT NEWS ADVERTISING & MARKETING Joel Williams, Advertising & Marketing Director A New Chapter for

GRAPHICS & PRODUCTION Trade and Shipping Francisco Arreola, Designer / Web Producer by Patrick Burnson ART DIRECTION Francisco Arreola; Patrick Runkle; Joel Williams CULTURAL CURRENTS COLUMNISTS 14 Captain Ray Wichmann; Pulp Fact and Fashion Paul Duclos; Patrick Burnson; Sejal Choksi; Jah Mackey; Kati Schmidt by Paul Duclos WRITERS & PHOTOGRAPHERS Bill Picture; Joel Williams; Brenda Kahn, Frances Bellows The Potomac: FDR’s 15 Ross Mirkarimi, who favors investigating the use of barges to ACCOUNTING Gem on the Bay Cindy Henderson move trash out of the City (see page 9), was re-elected fifth by Frances Bellows district Supervisor in 2008. He was also appointed by the Advertising Inquiries: (707) 556-3323, [email protected] State Senate to the California Coastal Commission in 2009. 20 AMERICA’S CUP He has been a longtime champion of environmental protection, France and Australia: Two consumer rights and public safety. Recently, he helped Bay Crossings successfully secure the right to host the America’s Cup finals Ferry Building, #22 More Challenges Accepted San Francisco, CA 94111 in San Francisco. Photo by Joel Williams. www.baycrossings.com Port of Oakland Closer 21 Corrections & Letters A Division of Nematode Media, LLC to Clean Shore Power We appreciate the opportunity to publish our readers' comments, letters or requests for corrections, which can be sent to [email protected].

www.baycrossings.com March 2011 3 TRANSIT NEWS New Clipper Kiosk and Store Offer Safe Harbor for Travelers Setting Sail With the All-in-One Transit Fare Card

By Brenda Kahn (MTC) has reengineered and rebranded its Embarcadero BART/Muni transit kiosk to o m m u t e r s focus on Clipper card sales setting sail with and service. The kiosk offers the ClipperSM a higher level of service and transit fare card equipment than Walgreens now have two and other Clipper retailers, convenient ports where they can allowing users to exchange a refuelC their balance, pick up a fresh damaged or defective card for card and take care of other Clipper a new one on the spot, instead business: the Clipper Customer of having to mail it in to the Service Center at the concourse service center in Concord for level of the Embarcadero BART/ a replacement. Photo by Noah Berger Muni station in downtown San Another big bonus: The The transit kiosk at the S.F. Embarcadero BART station has been retooled as a Clipper Card Customer Service Center that Francisco, and the Bay Crossings kiosk is dispensing senior can replace damaged or defective cards, issue senior and youth cards, and replace TransLink cards with Clipper cards. store at the San Francisco Ferry and youth Clipper cards to Building. customers who bring in the The Metropolitan required age documentation, having to go to a transit agency and Bay Crossings store are eligible for company transit Transportation Commission saving them from the hassle of ticket office. The retooled kiosk also the only two walk-up benefits: Both venues accept locations where consumers can both transit benefit vouchers exchange Clipper’s predecessor, and transit benefit debit cards the TransLink® card, for a as valid tender for loading value Clipper card. onto a Clipper card. C o m m u t e r s n e w t o “We’re bringing Clipper to electronic fare collection can the commuters, so that they take pick up a fresh Clipper card at care of their business on their the BART/Muni kiosk or Bay path to work or home, without Crossings store free of charge skipping a beat,” said MTC (although the current minimum Project Manager Jacob Avidon. balance for a new card is $2, and The staff at the BART will increase to $5 on March 1). station Clipper kiosk and Whereas value or passes added Bay Crossings store also have to the Clipper card online can the training to troubleshoot take several days to register, problems that can arise for the kiosk and Bay Crossings commuters new to the fare- store can augment the card collection system. And the staff balance instantly (as can other can explain the intricacies of participating retail locations). using Clipper, which functions The BART/Muni kiosk differently on different systems. Photo by Noah Berger and Bay Crossings store Adding to the convenience is Customers at the Bay Crossings store at the Ferry Building are greeted with a friendly sign announcing the Clipper also provide a new level of the fact that both locations services available there. convenience to commuters operate for extended hours on

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weekdays, while the Bay Crossings store is open on weekends. MTC has more such enhanced- 415.773.1188 service Clipper storefront operations www.blueandgoldfleet.com in the works, with the next one set to open in downtown Oakland in 2011. MTC launched the all-in-one, reloadable Clipper card in mid-June 2010 with six participating transit systems — AC Transit, BART, Caltrain, San Francisco Muni, Golden Gate Transit and Ferry, and the Dumbarton Express — and use figures have been soaring ever since. The card is named for the clipper ships of yesteryear, which accelerated travel to San Francisco during the Gold Rush era; in keeping with the nautical The enchanting nautical experience begins when passengers board theme, the blue-and-white card features Blue & Gold Fleet boats that sail on San Francisco Bay. a cluster of stylized sails. Blue & Gold Fleet is the largest excursion and commuter In December 2010, SamTrans joined ferry service provider in the Bay Area. the list of operators using Clipper to collect fares, while Santa Clara County’s Photo by Noah Berger Valley Transportation Authority launched Both storefront locations offer well-trained the electronic fare-collection program in staff who can troubleshoot problems with the mid-February 2011. Clipper card. Meanwhile, participating transit operators have been phasing out their proprietary paper passes and tickets, and the region, and weekday trips taken with transitioning their fare systems more Clipper now average 374,000, up 480 fully to Clipper. percent from electronic fare collection There are now more than 625,000 levels at the Clipper system’s launch in active Clipper cards in circulation around June 2010.

Clipper’s New San Francisco Outlets San Francisco Bay Cruise Adventure An hour long cruise along the City’s historic waterfront, right past the PIER 39 sea lions, under the Golden Embarcadero BART Station Clipper Kiosk Gate Bridge, by Sausalito, past Angel Island and around Alcatraz. Location: East end of the concourse level Hours: 5:45 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday-Friday Sausalito & Tiburon A comfortable ride across the San Francisco Bay to the two Marin seaside villages of Sausalito and Tiburon to enjoy shopping, Bay Crossings Store dining or an easy stroll around town. Location: Ferry Building Market, Shop #22 Angel Island A California State park and wildlife reserve. Angel Island is Hours: both a great picnic destination with hiking, kayak tours, an hour-long fully- 6:45 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday-Saturday narrated TramTour, as well as a historical site dating back to the U.S. Civil War. 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Sunday Vallejo Sail to Vallejo, a waterfront community that includes the city’s For online information and sales: Heritage District, Vallejo Naval and Historical Museum and family-friendly Six Flags Discovery Kingdom theme park. Clippercard.com e-mail: [email protected] Alameda & Oakland There’s dining in Jack London Square, the Farmer’s Customers can also get help on Clipper’s Facebook market on Sundays and jazz nightly. and Twitter pages: facebook.com/BayAreaClipper twitter.com/bayareaclipper Blue & Gold Fleet at PIER 39 For phone help: 877.878.8883 Monday-Friday 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. Beach Street & The Embarcadero and weekends, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. San Francisco

www.baycrossings.com March 2011 5 WATERFRONT ACTIVITIES Every 2:30PM – 4:30PM - Introduction to Sailing Course - OCSC Sailing, Berkeley, 510-843-4200, www.ocscsailing.com Saturday This 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.

March 3 7PM – 9PM - Tides and Currents - OCSC Sailing, Berkeley, 510-843-4200, www.ocscsailing.com Kame Richards, owner of Pineapple Sails, shares an exceptional presentation and slide show on the tides and current great advantage; racers to be more competitive and cruisers to reach destinations faster and in more comfort. Don’t miss this opportunitys in San Francisco Bay. Kame emphasizes how sailors can apply tide and current knowledge to great advantage; racers to be more competitive and cruisers to reach destinations faster and in more comfort. Don’t miss this opportunity. Cost is $20, free to members.

March 16 6PM – 8PM - Moonlight Night Sail + Women Only Boat – OCSC Sailing, Berkeley, 510-843-4200, www.ocscsailing.com This two-hour skippered charter is a great way to break up a long week. We’ll be sailing from 6 to 8 pm and follow that with a chili and chowder social. Don’t miss this great opportunity for a mid-week break! Cost is $40.

March 17 6PM – 8PM - Seminar Series (Tides and Currents) - Club Nautique Sailing School & Charters, Alameda, (510) 865-4700, www.clubnautique.net Understanding San Francisco Tides & Currents Presented by local sailing guru and sailmaker, Kame Richards of Pineapple Sails, as he presents his talk on the tidal currents of San Francisco Bay. Cost: FREE - Everyone welcome. Please call to reserve space.

March 19 9AM – 5PM - Motoring Clinic - Club Nautique Sailing School & Charters, Alameda, (510) 865-4700, www.clubnautique.net For Basic Cruising certified skippers and above (or equivalent qualifications). Taught onboard one of our sailboats up to 34’. Learn to use all the factors such as wind, rudder and prop walk that can make or break a successful docking. Cost: Member $222/NonMember $295. Please call to reserve space.

March 19 10AM – 2PM - Bay Cruising Destination Workshop - Club Nautique Sailing School & Charters, Alameda, (510) 865-4700, www.clubnautique.net Learn about all the great places to go on the Bay from people who have “been there done that.” Restaurants, golf courses and anchorages, we’ve got you covered. Cost: Members $56/Non Members $75. Please call to reserve space.

March 19 4PM – 6PM - Monthly FREE BBQ – OCSC Sailing, Berkeley, 510-843-4200, www.ocscsailing.com Come sail with us on an Introduction to sailing outing and then partake in our monthly Saturday BBQ. Take a tour of our school, meet club members and make new friends!

March 20 9PM – 5PM - Anchoring Clinic - Club Nautique Sailing School & Charters, Sausalito, (415) 332-8001, www.clubnautique.net If you’ve got questions about anchoring or your technique is a little rusty, we’ve got you covered in this one day on-the-water clinic. Intended for Basic Cruising or equivalently skilled students. Cost: Members $282/Non Members $375. Please call to reserve space.

March 24 7PM – 10PM - Race Rules 101A - OCSC Sailing, Berkeley, 510-843-4200, www.ocscsailing.com Whether you are new to the race course or simply feel you need more confidence with the rules to be competitive, this course is for you. We cover only those rules that you, as an amateur racing sailor, need to know in order to navigate the course safely and competitively. Presented by Micheal Whitfield

March 26 7PM – 9PM - Knot Tying Seminar – $25 retail Free for members- OCSC Sailing, Berkeley, 510-843-4200, www.ocscsailing.com Take your knot tyin g skills to a whole new level. Learn all the knots that are utilized in sailing and have all your knot-related questions answered. Cost is $25, free to members and reservations are required.

