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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. The structural Bill Hall, Caltrans which are placed at a is a key element in a seismic upgrade elements of the main steep 35-degree angle program overseen by the Toll Bridge For more information on the new tower are now complete with the saddle at their highest point. Made out of wire Program Oversight Committee, made East Span of the Bay Bridge, visit baybridgeinfo.org in place. Just shy of its 525-foot apex, the mesh panels, the catwalks may look delicate, up of Caltrans, the Metropolitan

Bill Hall, Caltrans Bill Hall, Caltrans The “world’s largest cable saddle” is lifted to the top of the new East Span tower (left) some 500 feet above the Bay. Next, the 450-ton saddle is positioned just above the tower (right), where workers prepare to lower it into place. The signature tower will be crowned with a decorative head once the cable is installed early next year.

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www.baycrossings.com August 2011 5 WORKING WATERFRONT NEWS Oakland’s Seaport and Airport to Extend Global Reach

By Patrick Burnson public beginning in late summer for with Cuba. I have always believed that Further the National Export Initiative flights commencing as soon as year-end people-to-people diplomacy is one of (NEI)” and supports President Obama’s 2011. “We expect the demand for travel the most effective ways for strengthening goal of doubling exports, which was akland International to Cuba from the Bay Area to increase ties between two nations. I am hopeful announced during his State of the Airport has requested substantially over the next year, and that today’s announcement will lead to Union speech in 2010. Under the a n d r e c e i v e d CTS is poised and honored to bridge many more Bay Area residents taking agreement, ITA and AAPA will partner a u t h o r i z a t i o n b y Oakland and Havana,” said Michael advantage of the opportunity to directly to coordinate communications, idea United States Customs Zuccato, General Manager of CTS and engage with the Cuban people.” exchanges, activities and services that and Border Protection to offer nonstop a Pleasanton native. “We applaud President Barack Obama assist U.S. businesses in exporting; and Ocharter passenger service between the Congresswoman Barbara Lee, who and our congressional leadership for to increase awareness of the available Bay Area and Cuba. It is the only Bay has been a catalyst for the effort to loosening restrictions and facilitating services, trade missions, programs and Area airport to hold the designation, and increase ties between the Bay Area U.S. travel between the Bay Area and the overseas events that involve U.S. export flights to Cuba from Oakland will be the and Cuba, noted the significance of beautiful Caribbean island of Cuba,” said opportunities. first to bridge the Bay Area and the small this announcement: “This new charter Port Board President James Head. “Offering The Port of Oakland is the major island nation. is another important step in moving regular air service eliminates borders and U.S. West Coast outbound ocean cargo Oakland Airport has partnered with beyond the outdated policies of the past enables Cuban-Americans, businesses gateway for exports. “Adjusting for California-based travel company Cuba and turning to a new, productive page and organizations with purposeful travel inflation, California’s export trade is as Travel Services (CTS). CTS expects to in U.S.-Cuba relations that hopefully from the Bay Area to fly to Cuba through robust as it was prior to the recession,” begin offering charters for sale to the will lead to more travel and exchange Oakland International Airport.” Jock O’Connell, Beacon Economics’ “The Bay Area is home to many world International Trade Adviser, said in an class universities as well as community interview. organizations that will benefit from Signatories to the MOI include this approval,” said Deborah Ale Flint, Francisco J. Sánchez, Under Secretary, Director of Aviation for the Port of International Trade Administration, United ALAMEDA OAKLAND FERRY Oakland. “We are pleased to be the San States Department of Commerce and Francisco Bay Area’s designated airport AAPA President and CEO Kurt Nagle. IS CHANGING IT’S NAME TO to offer easy access to and from Cuba,” “AAPA and the Department of she continued. Commerce share a strong interest and The decision to allow airports to commitment to increasing trading schedule flights to and from Cuba is opportunities for U.S. products abroad,” part of a broad effort to reach out to the said Kurt Nagle, AAPA president and Cuban people for academic, religious, CEO. “We believe a collaborative Same great service between Oakland’s humanitarian and news-gathering approach between Commerce and purposes as announced by President America’s seaports is the best way to Jack London Square, Alameda Main Street, Obama in January 2011. 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6 August 2011 www.baycrossings.com WETA NEWS NEW FERRY SYSTEM TO LAUNCH ON SAN FRANCISCO BAY

