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Beyond Shark Week Let There Be Kite Rising in The Color Page BAYAY ROSSINGSROSSINGS “The VoiceB of the Waterfront” CC August 2011 Vol.12, No.8 Let There Be Kite Beyond Shark Week The Thrill of Kiteboarding Events for Local Shark Lovers A Ferry Good Idea Rising in the East New Transit System to Debut Bay Bridge Progress Update Complete Ferry Schedules for all SF Lines Color Page Vallejo Comedy FREE SHUTTLE FOR FERRY RIDERS! FRIDAY, AUGUST 26th FEATURING 8 pm ~ @ ~ Carlos the Alazraqui Fetterly Voice of Rocko on Nickelodeon’s “Rocko’s Modern Life” Starred as Playhouse We’ll bring you to the Vallejo Ferry Terminal in the morning and pick you up at Deputy James Garcia on “Reno 9-11!” and Voice of the 3467 Sonoma Blvd. #10 the end of the day when your car is ready! the feature film talking Vallejo, CA “Reno 9-11!: Miami” Taco Bell Chihuahua SPECIALIZING IN Tickets ~ $15 Service & Maintenance • 30/60/90K Service All Insurance Work • Collision Repair • Engines & Transmissions $10 w/ Electrical • Air Conditioning • Tune-ups & Brakes Student ID Change Engine • Light Diagnosis & Repair Directions & $20 off of oil change information: FREE FREE DIAGNOSTIC ESTIMATES $100 Value 20% off Labor www.VallejoComedy.com (707) 645-1909 featured in his own half-hour “Comedy Central Presents” TV Special 1416-A Sonoma Boulevard in Vallejo Located in Alameda, just minutes from San Francisco. 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Admission is $10 (complimentary for Club Members) advance tickets can be purchased in the Tasting Room. www.rosenblumcellars.com Please enjoy our wines responsibly. 2900 Main St. Suite 1100 © 2011 Rosenblum Cellars Alameda, CA 94501 www.DrinkiQ.com Alameda, CA p: 510-995-4100 columns features 10 BAYKEEPER 13 EXTREME SPORTS Common Murres Make Discovering the Thrill of Bay Area Comeback Kiteboarding on the Bay by Deb Self by Kira Detko 08 11 IT CAME FROM 14 GREEN PAGES BENEATH THE SEA Target to Bring Green guides Beyond Shark Week Commitment to Proposed WATERFRONT ACTIVITIES by Kati Schmidt New Bay Area Stores 20 Our recreational resource guide by Bill Picture SAILING ADVENTURES WETA FERRY SCHEDULES 12 24 Be on time for last call Unexpected Bay Vistas news by Captain Ray AROUND THE BAY 04 Progress Continues on 26 To see, be, do, know 19 CULTURAL CURRENTS Bay Bridge East Span Quiet Diversions 06 WATERFRONT NEWS by Paul Duclos Oakland’s Ports to ON OUR COVER Expand Global Reach by Patrick Burnson August 2011 Volume 12, Number 8 Bobby Winston, Proprietor New Bay Area Ferry Joyce Aldana, President 07 Joel Williams, Publisher Patrick Runkle, Editor System Set to Debut ADVERTISING & MARKETING by Wes Starratt PE Joel Williams, Advertising & Marketing Director GRAPHICS & PRODUCTION In Search of ‘Ferry Killers’ Francisco Arreola, Designer / Web Producer 08 ART DIRECTION by Joel Williams Francisco Arreola; Patrick Runkle; Joel Williams COLUMNISTS AMERICA’S CUP Captain Ray Wichmann; 16 Paul Duclos; Patrick Burnson; AC World Series Begins Kati Schmidt; Deb Self Kiteboarding is an extreme sport that combines wakeboarding, WRITERS & PHOTOGRAPHERS windsurfing, surfing, paragliding and gymnastics. A kiteboarder Bill Picture; Joel Williams; Wes Starratt; Kira Outside Lands Festival at Detko; Craig Raphael; Haley Chutz 17 uses a board with or without foot-straps or bindings, combined Golden Gate Park ACCOUNTING with the power of a large controllable kite, to propel the rider Cindy Henderson and the board across the water. In our feature on page 13, Kira Fitness and Cycling Come Advertising Inquiries: 18 Detko describes her experiences learning how to navigate this (707) 556-3323, [email protected] to Jack London Square difficult but rewarding sport. Bay Crossings SF Ferry Building Store Rider: Erin Loscocco www.Loscocco.com (415) 362-0717, Clipper customer service center Treasure Island Offers Photographer: Peter Lyons www.LyonsImaging.com (877) 878-8883 22 For Transit Information – Dial 511 New Shopping Experience Bay Crossings Ferry Building, #22 Corrections & Letters San Francisco, CA 94111 Call of the Sea Expands www.baycrossings.com 23 We appreciate the opportunity to publish our readers' comments, letters or A Division of Nematode Media, LLC Horizons for Youth requests for corrections, which can be sent to [email protected]. www.baycrossings.com August 2011 3 TRANSPORTATION NEWS Cable Saddle and Catwalks Mark Progress on East Span BY CRAIG RAPHAEL signature tower will be crowned with a decorative head once the cable is installed early next year. t’s been a busy few months for the new In a sign of further progress, orange IEast Span of the Bay Bridge. catwalks have been erected to help workers In late May workers successfully hoisted install the bridge cable safely. Two 600-foot- the “world’s largest cable saddle” atop the long catwalks are currently on the Yerba self-anchored-suspension (SAS) portion of Buena Island side of the tower and will the span. With a flat base and curved top, be followed by additional catwalks on the the 450-ton cable saddle is engineered so opposite side later this summer. that the nearly mile-long single cable can Workers travel up and down the pass over the tower twice. catwalks using harnesses to make Unlike traditional suspension bridges, preparations for cable installation. Soon the cable of an SAS bridge anchors into the they will build a frame to support the roadway, rather than the ground. Starting weight of the cable while it is being at the bridge’s eastern installed. The frame end, the cable will will also help guide travel up and over placement of the Bill Hall, Caltrans the saddle to wrap cable, which will be A pair of 600-foot-long catwalks stretch from the East Span tower down to the road decks below. around the west strung just above the end before traveling catwalk. back up and over the Workers use but they actually weigh 16.5 tons each! Transportation Commission’s Bay Area tower to anchor into great caution as they The new East Span is on track for Toll Authority and the California the east end again. traverse the catwalks, completion in late 2013. The bridge Transportation Commission.
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