March 30 6PM – 8PM - Seminar Series (North Bay Destinations) - Club Nautique Sailing School & Charters, Alameda, (510) 865-4700, www.clubnautique.net Cruising Destinations North of the Richmond/San Rafael Bridge Presented by Club Nautique owners, Don Durant and Dave Moore. Let’s go to Petaluma, Vallejo, Benicia and the Delta. We’ll talk about these great cruising destinations and pick dates to go sailing! Cost: FREE - Everyone welcome. Please call to reserve space.

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6 March 2011 www.baycrossings.com SAILING THE ISLAND’S FOR SALE!

By Captain Ray called Treasure Island and Golden the north side of the island. Rock. Periodically, people have dug Power and water were to around on the island, but no treasure come from connections ot $22 million to spare? has ever been found—no treasure that to the San Rafael Bridge. If so, you can purchase we know of, that is. Nothing ever came of those a piece of San Francisco The only person known to rather grandiose plans and, Bay: Red Rock. You’ve have lived on Red Rock was Selim in 2007, the island was put almost certainly seen Woodworth, who built a small cabin, up for sale for $10 million. it: a tiny, tall island standing just south placed a flagpole on the summit, and By 2010, the asking price ofG the Richmond-San Rafael Bridge. It called the island home from 1851 to had risen to $22 million. got its name from the manganese in its 1856, despite the lack of a permanent Before plunking down rock, which was mined for a short time fresh water source. Woodworth tried your money, you should Photo by Captain Ray Wichmann after the Civil War. Mining tunnels are to claim title to the island under the know that because Red Red Rock got its name from the manganese in its rock, which still visible on the island’s west side. Homestead Act, but the U.S. Land Rock’s peak was once used as was mined for a short time after the Civil War. Mining tunnels On a recent morning, we made Office Registrar refused the claim, a survey point, the counties are stillvisible on the island’s west side. a trip to Red Rock, departing the believing the government might want of Marin, Contra Costa and Richmond Yacht Club just as the sun to fortify it or erect a lighthouse. San Francisco claim slices of was rising. The island lived up to its Neither happened, although the Coast Red Rock’s slightly less than six acres. to mention environmental concerns name, glowing in the early morning Guard did install a fog signal (now Any proposed project would meet with and other interests. sunlight. With a brisk north wind and abandoned) on a much smaller rock a horrendous permitting process, not Perhaps it is best left to the birds. a strong ebb current setting to the just to the south. south, we anchored to the south of the In the early 1920s, during the island and dinghied up the east side of Harding Administration, Red Rock the island to the red sand beach at the was sold to a private party. Title north end. changed hands several times and a We considered climbing to the variety of plans and schemes were summit, but decided against it because proposed for the island. In 1964, a it would disturb nesting birds. (Besides, San Francisco attorney acquired Red poison oak is everywhere!) We spent Rock for $49,500. In the 1980s, plans about an hour and a half walking not were announced to reduce the island’s quite all the way around the island— 172 foot height by half and construct there is a spot on the southwest side a ten-story hotel and casino on the that is impassable. Our group picked leveled remainder. The plan included up the biggest pieces of trash, marveled construction of a small yacht harbor on at the beautiful but very twisted rock (Franciscan shale, I believe), and enjoyed the views of the Bay from this Ray Wichmann, unique perspective. is a US SAILING- Russian and Aleut fur hunters certified Ocean P a s s a g e m a k i n g shared this perspective: Red Rock first Instructor, a US appears in the written record in 1812 SAILING Instructor as a camping spot for hunters seeking Trainer, and a the once-abundant sea otters. Frederick member of US W. Breechey, a captain in the Royal SAILING’s National Navy, drafted the first chart to show Faculty. He holds a 100-Ton Master’s the island in the 1820s. He named License, was a charter skipper in Hawai’i it Molate Island, a misspelling of the for 15 years, and has sailed on both coasts Spanish “moleta,” a stone used for of the United States, in Mexico, the grinding pigments. Caribbean, and Greece. He is presently Because of (completely employed as the Master Instructor at unsubstantiated) stories of pirate loot OCSC Sailing in the Berkeley Marina. buried on the island, it has also been

www.baycrossings.com March 2011 7 WORKING WATERFRONT NEWS A New Chapter for Trade & Shipping

BY PATRICK BURNSON meaning the concentration of telephone brutal harassment in order to blaze trails 1998, and has testified in both state and connectivity in the population, which has into male-dominated professions. federal courts. She and her husband live increased from four or five percent in recent Captain Messer-Bookman worked in Benicia and enjoy sailing regularly. Her n a recent briefing at the San years to more than 150 percent. (This reflects as a ship’s officer for several years on newest book can be purchased through Francisco offices of law firm SNR the fact that some people maintain more commercial cargo ships, usually as the the publisher at www.schifferbooks. Denton, Hong-Phong Pho, the than one telephone.) only woman aboard. A graduate of the com, local booksellers, and numerous U.S. Commerce Department’s Cal-Asia’s Executive Director, Jeremy U.S. Merchant Marine Academy at online retailers. commerce desk officer for Potash, pointed out that the membership- Kings Point, NY, she earned her U.S. China’s Energy Relations with the Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia, said based group strongly supported the post- Coast Guard unlimited tonnage master’s Developing World, edited by Carrie Ishippers should approach the market with war renewal of commercial relations with license and sailed over 300,000 sea miles Liu Currier and Manocher Dorraj, a strategic supply-chain goal. Vietnam and has taken several trade and as a merchant marine officer. She then features input by experts in international “Companies that seek sharp and clear relations and Chinese politics. The essays profit objectives from quarter to quarter look at China’s expanding relations with will not do nearly as well as those that go the Middle East, Africa, Central Asia, in for the long haul and are prepared to Messer-Bookman said her book challenges the politically Latin America and India; the security gather and carefully analyze information,” correct, hair-trigger sensitivities some women hold implications of China’s quest for energy he said. regarding sexual harassment and discrimination. resources; and its impact on relations The nonprofit California-Asia with world powers such as the United Business Council (Cal-Asia) held a States. The book also examines whether breakfast briefing for American companies China’s competition for energy resources seeking to enter or expand existing will foster cooperation or conflict with operations in the Vietnam market. Steven investment delegations into that and other returned to school and earned her law other energy-consuming great powers. Potash, a prominent Cal-Asia member, Asian markets. Through regular seminars degree at the USF School of Law. As a Dr. Hebron, a faculty member in provided “Working Waterfront” with this and briefings, the group provides strategic full professor at the California Maritime Cal Maritime’s ABS School of Maritime account: contacts and market information for U.S. Academy, she teaches all aspects of Policy and Management and a published According to Pho, having a local partner companies doing business in China and the navigation and U.S. Coast Guard license expert on Chinese history and foreign who can help navigate the shoals, including rest of Asia. For further information, visit exam preparation for the Academy’s policy, contributed the second chapter dealing with lingering corruption, “will be www.CalAsia.org or call 415-986-8808. senior cadets. She also trains cadets in the of the book, which provides a general critical.” He further advised that shippers Academy’s full-mission ship simulators. overview of the changing nature and contact the U.S. Commerce Department Two Books from Cal Maritime Captain Messer-Bookman has written for conditions of Chinese external relations for assistance. Professors various maritime publications and is the since the founding of the modern Chinese A good bit of shipping and port A pair of Cal Maritime professors have author of the Master’s Handbook on Ship’s state on October 1, 1949. development has occurred in recent years new publications to their credit. The Business, now in its third edition. and Pho said there is strong demand for offerings include a book from Professor She has worked as a maritime More details and purchasing information can additional shipping infrastructure and Tuuli Messer-Bookman, Close Quarters: consultant and expert witness since be found at www.continuumbooks.com. capacity. “Market need translates into real A Woman’s Guide to Living and Working opportunity,” he said. in Masculine Environments, and a chapter Vietnam’s economic growth has held contributed by Dr. Lui Hebron to the up well, although there is a need for book China’s Energy Relations with the the government to balance that against Developing World. inflationary pressures. He noted that since As the name implies, Close Quarters implementation of the recent bi-lateral was written to help women work more accord, Vietnam’s exports to the United smoothly, happily, and successfully in States have been strong. But the U.S. any profession where men and women are government is also committed to expanding in close quarters—everything from law the export of American goods to Vietnam, enforcement, firefighting and the maritime as well as services. Trademark and copyright industry to construction, forestry, and protection are still issues with U.S. exporters, the military. Messer-Bookman said her and Commerce Department strongly advises book challenges the politically correct, U.S. firms to register their marks in Vietnam hair-trigger sensitivities some women for local protection. hold regarding sexual harassment and One indication of consumer market discrimination. It also pays respect to growth in Vietnam, said Pho, is “teledensity,” women who have endured sometimes