By Wes Starratt PE “Over time, we hope that our new name and graphic identity will become instantly recognizable and promote the t is transition time at the Water use of our services,” said Nina Rannells, Emergency Transportation executive director of WETA. Another Authority (WETA). Earlier this significant milestone for WETA is to year, two existing ferry services— engage an experienced operator for the day- Alameda/Oakland and Harbor to-day running of the San Francisco Bay Bay—were transitioned to WETA. Ferry system. Earlier this year, the WETA IWETA is also currently working with Board issued a Request for Proposals (RFP) the City of Vallejo on the transition of for the operation and maintenance of the Vallejo’s Baylink ferry system. With the system. Proposals have been received, and construction of a new ferry terminal at the WETA board is expected to select Oyster Point in South San Francisco, the an operator for the new service at an WETA/M-Line new future route between the East Bay upcoming meeting. Soon ferryboats looking like the rendering above for the new San Francisco Bay Ferry will be seen and South San Francisco will culminate on services to Alameda, Oakland and Harbor Bay with Vallejo and South San Francisco to follow. the short-term transition for WETA’s Upgrading the Existing Fleet growing responsibilities. In the meantime, some of the vessels used tied to service expansion,” said Rannells. couple of years out, and we will be looking In the long term, WETA is planning for services are reaching “mid-life” and, as “We have already built two boats for at larger capacity ferries than the 149 ferry services to San Francisco from as a consequence, are requiring re-powering South San Francisco and our next boats passenger vessels recently built.” far away as Antioch in the Delta and and refurbishing. are likely to be for proposed new services There is a lot going on as the San Redwood City in the South Bay. The Last year, the Bay Breeze from the from Berkeley or Richmond currently Francisco Bay Ferry is born; watch for City of Berkeley will most likely be the Harbor Bay service was dry-docked under development. But that may be a more news in the near future. home of the next new ferry terminal. at Bay Ship & Yacht in Alameda for WETA (and its predecessor the Water replacement of the main engines; WETA Transit Authority) have been building will issue a RFP to complete the mid-life WE PROMISE TO EARN THE RIGHT TO BE YOUR DENTAL OFFICE FOR LIFE the foundation for a regional ferry system refurbishment. The vessel’s passenger since its creation by the state legislature cabin, major systems and navigation in 1999. electronics will be renovated. While WETA is the entity responsible For the Vallejo’s Baylink service, one Over 25 Years Serving Our Community for operating the consolidated ferry of the ferries is at Nichols Brothers in services, at its July meeting the WETA Washington State for refurbishing, with Cosmetic and Family Dentistry Board of Directors decided to give the a second vessel to follow. growing system a more recognizable THE DIFFERENCE R name. Commuters, tourists, the transit SEE ELAXIN Building New Vessels ILL G WAT U W ERFRON ATION community and the general public will With plans to build several new terminals YO T LOC soon know WETA’s regional ferry system and expand service, there is a need for new CEREC as San Francisco Bay Ferry. ferry vessels. “Plans for more ferries are Open 8AM - 5PM One-visit dentistry Tuesday - Friday

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www.baycrossings.com August 2011 7 WORKING WATERFRONT In Search of “Ferry Killers”