8 March 2011 www.baycrossings.com COVER STORY S.F. Considers Barges for Waste Transportation

Bay Crossings STAFF REPORT The discussion about transporting the traffic on the freeways and City’s refuse by barge is part of a larger bridges is greatly reduced effort by Mirkarimi, Supervisor David too.” roposals to use barges on Campos and others to mandate competitive Environmentalists San Francisco Bay to move bidding for the City’s refuse contracts. At are tentatively on board regional cargo—thereby getting the meeting, the committee put Recology’s the barge plan as well. trucks off the road and reducing contract award on hold for two months to Stuart Cohen, executive greenhouse gas emissions—are give time for further consideration. director of TransForm, not new, but may soon get a boost from The baby steps taken at the meeting do a respected regional anP unlikely source: San Francisco’s garbage not mean that a barge project will become a planning organization, contracts. reality. “The notion of reactivating our port said, “We are following For years, Bay Area ports, environmental to include a new maritime use for barge with interest proposals Photo: istockphoto.com organizations and planning agencies have all delivery will not happen unless the will to move San Francisco’s The proposed pilot program would have barges loaded with talked about a “marine highway” to move is there at city hall to change directions,” garbage by barge. The devil containerized garbage that would be transported across the Bay, a far cry from the infamous New York City garbage barges of decades past. freight across the region. This talk has not yet Mirkarimi said. Still, regional planners is always in the details, but materialized into concrete projects. But at a are enthusiastic about anything that can if it results in getting trucks hearing of the Board of Supervisors Budget reduce traffic, and the San Francisco garbage off one of the most congested roads in the community coalescing behind it, the idea and Finance Committee held on February contract could provide the needed spark. country and improves air quality, then it of moving garbage by barge looks to have a 9, San Francisco Supervisor Ross Mirkarimi Insiders say a barge plan could act as a deserves serious consideration.” chance of coming to pass. quizzed officials from the Department of the “market maker” that would demonstrate the Recology, as of this writing, remains Nor do the unions seem to present a Environment about the possibility of using possibilities of barge cargo and embolden decidedly cautious of the proposal due stumbling block as they have in the past. barges to transfer garbage out of the City. private enterprise to follow suit with more to unknown costs and environmental A previous barge proposal—to transport Currently, the refuse is taken to a transfer of the same, similar to San Francisco’s issues. Adam Alberti, a spokesperson for overnight packages by ferry from around plant in San Francisco for sorting, and then the region to Oakland Airport, the Bay sent on to an Altamont landfill by truck. Area’s air-cargo center—was jettisoned “Not to evaluate the merits of a barge For years, Bay Area ports, environmental organizations and by the powerful International Longshore pilot project would be a missed opportunity and Warehouse Union (ILWU), which for San Francisco,” Mirkarimi told Bay planning agencies have all talked about a “marine highway” has jurisdiction over many ferry and barge Crossings. “The port is an underutilized to move freight across the region. crews. Overnight express companies, not all asset that is poised to help the city answer unionized, could not come to terms with important questions relative to how we the union on various aspects of the plan. dispose of our garbage—using barges as But the ILWU has recently proven a pilot project would likely instruct us pioneering use of electric and alternative- the company, said that the “impacts are more flexible on the topic of refuse barges. as to how we can reduce greenhouse gas fuel vehicles. These barges would be loaded unknown.” Sources, however, tell Bay According to Marina Secchitano of the emissions while stimulating a maritime port with containerized garbage that would be Crossings that Recology may be open to ILWU Marine Division, “The ILWU use not seen in years.” transported across the Bay, a far cry from including a pilot project to test using welcomes the prospect of moving garbage The February hearing was held to the infamous New York City garbage barges barges. out of San Francisco by barge. Our members consider the awarding of the City’s landfill- of decades past. “Recology has a good record with San are enthusiastic about this environmentally disposal contract, currently held by Waste One critical question is whether barges Francisco. I like how they’ve partnered responsible idea that will reanimate San Management, to Recology. Recology (and can move San Francisco’s garbage as well as with me and my colleagues on myriad Francisco’s working waterfront while its predecessors) has long been the City’s trucks and trains can. Rich Smith, general environmental initiatives,” Mirkarimi said. putting our members to work,” Secchitano sole garbage collector, having acquired manager of Westar Marine Services, said “And yet, we have an obligation to pursue said. “We believe the project will become a through purchase and consolidation all 97 they can. “The laws of physics tell us that and innovate to find the best waste hauling national model for using inland waterways permits in existence to collect garbage and weight and volume can be moved over water proposal for our consumers—excluding to improve traffic, clean the air and cut transport it through the City’s streets. The using barges at a fraction the cost of trucks any assessment of alternative approaches down on oil use. Our membership stands landfill-disposal contract, distinct from the clogging the roads,” Smith said. “A certain like the barge pilot is unwise.” ready, willing and able to make it happen collection contract, governs what happens amount of infrastructure work is needed for Ultimately, it is unlikely that Recology, in a way that works for everyone.” to the garbage once it is collected from loading and offloading, but much of that a company with deep roots in the San The Port of San Francisco’s beleaguered homes and businesses in San Francisco. If already exists and what is needed beyond Francisco community and a finely tuned working waterfront is unambiguously it receives the contract, Recology plans to that will be paid off over years and years political sensitivity, will not win the enthusiastic. Roiled by decades of trials and dispose of the City’s waste by train to their of service. And the environmental benefits contract. Yet with an unusual coalition tribulations and reduced to a shadow of Yuba County landfill facility, effectively are dramatic: ton-per-ton, barges emit 73 of environmental organizations, transit its former self, denizens are crossings their taking trucks off the road. percent less greenhouse gas than trucks, and advocates, unionists and the waterfront fingers that a revival may be at hand.

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OCEAN FILM FEST 50 Films, 5 Days, 1 Ocean: 8th San Francisco Ocean Film Festival Sets Sail

BY KATI SCHMIDT the premier film festival of its kind for learning more about the world’s ocean, marine life, and environmental concerns a j e s t i c . Po w e r f u l . as seen through the eyes of accomplished Mysterious. Threatened. filmmakers from around the world,” said Endless numbers of words Festival Director Ana Blanco. “With the can be used to describe support of our donors, sponsors and theM world’s vast ocean, its inhabitants and volunteers we are excited to take festival those who study it, play in it and protect goers on an unforgettable five-day voyage it. Taking filmgoers on a five-day journey of amazing films.” from San Francisco Bay to the Baltic Sea, “Our ocean is a place of great Costa Rica to Antarctica and beyond, the power and majesty, but it still needs our San Francisco Ocean Film Festival will help,” said Maria Brown, Gulf of the splash into Theatre 39 on PIER 39 from Farallones National Marine Sanctuary March 9 to 13. superintendent. “Through top-quality Billed as North America’s premier films, and through lively discussions “cinemaquatic” event, the San Francisco related to ocean issues, the festival helps Ocean Film Festival, which is presented us to realize that we are akin to the sea, by National Marine Sanctuaries, The and must embrace and protect it.” Photo by Elizabeth White Bay Institute and Aquarium of the Bay, The San Francisco Ocean Film Festival Meet “The Coral Gardener,” Austin Bowden-Kerby, who brings together his love of gardening, features more than 50 films divided into opens with Sex Under the Sea, featured and passion for the underwater world, to do something very special for the coral reefs, and communities, of Fiji. 12 programs over its five-day run. More in the Opening Night Filmmakers than just movies on the screen, the San Reception, and fittingly ends withChange Francisco Ocean Film Festival continues for the Oceans—a message that will be Sidney Hollister, Pamela Morse, Diane through the festival is one way we can the conversation long after the credits shared throughout the various events and Brockob, Sarah Haas, Kathi Koontz, respond,” said Schramm. have rolled, with Q&A sessions and panel film programs. Chris Paganelli and Peter Winch, with While filmmakers from near and far discussions by filmmakers, producers and support from David McGuire, deserves submit work into the San Francisco Ocean ocean champions. Wading Through the Reels an Oscar for selecting the 2011 lineup Film Festival, documentaries, movies and “With the Bay as our backdrop, it’s Each member of the San Francisco from more than 150 films entered. shorts by local filmmakers include: only fitting that the San Francisco Ocean Ocean Film Festival’s film committee, “As the Surf Program ‘ambassador,’ • A Wave of Change by Kip Evans Film Festival, now in its eighth year, be led by Keith Howell, M.J. Schramm, I’m pleased the Film Festival has a • Amazing Jellies by Gabriela Quiros tradition of screening high-quality, and Lindsay Kelliher of KQED award-winning and action-packed surf QUEST shorts and features that raise the stoke • Birdathlon by Karen Lewis and make us think while appealing to the • Change for the Oceans by Jonah Sach diverse perspectives of the community: • Home for Hawksbill by Jordan the travelers, artists, activists, seekers, Plotsky weekend warriors, adrenaline junkies • Killer Whales by Kevin Bachar and and rippers,” said Morse. “Features like Joey Allen this year’s The Westsiders tell stories that • Sanctuary in the Sea by Bob Talbot give greater meaning to our choice of • The Bay vs. The Bag by Jonah Sachs communion with the sea.” • The Great White Shark: Meet the “Danish author Isak Dinesen once Man in the Gray Suit by Chris said, ‘The cure for anything is salt water— Bauer and Lindsay Kelliher of sweat, tears, or the sea.’ My belief is that KQED QUEST our festival goers, and others who love the • The Westsiders by Joshua Pomer ocean so fiercely, have a higher percentage • Willem and the Whales by Kate Miller Photo by Jackie Forster of saltwater in our veins than others of • Yao Ming Shark Fin Soup PSA by Come face to film with orcas and learn more about these social mammals and effective hunters, during the Film Festival’s first family program. our species. That is why the ocean calls Kevin Donovan so compellingly to us, and connecting

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OCEAN FILM FEST

Highlights for the 8th Annual San Off the Screen Conversations Francisco Ocean Film Festival Two topics making recent headlines— Include: protections for dwindling shark • Opening Night Filmmakers populations and establishing an Reception: Salty, savory and sultry, international network of Marine partygoers will view Sex Under the Sea Protected Areas—will be presented and a sampling of other short films, to audiences through special panel before heading next door to party with the discussions, complementing the Film sharks, rays and thousands of other local Festival lineup. aquatic animals at Aquarium of the Bay. Friday’s 1 p.m. film program features The Opening Night reception includes three films focused on: establishing hosted sips and nibbles by Fog Harbor Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) in Fish House, Greens Restaurant, Hog California; the development of Mexico’s Island Oyster Company, Kermit Lynch Loreto Bay National Park; and ways in Wine Merchant, Promenade Wines, Sweet which an unlikely alliance of surfers and Things Bakery and others. Tickets are only fishermen successfully battled to save Photo by Danielle Heinrichs Baja’s most iconic spots. Fishermen, $60 for this benefit event. Manta Rays – huge, graceful and threatened. • Surf Film program: Friday, March scientists and conservation leaders from 11 at 7 p.m.: The program includes California and Mexico will lead a panel the features the San Francisco theatrical discussion following the films on the and Jared Huffman (D-San Rafael) 8th Annual San Francisco Ocean premieres of the award-winning The challenges associated with MPAs. that would ban the possession, sale, Film Festival at a Glance Westsiders, Ocean Monk and Monsterboards. “The ocean is in serious trouble right trade and distribution of shark fins When: March 9 -13, 2011 Representatives from each will be in now. If you consider that 50 percent in California, will be discussed in a Where: Theatre 39 at PIER 39 attendance for Q&A. of the world’s coral reefs are in trouble panel discussion following Saturday’s Cost: 1 p.m. “Sharks & Vanishing Marine • Individual program tickets: Life” film program. Organized by Sea - Adults: $12 Stewards Director David McGuire, - Seniors (ages 65+) and Students: $10 the discussion will be held next door - Children (ages 12 and under):$8 to the theatre in Aquarium of the Bay’s All individual program tickets include free Farallon Room. admission to Aquarium of the Bay. “With sharks and vanishing marine • Family Program tickets (Saturday and life increasingly in the news, this is Sunday at 10am): an opportunity to experience the - Adults: $10 excitement, the beauty, and the issues - Children: $5 facing our most precious resource: the All family program tickets include free ocean,” said McGuire. admission to Aquarium of the Bay Visit www.oceanfilmfest.org • Meet the Filmmakers, Opening Night for a full Film Festival lineup and to Reception: $60

Photo courtesy of KQED QUEST purchase program tickets, Film Festival • Film Festival passes: $85-175 passes, discounted parking passes, Tickets and Info: www.oceanfilmfest.org The film, “The Great White Shark: Meet the Man in the Gray Suit,” will be included in Saturday’s “Sharks & Vanishing Marine Life” program, at 1pm. specially priced meal packages at Fog or (415) 561-6251 Harbor Fish House and more.

• Family Programs – Saturday, March and that there are growing problems of 12 and Sunday, March 13 at 10 a.m.: New ocean acidification, overfishing and many for 2011, the Film Festival is launching a other issues, you will see that we need to Sharing time with whales is a privilege. family-focused lineup, complete with act now—we are running out of time,” discounted admission rates. Saturday’s said Kip Evans, filmmaker for A Wave of lineup includes gems such as The Physics of Change, one of the films highlighted in the Surfing and Killer Whales; Sunday’s family MPA-focused program. “As a filmmaker, program features the turtle conservation I want to highlight the positive steps that film Home for Hawksbill and the Hawaii are being taken, actions that precipitate big-wave focused Chasing the Swell. significant change. Marine protected • Continued Underwater Exploration at areas may be our last chance to protect 415-331-6267 Aquarium of the Bay: For the first time, all the ocean before it’s too late.” tickets will include complimentary admission The recent introduction of AB 376, to Aquarium of the Bay, conveniently located co-authored by California Assembly www.sfbaywhalewatching.com next door to Theatre 39. members Paul Fong (D-Cupertino)

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Bay Area Firm Tackles Festival Trash

By Bill Picture

or most of us, having to choose whether to put trash into the recycling bin or the garbage bin is one of the tedious- but-necessary prices we pay for living in today’s world—a simple choreF that minimizes our environmental impact. But for Mary Munat, founder of Green Mary, a firm that devises and implements waste-diversion strategies for large events happening throughout the Bay Area, sorting trash is both a passion and a livelihood. “This is going to sound crazy, but figuring out how to keep more trash from ending up in landfills literally keeps me up at night,” Munat joked. The Bay Area hosts dozens of large events each year—from the wild-and- crazy Bay to Breakers footrace to the already eco-friendly Green Festival held annually at San Francisco’s Fort Mason complex. With attendance figures Photo: green-mary.com averaging in the tens of thousands Educating the public about what is recycleable, what is compostable and what is garbage is a large part of the Green Mary mission. Green Mary does (attendance at last year’s Hardly Strictly that by creating easy-to-understand signage to post near its EcoStations, the trash receptacles strategically scattered throughout an event’s footprint. Bluegrass event in Golden Gate Park drew nearly 750,000 music lovers), a single event has the potential to generate that a day’s worth of fun in the sun doesn’t projections and event layout, the number Growing up green thousands of pounds of landfill-bound leave a footprint on the planet that can and placement of EcoStations (three-bin Munat credits her passion for waste waste. Munat offers her expertise in trash, last for decades or even centuries. stations with easy-to-understand signage diversion to her childhood in Vermont, along with the necessary manpower, to the Munat works with event producers to explaining what kind of trash should be where to this day many residents must organizers of these events to help ensure determine in advance, based on attendance tossed into each container) needed to haul their own trash to the closest dump handle the waste that will be generated. and then pay a per-pound fee for anything Then, on the day of the event, Munat and that can’t be recycled or composted. her team of earth-loving worker bees set “They don’t come to your house every up a sorting station on-site, where they week to pick up your trash, like they do pick through the waste that’s collected here,” she said. “You drive it to the dump to make sure that nothing recyclable or and sort through it right there yourself.” compostable ends up in landfill. Of course, not even Munat could have “That’s the part we love, getting our foreseen her family’s weekly trash ritual hands dirty,” she said. “And it’s the most later becoming a way to help save the important part. The only way we can planet and put food on the table. In fact, it Photo: green-mary.com make sure that things end up in the right North-Bay-based Green Mary works with event producers to devise waste diversion strategies and wasn’t until 2001, while volunteering at the help minimize the environmental impact of large events. place is to get our hands in it.” Health & Harmony Festival, an annual arts

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and music festival held in Sonoma County, Mary’s sorting station, as methods often that she had the moment of realization that vary from municipality to municipality. led to the founding of Green Mary. For instance, biodegradable corn-based “Julia Butterfly Hill was one of the plastics, once touted as the green alternative speakers that year, and she said we need to petroleum plastics, are no longer being to stop talking about saving the world and accepted by some composting facilities actually do something,” Munat explained. because they claim corn-based plastics do “Later that day, I noticed these huge bins of not completely break down. To ensure that unsorted trash and a light bulb went off.” a container of compostables doesn’t end up Munat pitched her idea for a “zero- in landfill, Munat has to make sure that waste” event to the Health & Harmony the contents of that container meet the Festival’s organizers first, explaining to standards set by the composting facility them that the idea was both good for the that is to receive it. environment and good for the event’s public image. They agreed. And with Health & Clearing the hurdles Harmony onboard, Munat began knocking Staying on top of each municipality’s ever- on the doors of other big events, like San changing rules and standards is just one Francisco’s Carnivale celebration. of the challenges that Green Mary faces. Photo: green-mary.com “And word spread fast,” she said. “Next Another one is combating the failure of The Green Mary team sorts through the trash collected at events by hand to ensure that thing I know, event producers are coming some municipalities to properly train compostable and recycleable materials don’t end up in landfills. to me to ask for my help, and people are trash collection drivers and the staff at tracking me to down to say they like what processing facilities. Munat recently took I’m doing and want to work for me.” it upon herself to make a training video, which she has offered for free to waste New 3800 sq. ft. Facility! 10% Discount for Seniors & Veterans It takes an army management companies for them to show At the very beginning, the Green Mary to their staff. TRY OUR MEDICAL MEALS: team consisted largely of marginalized “I’ve actually blocked containers in Bay Area residents, including homeless with my car and slept there until the driver Pizza, Lasagna, Muffins, persons and recovering addicts, for whom shows up so I can talk to him,” she said. Cornbread Plus BBQ & Hot Sauces the work was a way to help get their lives “And I hang out at the landfills all the and Fruit Juices back on track. time to watch the trash come in, examine But as word of Green Mary’s noble the process and make sure nothing is Edibles, Clones, Topicals, mission has spread, the team has grown ending up there that shouldn’t be there. If Sublinguals and Concentrates. Plus 35 Strains! to include more and more “eco-groovy” something’s not right, I’m on the phone to people, as Munat describes them. “They whoever is in charge. I don’t mind being want to change things,” she said. “Friends the tattletale.” 7% are bringing friends in, and people are Of major concern to Munat lately, Rewards Rebate moving here for the summer season from however, is littering at events, the instance on all purchases other parts of the country to help out.” of which she says is sadly on the rise. Highest in the State! “It’s really depressing,” she said. FREE LIGHTER At last count, Munat’s team numbered with every visit! more than 100 people, allowing Green “People are drunk or maybe they’re Mary to provide its services to multiple just having a good time and not paying New Members Special: events on a given weekend. Last year attention. Maybe they just figure someone Mare Island Way Jeffrey Aly alone, Green Mary added 150 events to else will pick it up. It’s an assault on the Vallejo City Hall Virginia St th Indian Aly 29 / Vallejo Ferry Georgia St Free 1 8 its resume. planet. The one thing I haven’t figured out Terminal

Hudson Aly with minimum purchase Marin St Still, the Green Mary system is a work how to do yet is make people care. But Sonoma Blvd York St in progress, she says, and requires constant I’m working on it.” evaluation and tweaking. The system must JUST BLOCKS FROM THE VALLEJO FERRY TERMINAL! constantly be adapted to suit not only the 616 Marin Street, Vallejo, CA needs of each event, but also the way that For more information on Green Mary, visit www.green-mary.com 707-980-7774 www.greenwellcooperative.com cities process trash after it leaves Green Open Every Day from 9:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m.

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Vallejo San Francisco CULTURAL CURRENTS Baylink Ferry Pulp Fact, Pulp Fashion and Photo Dreamscapes

By Paul Duclos materials surviving these voyages are rare. paper. Taking inspiration from the rich The authors note that millions of people depictions in early European paintings, entered and exited California by steamer iconic costumes in museum collections, he book’s title may sound between 1849 and 1869. photographs, sketches and even literary like fiction, butGold, Silk, “Life aboard steamers was to be descriptions, de Borchgrave skillfully Pioneers & Mail is a work endured and not written about,” the works paper to achieve the effect of of true scholarship written authors note. “Men for the most part textiles: crumpling, pleating, braiding, by Robert J. Chandler, went east on business and returned. They feathering and painting the surface. Ph.D. and Stephen J. Potash. Potash’s tolerated travel as one of those things that The artist’s exhibition “Pulp Fashion: Tname may ring a bell from the “Working could not be changed.” The Art of Isabelle de Borchgrave” is on 3 Pack - $30.00 •     Waterfront” column on page 8, where view February 5 to June 5 at the Legion 4 Pack - $40.00 •     he provided an account of a recent trade “Pulp Fiction: The Art of Isabelle of Honor as part of the Collection event. Potash, you see, is a true believer in 5 Pack - $50.00 •     de Borchgrave” at the Legion Connections series. Fine Arts Museums the promise—past and present—of free of Honor director John E. Buchanan Jr. said of the Some restrictions apply. For details see: www.baylinkferry.com waterborne commerce in San Francisco. For more than fifteen years, the Belgian exhibition, “I am proud to say that this The book, published by Friends of the artist Isabelle de Borchgrave has been exhibition, so appropriately presented San Francisco Maritime Museum Library, producing a completely original body in the galleries of our Legion of Honor “Most Romantic Getaway” deals with the bygone days of the Pacific of work that is quite easy to explain but museum, is the first to offer an overview - Best of Solano poll Mail Steamship Company. It is a rousing very difficult to categorize. Her central of the artist’s most important bodies of page-turner, which comes as a surprise Up to 24 sailings daily between project has been to recreate exquisite, work: from the white dresses and Papiers because, among other things, primary-source à la Mode to the Fortuny and Medici Vallejo and the SF Ferry life-size historical costumes entirely from collections and her newest creations.” A Building with stops at special section focuses on the making of Fisherman’s Wharf/Pier 41 a new work inspired by a seventeenth- Express Bus service to BART century Italian portrait in the collection of ALAMEDA OAKLAND FERRY the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco Bus service to Discovery Kingdom, Fairfield Mall and Mario Duse: Pt. Richmond Solano Community College Photographer Ancient buildings, gnarled trees, waving Special direct service to grasses by the sea—places left unchanged AT&T Park for Giants games for centuries—are the subject matter for this gifted artist. Duse, who lives in San Francisco, has a studio by the Bay in Pt. Richmond and travels the world to Leave the capture new images. He prefers to use a driving to us! medium format camera along with 120 film because it allows for a sharper, more saturated image. Whether you’re commuting to work or “I shoot in natural light only, at various times of the day and from different enjoying a weekend outing with friends angles, a process akin to meditation,” or family, the Alameda/Oakland Ferry Duse said. The photographs are printed on Fuji is a great way to travel the bay. Crystal Archive Paper and mounted and matted to museum standards using only Oakla service between Oakland’s Jack London Square, Alameda Main a/ nd d e F e the finest acid-free materials. In addition m r a r l Street, SF Ferry Building and SF Pier 41, Seasonal service to y A to his studio location, Duse’s photographs ATT&T Park for Giants game and Angel Island State Park can be found on the City’s streets and at juried art fairs nationwide. www.baylinkferry.com 510.749.5837 www.eastbayferry.com For more, visit www.luciano- photography.com.