By JOEL WILLIAMS dreaded “deadhead”—and he was not talking about the fans of the Grateful Dead. Deadheads are large wooden hen a 50-foot tree posts or trees that hang vertically in is found floating the water with only the top exposed. in the Bay, just Sometimes these can be in excess of 40 waiting to ruin feet long and, frequently, the other end someone’s day, it’s has become embedded in the muddy not a simple job to remove it. But floor of the Bay, leaving the deadhead thanksW to the Army Corps of Engineers, poised to spear and completely destroy there is a solution. a vessel unfortunate enough to run into If not removed, floating and it head-on. partially submerged obstacles can cause Ferry killers found in the Bay catastrophic damage to ferryboats and generally originate upstream from the Photo by Kixon Meyer other vessels traveling on the Bay. Bay Sacramento River. According to Captain The crew onboard Dillard removes a large tree from the Bay. The attached crane can lift up to 15 tons. Crossings was recently invited to ride Meyer, “It’s really odd because typically along on the newly acquired Army this time of year we’re not getting much, Corps of Engineers derrick vessel John but with all of the runoff we’re getting a A.B. Dillard Jr.—named after Major lot of trees.” Other similar hazards come General John A.B. Dillard (1919- from deteriorating pier pilings, which 1970), whose helicopter was shot can be seen all around the Bay. In just down in Vietnam—to see firsthand this the four hours that I tagged along with unique patrol, which has the primary the five-man crew of the Dillard, we mission of picking up debris. saw old dilapidated piers falling apart We’re not talking about scooping in Vallejo, Crockett and Richmond. up the small items of garbage that you Dillard can travel at around 30 may occasionally see floating around knots, which is a significant upgrade in the water; Dillard is equipped with from its counterpart, the 1940s-era Photo by Kixon Meyer Photo by Kixon Meyer a deck crane capable of lifting 15 tons. Raccoon, which only has a top speed of 8 A “deadhead” is a large wooden post or tree that hangs vertically in the water with only the top The main focus of Dillard is to search knots. This allowsDillard to react much exposed (left). Only after the crew worked this obstacle loose from the muddy bottom and removed it for what they call “ferry killers,” or large more quickly than previously possible. could the actual size of the hazard be seen (right). items that “roll right through your screws For instance, if Dillard is removing and take ’em right on out,” as Captain something from around the Mare to almost four hours for Raccoon. 3.7 tons, which indicates the surprising Kixon B. Meyer vividly describes. Island Strait in Vallejo and it gets a call Dillard also has offshore capabilities need for such a vessel to protect the One of the “ferry killers” that regarding a hazard in Alameda, it can that Raccoon does not, allowing Dillard waterways in the Bay. Captain Meyer is referring to is the be there in about an hour as opposed to operate outside the Gate. Raccoon The secondary mission of Dillard is still provides a much needed service as a command platform for emergency though as it has a larger crane capacity rapid response as well as for oil spill and and is needed to remove some obstacles pollution response. Dillard can also be like abandoned boats that Dillard called upon for initial on-scene search and cannot handle. Currently the territory rescue or dive and survey operations. assigned to Dillard runs from Crescent Individuals are encouraged to contact City down to Monterey as well as the the Army Corps of Engineers at (415) entire Bay Area, Delta and areas of the 289-3000 to report large debris floating Sacramento and San Joaquin Rivers. in the Bay. If you notice something When not going after a specific during normal business hours, you can target that has been called in, Dillard actually call Captain Meyer directly at is patrolling areas that are known to (510) 590-8181 or VHF-FM Channel 16 collect debris so it can be removed on a shipboard radio. On weekends and before drifting into areas where it can evenings it is best to contact Coast Guard Photo by Joel Williams become a hazard to navigation. The Sector San Francisco at (415) 399-3530 Dillard is almost 90 feet long with a draft of 6 feet and a maximum speed of 30 knots. average daily haul this year has been or VHF-FM Channel 16.

8 August 2011 www.baycrossings.com www.baycrossings.com August 2011 9 Common Murres On the Comeback Trail

By Deb Self I was struck by the sight of birds I had never noticed before. Out on the Baykeeper boat last very time I write this monthly month, I spied about a dozen common column, I find that I have to murres, floating and diving in the deep dive deep into a whole new water channel between the Golden Gate world of chemistry, species, and Raccoon Strait. Looking a bit like habitat, geology and climate. (but unrelated to) penguins, these are I enjoy sharing a little bit of what I learn the black and white beauties that grace Ealong the way. rocky coastal headlands during the Some of you know I’m a novice nesting season that runs from March birder, having become captivated with through July. diving ducks while helping Golden Gate These seabirds winter on the open Audubon Society with its Christmas ocean, foraging for small fish along the bird count out on the Bay. I love to see edge of the Continental Shelf near the the fancy patterns of buffleheads and Farallon Islands. In California, the major Photo courtesy of 1000birds.com common goldeneyes and have enjoyed breeding colonies, or loomeries, are on the Common murres looks like but are unrelated to penguins. 2010 proved to be a robust year for the species after years of severe decline due to commercial egging, oil spills and overfishing. watching the western grebes on the central Farallon Islands, Pt. Reyes headlands and Bay into the spring. This July, however, Devil’s Slide Rock. Common murres are elegant and into breeding success by the murres. striking; Baykeeper volunteer and avian Hopefully, common murres are making ecologist Bridget Gruel says she thinks a true comeback—though the effects of of them as the Sophia Loren of birds. climate change on ocean temperature and Born in a fancy blue or green speckled forage fish may be a steep hurdle. egg on a rocky cliff, common murres lead If you’re lucky, you might see common an adventurous life right from the start. murres at Point Reyes, Devil’s Slide Rock The parents, who have only one chick at a or even on the water, following schools of time, memorize the pattern on their single rockfish and anchovies into San Francisco egg and take turns incubating it. About Bay. But be sure to stay back at least 300 20 days after hatching, long before it can yards, whether on kayak, sailboat or foot, even fly, the chick will leap from its ledge to keep from stressing this recovering into the water far below—sometimes species. To learn more about Baykeeper’s from as high as 1,500 feet! work to protect the Bay, or to share what Over the next two weeks, the chick you would like to know about the Bay, learns from the adult male how to swim visit www.baykeeper.org or contact Deb and forage and, eventually, (unlike at [email protected]. penguins) how to fly. Murres are adept swimmers, diving regularly to 200 feet— and occasionally more than 500 feet—in Deb Self is pursuit of juvenile rockfish, anchovies, Executive Director of smelt and squid that are small enough to San Francisco be swallowed by the murre chicks. Baykeeper, which The California populations of common uses science and murres had seen a severe decline due to advocacy to enforce commercial egging, oil spills and overfishing. clean water laws After nearly 40 years of studying common and hold polluters accountable. murres on the Farallon Islands, however, Deb has 25 years of experience in PRBO Conservation Science reported environmental advocacy and non-profit that 2010 proved to be a robust year for management, and enjoys paddling the common murres. A good year for rockfish Bay and walking its shorelines. reproduction seems to have translated