14 March 2011 www.baycrossings.com WATERFRONT GEM ON THE BAY

By Frances Bellows

he Potomac, President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s beautifully restored “floating White House,” is docked at Jack London Square and provides a thrilling mix of Thistory, fun and a local tie-in to Elvis Presley. What’s not to love? As a San Francisco native, I am embarrassed to say that I put off visiting this 165-foot labor of love for far too long. Since its 1995 public debut, the The Presidential Yacht, Potomac was once used as the “floating White House” by President Franklin D. Roosevelt. These days she can frequently be Potomac has offered an amazing chance seen cruising Bay Area waters or visited at Jack London Square but now she needs your help. to experience the end of the Great Depression, the New Deal, and the WWII years while standing on the same decks as in a beautiful setting. Picture a Mothers as kindly retirees, the ship’s youngest below the waterline and are threatening the key players. Between 1939 and 1945, Day tour of the Bay complete with an docent is 14 years old and recently gave his its continued operations. Considering all FDR used this yacht as a venue to charm excellent buffet and Mimosas. (Yes, dear first solo talk to a group of 100 Girl Scouts. of the benefits the ship offers, its financial visiting royalty and as a treasured escape family, that is a hint.) The Potomac Visitor Center Museum even needs are very modest—for example, from White House cooking. The White Professor Glenn Gordinniere, director has programs for college-age Museum educational programs for a year add up House head chef believed that if food of Mystic Seaport’s maritime education, Studies interns. to only $63,000. The ship and her crew couldn’t be boiled, it shouldn’t be eaten. recently told me that the City’s Hyde The private charters, special cruises, are reaching out to the community for Food aficionados can understand why our Street Pier has the world’s largest collection and dockside events allow all of us to support in these times. 32nd President boarded this cutter at every of historically accurate vessels afloat. For party like kings and queens. Literally. Michael Roosevelt recently stated opportunity to enjoy fresh seafood and a a truly unique experience, board the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth in a letter to potential donors, “No one fine martini. Potomac for a water-side view of these cruised with FDR to George Washington’s planned for two years of recession, which In addition to 24 history cruises a vessels, including the 1886 square-rigger home at Mt. Vernon. And speaking has essentially cut the Potomac’s operating year, the Potomac has 14 specialty events Balclutha and the colorful Chinese junk of kings, Elvis Presley later owned the income by 50 percent and has made it that continue the tradition of fine food Grace Quan. yacht before donating it to Danny extremely difficult to attract corporate For families, the Thomas’ St. Jude’s hospital. You can giving. The result is that we have almost best news is that the stand on the very same deck as the completely exhausted our rainy day docent-led dockside smiling Elvis in a 1964 photo. reserves. It has put us in a position where tour is free to children What’s next for the Potomac? There’s we must call on all of those who love under 12. ThePotomac good news and bad news. the Potomac and the era she represents has also been an The good news is that there are the to help.” If you think that you can unsung hero to our incredibly fun events coming up, such help support this worthy cause, please public school children as an Opening Day on the Bay cruise contact Marti Burchell at mburchell@ by offering 16 cruises with characters such as Emperor Norton, usspotomac.org or (510) 627-1667. a year, complete with Lily Coit, Jack London and Sarah Another easy, free and enjoyable way curriculum, reading Winchester. Talks are in the works for a to get acquainted with the Potomac is to materials and activities spring micro-brewery dockside event and enter a contest to win four free tickets for teachers. These are in honor of FDR’s fondness for a really to Fleet Week (a $500.00 value). You completely free. good martini. can upload a photo or short video on, The docents are The bad news: The Potomac is one beside or about this gorgeous, floating among the dedicated very classy gem in the crowning glory National Historic Landmark by June 30 to 112 volunteers who that is the San Francisco Bay, but it is [email protected]. Facebook friends Potomac facing a number of serious challenges. will vote on the winner and get the chance The Potomac also offers 16 free cruises a year to our public school keep the children, complete with curriculum, reading materials and activities shipshape. Just to shake A required dry docking, increased port to win two free dockside tours. For more for teachers. up our image of docents fees and other expenses have torpedoed it details, visit www.usspotomac.org.

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By Sejal Choksi due partly to the sewage pollution to the Bay created by the 250 prisoners. Now part of the Golden Gate Recreation Area, the hivery winter weather has been island is home to the California slender the daily forecast this season, salamander and is visited yearly by throngs with snowstorms in the East of sea birds (including cormorants, western and even the occasional blustery gulls, night herons), as well as harbor seals winds and rains around the Bay and tourists. Area. For many people, cold weather brings Another popular destination is Angel toS mind warm comforts of hot cocoa, slow- Island, part of the California State Parks Photo by Joel Williams cooked soups, fleece blankets and wishful system. Formerly an immigration station One of the most unique islands in the Bay is East Brother Island, located just off the Richmond thoughts of island getaways. But Bay Area that housed more than a million Asian shoreline. The tiny island is home to a historic lighthouse that has been converted into a bed and breakfast with spectacular 360-degree views. residents may not have to book a flight to immigrants through 1940, the island has the tropics to enjoy an island experience. two active lighthouses and is now a central There are more than 15 islands right here spot in the Bay for hiking, biking, camping frolic along the shoreline of Crown Beach, Ray’s column on page 7 for more on in San Francisco Bay, and some of these and picnicking. one of the best urban beaches around the Red Rock Island. picturesque habitats are worth visiting: Alameda Island on the Oakland Bay with vistas of the Bay Bridge and San Artificially created from dredged fill to The best known Bay Area island Estuary boasts a population of more Francisco. The Island is also now home to host the 1939-40 World’s Fair, Treasure experience is Alcatraz Island. A former than 70,000 residents, quaint Victorian the museum ship USS Hornet, a former Island has great views of the San Francisco prison whose most notable inmate was Al architecture and a popular Independence aircraft carrier. In addition, Alameda’s skyline. San Francisco had plans to locate Capone, the facility was closed in 1963 Day parade. Wind surfers and kite boarders shoreline supports the important and rare the new airport there after the Fair, but eelgrass habitat. The adjacent Bay Farm then decided that more space was needed. Island is not actually an island. Now the island houses around 2,000 Brooks Island is located just south of residents and is a popular filming location the Richmond Inner Harbor and is part of for movies and television shows. According the East Bay Regional Park District. Once to the EPA, however, the site of the former home to Native American Ohlones, it also naval facility contains highly contaminated has housed a sheep farm and shrimp factory. soil and groundwater, which is scheduled The island now provides salt marshes and for cleanup. tidal flats that are a protected nesting site The Marin Islands (East and West) for many of the Bay’s birds, including egrets are located in the waters near San Rafael and herons. The island is now accessible and, along with the surrounding tidelands, only with a regional park permit. are part of a 340-acre national wildlife TheBrothers Islands (East and West) refuge. The islands are only accessible are located in the Bay near the Richmond with a U.S. Fish and Wildlife permit, but Bridge. They were historically designated kayakers can witness the largest egret and military property in the 1860s but were heron rookeries in the region. never put to use. East Brother Island is So the next time the skies are blue and now owned by a non-profit that runs a the wind is calm, you can hop on a boat, historic lighthouse and a Victorian bed ferry or in a kayak and experience local and breakfast with spectacular 360-degree island life for yourself. And for information views of the surrounding shorelines. on how Baykeeper works to protect the Red Rock Island is the Bay’s only Bay’s islands and many other diverse privately owned island and is located habitats from pollution, please visit our near the Richmond-San Rafael Bridge. website at www.baykeeper.org. Developers have tried in the past to create a luxury hotel and casino, but Sejal Choksi, is because the three counties of San the Senior Program Francisco, Contra Costa and Marin Advisor at Baykeeper, all converge on the island, there has which uses science and never been a consensus for approval. advocacy and the As of last year, the island was for sale, courts to protect the Bay. listing price: $22 million. See Captain

16 March 2011 www.baycrossings.com DELTA BEAT Delta Wine Lovers Rejoice

By Jah Mackey and now serves as the tasting room and event center. But Delta winemaking is not just for apa Valley has long claimed the old guard. “I was a flight attendant dominance over the for 17 years prior to arriving here. My California wine industry, only professional experience with wine but the Delta is also an was the ability to pour a glass 37,000 feet emerging wine lovers’ and not spill a drop,” said Sue Gothberg of paradise. Napa vintners should rest easy that Scribner Bend Vineyards. “I really wanted theirN reputations are intact; however, their to learn something new and Mark gave wines are not without equals. me the opportunity.” Farming in the Delta has a long and So what is special about these wines? glorious past, with farmers from all over Well, the proof is in the awards cabinet. the world settling the area over the past Most recently, Bogle’s 2009 Chardonnay two centuries. In my explorations of took home the “double gold” in the these intimate family-owned vineyards, I 2011 San Francisco Chronicle Wine discovered two locations in particular— Competition for the Best Chardonnay up Photo by Jah Mackey Scribner Bend Vineyards in Sacramento to $9.99, and the 2008 Merlot took home The Bogle family has been farming in the Delta since the mid-1800s, but it wasn’t until 1968 that they and Bogle Vineyards in Clarksburg— bronze honors for the Merlot up to $9.99. planted their first 20 acres of wine grapes. Today, Bogle Vineyards is the fourteenth-largest winery in the United States. that share a similar foundation while Scribner Bend’s 2007 Tempranillo took offering vastly different interpretations home the silver medal in the Tempranillo of the gods’ nectar. class, and their 2009 Fiano took the silver The Bogle family has been farming in the Italian Other White Varietals and in the Delta since the mid-1800s, but it Blends class. wasn’t until 1968 that the father-and-son You can acquaint yourself with these team of Warren and Chris Bogle planted special wines by joining Bogle’s wine club, their first 20 acres of wine grapes. Today the Band Wagon, and Scribner’s wine Bogle farms over 1,200 acres of wine club, Benders. The clubs are a great way grapes and is the fourteenth-largest for guests to sample the many varietals winery in the United States. Patty Bogle, and blends produced by each vintner, longtime owner and winery manager, typically at a reduced price. died while this issue was going to press; “My wife Stacey and I love to get her son, sixth-generation farmer Warren away from our 60-hour plus work week Bogle, is the vineyard manager. and our family responsibilities to enjoy “While being a family-owned winery is a really relaxing atmosphere so close to a common theme in the Delta, Bogle has home,” said Timothy Harrington, a Band committed itself to producing an exceptional Wagon member. “The fifteen-minute wine at a very reasonable price,” said Shaun drive from our Sacramento home makes Kelish, Bogle Vineyards’ tasting room visiting Bogle like having a vineyard in manager. “I believe our varietally correct our backyard.” wines, the Bogles’ day-to-day participation Both vintners have developed very We Need Your Voice and a strong wine club membership have successful marketing niches as well as very Join Baykeeper Today! been keys to our success.” affordable award-winning wine. If you are Do you believe polluters like the Cosco Family farming is not only a repeated an aficionado, I would highly recommend Busan should be held accountable for theme throughout the Delta, it is a shared a Google search for Delta wineries. If you fouling the San Francisco Bay? Do you think foundation. Mark Scribner of Scribner are up for an adventure, then I recommend cities need to do more to keep sewage out Bend Vineyards represents the seventh that you mark your calendars for April of our streets, creeks and the Bay? If so, generation of Delta farmers in his family. 2 and 3 from 11 a.m. – 5 p.m. for the join Baykeeper and help us enforce clean The Scribner family patriarch, George Clarksburg Wine Growers’ “Spring Fling” water laws to protect the Bay. It’s never Washington Scribner, settled on the or the California Delta Chamber of been more important. Join us today! Sacramento River in 1893. The original Commerce fund raiser “Taste of the Delta” barn built in 1918 was renovated in 2002 on July 17 from 1 p.m. – 4 p.m. www.baykeeper.org

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Larkspur 5:50 a.m. 6:20 a.m. 6:25 a.m. 6:55 a.m. 09:40 a.m. 10:30 a.m. ------6:35 7:05 7:10 7:40 11:40 12:30 p.m. 12:40 p.m. 1:30 p.m. 7:10 7:40 7:45 8:15 1:40 p.m. 2:30 2:40 3:30 7:50 8:20 8:30 9:05 3:40 4:30 4:40 5:25 San Pablo Bay Vallejo 8:20 8:50 9:10 9:45 5:30# 7:00 7:15 8:00 9:15 9:50 10:10 10:45 One-way Ferry Fares 10:10 10:45 10:55 11:30 Larkspur Larkspur Sausalito 11:10 11:45 11:55 12:30 p.m. 12:40 p.m. 1:15 1:25 2:00 Daily Daily 2:20 2:55 3:05 3:35 Richmond Adult Cash Fare $8.25 $8.25 3:05 3:35 3:45 4:15 Pacific 3:45 4:15 4:25 4:55 TransLink/Clipper Card Fare $5.15 $4.40 Tiburon 4:25 4:55 5:05 5:35 Ocean Youth/Senior/Disabled $4.10 $4.10 Angel Island 5:05 5:35 5:45 6:15 Sausalito 5:45 6:15 6:25 6:55 Children 5 and under FREE FREE Alcatraz 6:25 6:55 7:05 7:35 (limit 2 per fare-paying adult) Berkeley 7:25 8:00 8:10 8:45 Children ages 5 and under travel free when accompanied by a 8:50 9:25 9:35 10:10 full fare paying adult (limit two youth per adult). N Oakland Golden Gate Ferry Fares, Effective July 1, 2010 Fares shown are for one-way travel San Francisco San Alameda * Direct ferry service is provided to most Giants games at AT&T Park. Special service is provided to various concerts and the Francisco Harbor Bay Isle Bay to Breakers Race. On weekdays, with the exception of the 5:20pm San Francisco departure which uses a 715 passenger Bay Spaulding vessel, all other trips use high-speed catamarans. Weekend service is provided by a 715 passenger Spaulding vessel. # To San Francisco via Sausalito. SAUSALITO Weekdays (excluding Holidays) Weekends and Holidays Depart Arrive S.F. Depart S.F. Arrive Depart Arrive S.F. Depart S.F. Arrive Sausalito Ferry Bldg. Ferry Bldg. Sausalito Sausalito Ferry Bldg. Ferry Bldg. Sausalito Blue & Gold Ferry 7:10 a.m. 7:35 a.m. 7:40 a.m. 8:10 a.m. ------10:40 a.m. 11:10 a.m. 8:20 8:45 10:15 10:45 11:20 a.m. 11:50 a.m. 12:00 p.m. 12:30 p.m. ALAMEDA/OAKLAND ALAMEDA/OAKLAND 10:55 11:25 11:35 12:05 p.m. 12:45 p.m. 1:15 p.m. 1:25 1:55 12:15 p.m. 12:45 p.m. 12:55 p.m. 1:25 2:10 2:40 2:50 3:20 Weekdays to San Francisco Weekends and Holidays to San Francisco 1:55 2:25 2:35 3:05 3:50 4:20 4:45 5:15 Depart Depart Arrive S.F. Arrive S.F. Depart Depart Arrive S.F. Arrive S.F. 3:20 3:50 4:00 4:30 5:35 6:05 6:30 7:00 Oakland Alameda Ferry Bldg. Pier 41 Oakland Alameda Ferry Bldg. Pier 41 4:45 5:15 5:30 6:00 6:30 7:00 ------6:00 a.m. 6:10 a.m. 6:30 a.m. ----- 10:00 a.m. 10:10 a.m. 10:30 a.m. 10:45 a.m. 6:10 6:35 6:45 7:10 7:05 7:15 7:35 ----- 11:30 11:20* 12:00 p.m. 12:15 p.m. 7:20 7:50 7:55 8:20 8:10 8:20 8:40 ----- 1:45 p.m. 1:30* p.m. 2:20 2:35 Contact Information For the Golden Gate Ferry website, visit: http://goldengateferry.org/ 9:15 9:25 9:45 10:00 a.m. 4:15 4:05* 4:45 4:55 Toll free 511 or 711 (TDD) Comments and questions can be submitted at http://ferrycomments.goldengate.org/ 11:00 10:50* 11:30 11:45 5:45 5:35* ---- 6:25 7:10 7:00* ---- 7:50 Holiday service is in effect on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, Presidents No ferry service on New Year’s Day, 12:45 p.m.^ 12:35 p.m.* 1:15 p.m. 1:30 p.m. Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, and the day after Thanksgiving Day, and Christmas Day. 2:30 2:20*^ 3:00 3:10 Thanksgiving Day (Sausalito). The Larkspur line operates on a Modified 4:40 4:30*^ 5:10 ----- Holiday Schedule on the day after Thanksgiving Day. 5:50 5:40*^ 6:15 ----- 6:20 6:10* ----- 7:00 Weekends and Holidays from San Francisco 6:55^ 6:45*^ 7:20 ----- Depart S.F. Depart S.F. Arrive Arrive 7:55^ 7:45* 8:20 ----- Bay Area Ferry Terminal Locations Pier 41 Ferry Bldg. Alameda Oakland 8:55^ 8:45* ----- 9:25 Alameda Ferry Terminal 9:15 a.m. 9:25 a.m. 10:10 a.m. 9:55 a.m. Weekdays from San Francisco 2990 Main St. in Alameda 10:50 ---- 11:20 11:30 Depart S.F. Depart S.F. Arrive Arrive 1:00 p.m. 1:10 p.m. 1:30 p.m. 1:45 p.m. Pier 41 Ferry Bldg. Alameda Oakland 3:30 3:45 p.m. 4:05 4:15 Harbor Bay Ferry Terminal 5:00 5:15 5:35 5:45 ----- 6:30 a.m.# 7:15 a.m. 7:05 a.m. 6:30 6:40 7:00 7:10 2 MeCartney Drive in Alameda ----- 7:35# 8:20 8:10 ----- 8:40# 9:25 9:15 Larkspur Landing Ferry Terminal 10:15 a.m. 10:30 10:50^ 11:00^ 101 E. Sir Francis Drake Blvd., just east of U.S. Highway 101 in Larkspur, CA 12:00 p.m. 12:15 p.m. 12:35 p.m.^ 12:45 p.m.^ 1:45 2:00 2:20^ 2:30^ No ferry service on Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day, New Year’s Day, and Presidents Day. 3:45 4:10 4:30^ 4:40^ Regular weekday service on Martin Luther King Jr. Day Oakland Ferry Terminal ----- 5:20 5:40 5:50 FARES: One Round 10 Ticket 20 Ticket Monthly 530 Water St @ Jack London Square in Oakland 5:20 5:45 6:10 6:20 Way Trip Book Book Pass ----- 6:25 6:45 6:55 Adult (13+) $6.25 $12.50 $50.00 $90.00 $170.00 ----- 7:25 7:45 07:55 Junior (5-12) $3.50 $7.00 Sausalito Ferry Terminal ----- 8:25 8:45 08:55 Humbolt St. & Anchor Ave. in downtown Sausalito Child under 5* FREE FREE PURCHASE TICKETS * To S.F. via Oakland # To Alameda via Oakland Senior (65+)* $3.75 $7.50 ONBOARD THE FERRY or at the Regional Transit ^ Departs immediately after loading Disabled Persons* $3.75 $7.50 Connection (RTC) at participating Tiburon Ferry Terminal For the most current schedule, visit http://www. Active Military $5.00 $10.00 Bay Area businesses. Please call Behind Guaymus Restaurant & the Intersection of Tiburon Blvd. & Main St. in Tiburon eastbayferry.com/ Seniors must show valid I.D., Regional the 24-hour Ferry Fone at Transit Connection Discount or Medicare (510) 522-3300 to confirm times. Card. Disabled Persons must show a Regional Transit Connection Discount Vallejo Ferry Terminal Schedule information collected from Card. Children under 5 ride free when accompanied by an adult. Active http://www.eastbayferry.com Military Personnel must show military I.D. Fares subject to change. All times 289 Mare Island Way in Vallejo are estimates.