10 August 2011 www.baycrossings.com IT CAME FROM BENEATH THE SEA

Beyond Shark Week: Choose Your Own Shark Adventure

By Kati Schmidt 5376 or visit www.aquariumofthebay.org to learn more and reserve your space.

he Discovery Channel’s Option #2: The “Other” Shark most popular week of Week at Aquarium of the Bay programming, Shark Week, Focusing on the wonder of sharks instead is already in full swing—or of the televised carnage seen on TV, bite—as the month begins. Aquarium of the Bay is hosting a fin-tastic While it is nearly impossible to deny lineup of daily and special events from Tyourself time in front of the tube— August 1 through August 7. Don’t miss especially when the “Chief Shark Officer” special presentations in the “Shark Lab,” is Bay Area native and international scavenger hunts and special giveaways, celebrity Andy Samberg—a little dose of while getting up close with San Francisco reality goes a long way. The lineup is often Bay sharks. Visit www.aquariumofthebay. heavily slanted with “blood in the water”- org for the full lineup. style encounters at a Photo courtesy of Aquarium of the Bay time when fascination Option #3: Sharks You can choose your own shark adventure this month with events taking place at Aquarium of the Bay and, most importantly, With a series of on Film at the San and the San Francisco Main Library. protection is needed for special events taking Francisco Main skates and other fishes in one of the the animals. Library Kati Schmidt is place at Aquarium of Aquarium’s 350,000 gallon tunnel With a series of Don’t miss a free and the Public Relations exhibits. Participants will also try their special events taking the Bay and within the special evening of Manager for hand at aquatic biology, testing the pH place at Aquarium of community, there are sharks on film—minus Aquarium of the Bay and oxygen levels of San Francisco Bay the Bay and within the the blood and guts— and The Bay Institute, plenty of opportunities water in the Aquarium’s research lab. community, there are on Tuesday, August nonprofit organizations to get off the couch Naturalists will guide guests through plenty of opportunities 2 at San Francisco dedicated to protecting, the catwalk over the Aquarium’s exhibit to get off the couch and fill your calendar Main Library’s Koret restoring and inspiring conservation of tunnels and allow them to view animals and fill your calendar with the wonder and Auditorium. From 6 – San Francisco Bay and its watershed. not on exhibit, like tiny baby jellies, with the wonder and 8 p.m., films including A Bay Area native and aspiring Great awe-inspiring beauty sharks and other animals in the behind- awe-inspiring beauty the award-winning American novelist, Kati enjoys the the-scenes nurseries. The “Feed the of sharks. So choose of sharks. Requiem and KQED professional and personal muses found Sharks Tour” is offered each Tuesday, y o u r o w n s h a r k QUEST’s Meet the from strolling and cycling along, and Thursday and Sunday at 2:30 p.m. adventure, with the Man in the Grey Suit, occasionally even swimming in San Visit www.aquariumofthebay.org to below options—bonus among others, will be Francisco Bay and beyond. points for choosing to participate in all screened. KQED QUEST producers will reserve your space. of them! be on hand to discuss their work, as well as Aquarium of the Bay’s Animal Care Option #1: Family Sleepover at team. Visit www.sfpl.org to learn more Aquarium of the Bay about the event. Sharing time with whales is a privilege. No need to pinch yourself—you really will be sleeping with Sevengill sharks and Option #4: Aquarium of the other native species in the Aquarium’s Bay Launches New Feed exhibit tunnels, during our once-a-year the Sharks Tour Family Sleepover. The sleepover includes With the launch of its “Feed the Sharks naturalist-led tours of the exhibits and Tour,” Aquarium of the Bay guests have special hands-on opportunities. Following the unique opportunity to become a morning breakfast, guests will have the aquatic biologist insiders, feeding a 415-331-6267 unforgettable opportunity of feeding variety of sharks, rays, skates and other leopard sharks, bat rays and others their fishes their afternoon meal. Each morning meal! Tickets will sell out for this tour participant will receive a bucket www.sfbaywhalewatching.com event, so contact Mayra Rivas at (415) 623- of seafood to feed to sharks, rays,