18 March 2011 www.baycrossings.com Blue & Gold Ferry Baylink Ferry Harbor Bay Ferry BAY CRUISE SAUSALITO VALLEJO EAST END OF ALAMEDA/S.F. Depart Pier 39 FISHERMAN’S WHARF, PIER 41 VALLEJO – SAN FRANCISCO Depart Arrive Depart Arrive Weekdays Weekends and Holidays Weekdays Weekdays Harbor Bay S.F. Ferry S.F. Ferry Harbor Bay Depart S.F. Arrive Depart Arrive S.F. Depart Vallejo Depart S.F. Depart Pier 41 Island Bldg. Bldg. Island 12:00 a.m. 2:30 p.m. 10:45 a.m. 2:30 p.m. Pier 41 Sausalito Sausalito Pier 41 to S.F Ferry Ferry Bldg. Fisherman’s Wharf 1:15 4:00 12:00 3:15 6:30 a.m. 6:55 a.m. 7:00 a.m. 7:25 a.m. 1:15 p.m. 4:15 11:00 a.m. 11:40 a.m. 11:45 a.m. 12:05 p.m. Building to Vallejo to Vallejo 7:30 7:55 8:00 8:25 1:45 12:10 p.m. 12:50 p.m. 12:55 p.m. 1:15 5:30 a.m. 6:35 a.m. ----- 8:30 8:55 4:35 p.m. 5:00 p.m. 1:20 2:05 2:10 2:30 6:30 7:35 ------4:30 p.m. 5:35 6:00 2:35 3:25 3:30 3:50 7:00 * 8:30 ------5:05 p.m. 5:30 6:35 7:00 7:45 8:55 ------6:05 6:30 7:35 8:00 For the most current schedule, visit www.blueandgoldfleet.com 8:45 9:55 ----- 7:05 7:30 Bay Cruise does not operate during inclement weather. Additional cruises may 10:00 * 11:20 11:45 a.m. be added on demand. Check with ticket booth on day of sailing for schedule. No No weekend service reserved seating available. 11:30 12:40 p.m. ----- Weekends and Holidays 2:00 p.m. 3:30 3:10 p.m. FARES: 3:00 * 4:30 ----- FARES: All prices include audio tour. Depart S.F. Arrive Depart Arrive S.F. 4:05 5:15 ----- Alameda Harbor Bay Ferry passengers can Pier 41 Sausalito Sausalito Pier 41 Adult $24.00 Junior (12-18) $20.00 4:45 6:00 ----- purchase Ferry tickets, passes and books on board Senior (62+) $20.00 Child (5-11) $16.00 10:35 a.m. 11:50 a.m. 11:55 a.m. 12:20 p.m. 6:00 * 7:30 7:15 the ferries. Alameda Harbor Bay Ferry accepts Discount fares available at 12:30 p.m. 1:20 p.m. 1:25 p.m. 1:50 cash, checks, Visa, Mastercard and Commuter http://www.blueandgoldfleet.com/Sightseeing/Boat/baycruise.cfm 2:00 2:45 2:50 3:15 Weekends and Holidays Checks as payment for ferry tickets. 3:20 4:25 4:30 4:55 Fare: ANGEL ISLAND - S.F. 10:00 a.m. 11:10 a.m. 11:30 a.m One-way Adult $6.50 Weekdays – Daily Departures Pier 41 1:00 p.m. 2:10 ----- One-way Juniors (5-12) $3.25 4:30 6:00 5:40 p.m. Depart Arrive Depart Arrive Children (under 5) Free Pier 41 Angel Island Angel Island Pier 41 No service on Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day, One-way Seniors (62 & over) $3.75 and New Year’s Day / Weekend Schedule on Presidents Day Disabled $3.75 10:00 a.m. 10:20 a.m. 3:10 a.m. 3:50 a.m. Active Military $5.25 FARES: One-way Round-trip One-way Commute (book of 10) $55.00 Adult $10.00 $20.00 FARES: One-way One-way Commute (book of 20) $100.00 Child (5-11) $5.75 $11.50 Weekends – Departures Pier 41 Adult (13-64) $13.00 Monthly Pass (book of 40) $185.00 For the most current schedule, visit Senior (65+)/Disabled/Medicare $6.50 Free MUNI and AC Transit Transfers Provided Depart Arrive Arrive Depart http://www.blueandgoldfleet.com/Ferry/Sausalito/index.cfm Child (6-12) $6.50 Pier 41 Angel Island Angel Island Pier 41 Baylink DayPass $24.00 10:35 a.m. 11:00 a.m. 11:05 a.m. 12:20 a.m. TIBURON – Pier 41 Baylink Monthly Pass (Bus / Ferry) $290.00 ------3:50 p.m. 4:55 p.m. Weekdays w/Muni $345.00 Angel Island Ferry Depart Arrive Call (707) 64-FERRY or visit www.baylinkferry.com for updated Arrive Depart information. TIBURON – ANGEL ISLAND S.F. Tiburon Tiburon S.F. SF PIER 41 SF PIER 41 Pier 41 Pier 41 Travel time between Vallejo and San Francisco is Weekdays (January - February 2011) ANGEL ISLAND FARES* (One Way) (Round Trip) 11:00 a.m. 11:20 a.m. 11:25 a.m. 12:05 p.m. approximately 60 minutes. Adult (12+) $8.00 $16.00 12:10 p.m. 12:30 p.m. 12:35 p.m. 1:15 Mon-Fri: Ferry service by advance reservation for groups of 25 or more. Individuals may “piggyback” Child (ages 6-12) $4.50 $9.00 1:20 1:40 1:45 2:30 * - SCORPIO will operate these ferry trips on days that Child (5 & under) FREE Free with scheduled groups. 2:35 2:55 3:00 3:50 she is in service, backup buses as required. * All prices include State Park Fees / Weekend Schedule on Memorial 4:05 4:45 ------Day (May 25) / Independence Day (July 4) and Labor Day (Sept 7) ------7:45 8:05 Weekends (January - February 2011) TIBURON COMMUTE Red & White 10:00 a.m. 11:00 1:00 p.m. 3:00 TIBURON – S.F. Ferry Building BAY CRUISE Returning 10:20 a.m. 11:20 1:20 p.m. 3:30 Weekdays TIBURON Weekends and Holidays Pier 43½ FARES: FARES: Round Trip (*Limit one Depart Arrive S.F. Depart S.F. Arrive Depart Arrive Depart Arrive Adult (13 and over) $13.50 free child, S.F. S.F. Monday through Sunday Adult (18+) $22.00 Tiburon Ferry Bldg. Ferry Bldg. Tiburon Tiburon Tiburon Child (6 - 12) $11.50 Pier 41 Pier 41 Youth (5-17) $16.00 ages 2 10:00 a.m. 1:45 p.m. Children (3 - 5) $3.50 and under, 6:00 a.m. 6:20 a.m. ------10:35 a.m. 11:20 a.m. 11:35 a.m. 12:20 p.m. Child (under 5)Free 10:45 * 2:30 Toddlers (ages 2 and under) Free* per paying 6:50 7:10 7:15 a.m. 7:35 a.m. 12:30 p.m. 12:55 p.m. 1:05 p.m. 1:50 Family Pass $69.00 11:15 Bicycles $1.00 adult.) 7:50 8:10 8:15 8:35 2:00 2:25 2:30 3:15 3:00 (2 Adult + 4 Youth) 8:45 9:05 ------12:00 p.m. 3:45 For the most current schedule and other information, visit 3:20 4:05 4:10 4:55 * Weekends Only ------4:25 p.m. 4:45 p.m. 1:15 4:15 * http://www.angelislandferry.com/ 5:00 p.m. 5:20 p.m. 5:25 5:45 Schedule Subject to change w/o notice 5:50 6:10 6:15 6:35 FARES: One-way Round trip 6:40 7:00 7:15 7:35 Adult $10.00 $20.00 Child (5-11) $5.75 $11.50 20 Ticket Commute Book $140.00 (Mon. - Fri.)

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www.baycrossings.com March 2011 19 AMERICA’S CUP CORNER Two More Challenges Officially Accepted: France and Australia

eams from France and Hériot, Alain Gerbault, Commander with intensive work on all fronts: Australia officially Charcot, Marin-Marie and more recently Crew selection is taking place, the registered as America’s Cup Eric Tabarly. technical programme is underway challengers in January, To mount its challenge, Energy and the formal structure, including bringing with them long Team has signed an exclusive partnership legacy provisions, is being cemented histories of competitive sailing. with Multiplast, a boatyard based in in collaboration with Deloitte. Further TEnergy Team, the new French Vannes (Brittany) that is one of the announcements, including the name of challenge headed by famed sailors Bruno international references in the world of the challenging Australian yacht club and Loïck Peyron, was officially registered multihull construction. The Multiplast and key appointments, will be released as a challenger at the end of January and yard will be reserved for Energy Team, shortly. Check out www.ausac34. will benefit from the prestigious support and construction of the first AC72 com for ongoing information on the of the Yacht Club de France. catamaran will begin in September, Australian challenge. Russell Coutts, CEO of Oracle with her launch planned for April 2012. Racing, said, “It’s fantastic that we’ve Yann Penfornis, managing director of Boat One Officially Commissioned got another team in the America’s Cup the yard, will be coordinating the AC72 Upon Its Handover to America’s and what should be a very competitive design and construction teams under the Cup Race Management one. Obviously Loïck and Bruno Peyron supervision of Loïck Peyron. With its technical shakedown now have a lot of multihull experience and The first AC45, the little sister to complete, the prototype for the new they know how to campaign these boats the AC72, will be delivered to Energy AC45 wing-sailed catamaran was Photo courtesy of Gilles Martin-Raget / and Loïck was very involved in the last Team in March 2011, so they may begin delivered in February to the America’s www.americascup.com America’s Cup. So I think it’s fantastic training in Auckland. Cup organization, marking the beginning Among the unique features of the new AC45 are the more rigid wing sails. that they are in this. I know they have Elsewhere, Australia is returning to of the next era of the America’s Cup. wanted to get into this and it’s great to Cup competition for the first time in America’s Cup Race Management see they have lodged their entry.” over a decade. Australia has a storied will now manage the logistics, care through April, before we leave Auckland The Yacht Club de France, founded history with the America’s Cup, with and maintenance of the prototype to compete in the 2011 America’s Cup on 15th June 1867 under the patronage a memorable 1983 victory. Australia as competitors test the boat over the World Series.” of Emperor Napoleon III, it is one of the has also challenged for the Cup on coming weeks in New Zealand. The most prestigious yacht clubs in France. seven previous occasions and sought to AC45 is the forerunner to the larger Among its members, it has included such challenge on another three. AC72, which will be used in the 34th Nearly 160 years old, the famous people as Jules Verne, Virginie The Australian Team is progressing America’s Cup. America’s Cup is the oldest A traditional Maori blessing started trophy in international sport. the day as competitors, prospective Initially a one-on-one competition competitors and New Zealand dignitaries between teams representing converged to see the latest in America’s foreign yacht clubs, the America’s Cup technology and celebrate the Cup has evolved into one of tireless effort of the New Zealand the world’s leading sporting marine industry to make this occasion competitions—featuring the best possible. sailors on the world’s fastest boats, the wing-sailed AC45 and “To see the AC45 come together AC72 catamarans. The Louis from just a concept in September Vuitton Cup—the America’s Cup to a full-fledged racing machine by Challenger Series, which decides February is a true testament to the skill what team will be the ultimate of the New Zealand marine industry,” challenger for the Cup—will be said Iain Murray, America’s Cup Race held July 13 to September 1, 2013. Management CEO and Regatta Director. The 34th America’s Cup Finals “In particular we would like to thank the will be held in San Francisco team at Core Builders Composites, who September 7 – 22, 2013. Bay have produced an incredible boat that is Crossings will be following the Photo courtesy of Gilles Martin-Raget / www.americascup.com fast yet robust. They remain hard at work extensive preparations for the The prototype for the new AC45 wing-sailed catamaran was delivered in February to the America’s on the balance of the AC45 fleet, which Cup over the next two years. Cup organization, marking the beginning of the next era of the America’s Cup. will be delivered to the teams for testing

20 March 2011 www.baycrossings.com PORT OF OAKLAND PORT OF OAKLAND $5 MILLION CLOSER TO CLEAN SHORE POWER

he Port of Oakland moved for “vessels at berth.” The $5 million will California ports. Fifty percent of a fleet’s and bond funding secured by such closer to clean shore power contribute to the construction of shore visits to a port must be shore power visits revenues. Because these revenue sources with approval last month power infrastructure at the first three by 2014. Eighty percent of a fleet’s visits are insufficient to meet the needs of the from the Bay Area Air berths in the port’s shore power project. must be shore power visits by 2020. new shore power project, the port is Quality Management “In March 2008, the Oakland Board Fleet operators visiting California ports pursuing and leveraging new funding District (BAAQMD) of $5 million from of Port Commissioners set the goal of will be required to turn off auxiliary and financing mechanisms, including Tthe Mobile Source Incentive Fund for the reducing the health risk from seaport engines and connect to clean shore grant funding such as the MSIF. So far Port of Oakland’s shore power project. sources of diesel emissions by 85 percent power (most likely an electrical grid) or approximately $40 million has been Shore power provides grid-based electric by 2020,” said Port of Oakland Executive use alternative control technique(s) that identified in grant funding, of which power from land to vessels, allowing Director Omar R. Benjamin. “We want achieve equivalent emission reductions. approximately $13 million has been those vessels to turn off their diesel- to thank the Air District for helping us According to the Air District, secured by the port, including the $5 fueled auxiliary engines when they are get closer to reaching that goal with this installation of shoreside power at three million just approved. at dock, saving on fuel and eliminating funding.” Benjamin added, “Shore power berths at the Port of Oakland will eliminate “We estimate that it will cost $90 what would otherwise be diesel emissions is critical to both cleaning up the air and an estimated 33 tons of pollutants and million for planning and building the associated with health risks. maintaining revenues at the port so we particulate matter annually. land-side infrastructure needed to supply Shore power is a key element of can continue delivering economic benefits The port and its tenants will need shore power at the Port of Oakland,” the State’s Goods Movement Emission to the region and State.” significant funds to help finance shore said Port of Oakland Senior Maritime Reduction Program, the Port of Oakland’s In December 2007, the California Air power infrastructure and ensure delivery Projects Administrator Delphine Prévost. Maritime Air Quality Improvement Resources Board approved a regulation of this important initiative. Historically “Additionally, the maritime industry is Plan adopted in 2009, and one of the to reduce emissions from diesel auxiliary the port’s principal funding sources for reportedly investing approximately $1 principal methods of compliance with the engines on container, passenger and maritime environmental improvement billion in private funds to retrofit their California Air Resources Board regulation refrigerated-cargo ships while berthing at activities have been operational revenues vessels docking at California ports.”

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Dancing in the Streets Flower Power event begins Thursday, March 3 with Other highlights of the festival include a On March 18, dancers worldwide will The San Francisco Orchid Society invites the anticipated Gala Benefit Preview live satellite feed Q&A with iconic writer come together simultaneously in dance you into a world of natural wonders, night, giving collectors and orchid and environmentalist Margaret Atwood; to create a global public art performance. a world where the lines of fantasy and enthusiasts the first chance to browse the West Coast premiere of Werner In its seventh year, this worldwide public reality are blurred, a world where you can and purchase some of the best selections Herzog’s new feature documentary art event will take place at noon pacific practically taste the colors of each bloom, of orchids before the show opens to Happy People; visiting filmmakers from daylight time (PDT), 3 p.m. EDT, and and what you see is too extraordinary the general public. The Gala Benefit China, Sweden, UK, Canada, Brazil, 8 p.m. in Paris and Rome. Since 2005, Preview will feature live music, delicious Argentina, Germany and across the USA dance anywhere has had thousands of hors d’oeuvres, fabulous raffle prizes, a and more. Festival screenings and events performers participate on the streets, silent auction, and wine tasting from will take place at the Landmark Theatres bridges, in schools, subway stations, over 20 of northern California premier Embarcadero Center Cinema and the museums and galleries. Dance anywhere wineries, including winners from the San Bently Reserve. These venues, in close integrates art into everyday public spaces Francisco Chronicle Wine Competition, proximity to each other, will create a and exposes unsuspecting audiences to the largest competition of American dynamic hub at the Embarcadero, with an dance. It brings everyone’s awareness to wines in the world. Tickets for the Gala exceptional inaugural line-up including the space they are in: the street, the office, Benefit Preview are $35 in advance and Bay Area premieres of award winners and audience favorites from the world’s top the library, the grocery store or park. Photo by Eric Hunt $40 at the door. Tickets for the Expo are film festivals including Sundance, Berlin, Anyone is encouraged to participate, and The Pacific Orchid Exposition boast over 150,00 $12 in advance or $14 at the door and the project involves people of all ages, orchid flower from all over the world. $8/$10 for seniors. Children under 12 SxSW and Toronto.For more information abilities, nationalities, and backgrounds. are free (except preview night). For more visit www.sfgreenfilmfest.org. Last year, the program was an enormous information, call (415) 665-2466 or visit success – dancers participated on six to believe … this world is the Pacific www.orchidsanfrancisco.org. The Wearing of the Green continents in 27 countries from the Orchid Exposition. The 59th annual The 160th Annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade United States to Slovenia, Tanzania, Pacific Orchid Exposition, held at Fort It’s Not Easy Being Green in San Francisco is a well established event Turkey, Estonia, Sweden, Spain, Ireland Mason Center’s Festival Pavilion on The San Francisco Green Film Festival with historic ties to the city. The parade New Guinea, Namibia, to name a few. For March 3-6, is themed “Natural Wonders,” being held March 3-6 will be the first- itself is a huge draw for attendees from more information about participating go encouraging all attendees to plunge into ever festival of its kind on the West all different demographics and ethnicities to www.danceanywhere.org or email Beth a scenic wonderland and be awed by the Coast, presenting inspiring programs and the addition of a festival after the Fein at [email protected]. raw power of Mother Nature. The Pacific and discussions that link films and media parade provides a great opportunity for Orchid Exposition is the largest orchid arts with environmental advocacy and attendees to learn more about Irish history Beers to You! show in the country and is aptly named activism. Promoted as the Bay Area’s and culture while having fun experiencing Marin’s favorite rite of spring, the for the extraordinary, lush displays of new, leading festival for innovative the event. A full day of activity is planned 16th Annual Fairfax Brewfest, will organic beauty that are showcased every film, television, and digital media that for the St. Patrick’s Day Festival at Civic take place on Saturday, March 19. The year. The event boasts more than 150,000 explore green and sustainability issues, Center Plaza and on Grove Street, Polk event features 17 of the best California orchid flowers from all over the world and the Festival will include screenings of to Larkin Street. The colorful festivities microbrewers (and one cider maker) offers educational exhibits from local, over 60 premieres from around the surrounding the parade will showcase Irish personally pouring the freshest batches national and international orchid growers. globe during four days of film showcases, Culture through live performance and of their award-winning ales, lagers and Because of its diverse microclimate, the panels, workshops, networking and entertainment, arts and crafts exhibitors, special limited brews alongside live Bay Area is widely acknowledged as one special events. Meet with filmmakers and food and beverage concessions, children’s music and delicious pub food at the of the best orchid growing regions and is green experts to discuss, share and inspire rides and inflatables, cultural displays, a historic Fairfax Pavilion. Presented by home to an array of exotic species. Each change and see how you can get involved! petting zoo and pony ride and a number Iron Springs Pub & Brewery and the day, docent tours and cultivation tips The events kick off with an Opening of non-profits booths representing the Fairfax Chamber of Commerce, the are given to thousands of visitors as they Night Green Carpet Gala on Thursday, Irish community. The festival will take festival brings you a day of great beer, peruse this magical orchid extravaganza, March 3 at the beautiful LEED-certified place before, during and after the Parade music, food and friends! Taste the perfectly pairing visual beauty with expert Bently Reserve (formerly the City’s on Saturday. The Parade begins at 11:30 brews … and meet the brewers who horticultural education. Professional and U.S. Federal Reserve). In celebration of a.m. on Saturday, March 12 at the corner make these amazing libations during amateur growers, as well as orchid societies the Opening Night’s “plastic pollution of Second and Market, where more than this annual rite of spring in Fairfax! from across the state, will be displaying theme,” the Festival will screen the 5,000 participants will reel about with Tickets are $25 in advance and $30 at the their unique orchids and rare hybrids, Bay Area premiere of the award-winning laughter and revelry all the way to City door. Visit www.fairfaxbrewfest.com for allowing any nature lover the chance to film BAG IT, in partnership with Hall. This is the largest St. Patrick’s Day more information. purchase a one-of-a-kind treasure. The Berkeley’s Plastic Pollution Coalition. event west of the Mississippi!

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