www.baycrossings.com August 2011 11 SAILING Unexpected Bay Vistas

BY CAPTIAN RAY I-80, just north of Berkeley. It seems an odd place for such a steep little hill. As it turns out, this hill is a small chip of he beauty of San Francisco sandstone, scraped off the Pacific Plate Bay can be enjoyed from sliding under the North American Plate. many places. We’ve all It is the namesake for the town of El seen photos or actually Cerrito (“the little hill” in Spanish), even enjoyed the views from though the hill itself is now in the town of the top of Coit Tower on Telegraph Albany—hence its name, Albany Hill. THill, the Vista Point in Marin County, Because it sits directly in the path Photo by Joel Williams Albany Hill, on the east side of I-80 just north of Berkeley, is home to several species normally found or from the pedestrian walkway on the of the cool sea breezes drawing in the farther north due to the cool sea breezes and fog that it frequently sees. It is also a spot where unique Golden Gate Bridge. It’s likely you’re Golden Gate, Albany Hill is a home for views of the Bay can be had. reading this from one of the area’s best several species normally farther north, vantage points: a ferry crossing the Bay. such as the Nootka Rose. At the base of But, I’d like to share some unusual vista north side of the hill, five small streams gate. The view of the Bay from either of expectation of magnificent music will points—unexpected, unheralded spots come together in a grove of oak trees that these places is like a step back to the 1930s. only enhance the view. that provide wonderful and unique views is relatively unchanged since European There are a few homes along the shore of the Bay and a small pebbly beach from which of this very beautiful area. contact. Mortar rocks (where acorns were Ray Wichmann, you can savor the wind, waves and birds. It’s One of these serendipitous spots is ground) and a shell midden are evidence is a US SAILING- a very peaceful, idyllic spot—as long as you the pedestrian bridge connecting Pier of Ohlone habitation. The hill is now certified Ocean have your back to the prison. 39 with its parking garage. Recently, I capped with introduced eucalyptus trees. Passagemaking The last unexpected vista point I was walking from the parking structure These trees block the view somewhat, but I n s t r u c t o r, a want to mention doesn’t have a view of toward Aquarium of the Bay. Coming through the gaps you can see across the U S S A I L I N G the Bay, but the view is magnificent and out of the garage onto the bridge, I was Golden Gate Fields race track all the way Instructor Trainer, very San Francisco, especially at night. looking east and could see a bit of the to San Francisco, the Golden Gate Bridge, and a member The focus is the lighted dome of San Berkeley Hills. However, as the bridge and the hills of Marin County. of US SAILING’s Francisco’s City Hall. The location? The turned left to cross over the Embarcadero, Another unusual place to find a very National Faculty. He holds a 100- small balconies of Davies Symphony the Bay was laid out before me: Alcatraz, nice view of the Bay is the visitor’s parking Ton Master’s License, was a charter Hall. Before a performance or during Angel Island, the Marin Headlands and lot at San Quentin Prison. Just before skipper in Hawai’i for 15 years, and intermission, concert goers can step out Mount Tamalpais all shining in the reaching the prison’s main gate (you’ll has sailed on both coasts of the United onto these balconies to enjoy the sights. sunlight! This view came as a complete recognize it because of the big sign and States, in Mexico, the Caribbean, City Hall is the dominant structure, but (and very pleasant) surprise. the armed guard), you can turn left and go and Greece. He is presently employed other features of the City are visible as Another of these little gems is in the down the hill to the visitor’s parking lot. Or, as the Master Instructor at OCSC well against the backdrop of the night East Bay. We’ve all seen it, that funny if you can find street parking, there is a small Sailing in the Berkeley Marina. little hill with the trees on it, east of shoreline park a few hundred feet before the sky. A glass of champagne and the

12 August 2011 www.baycrossings.com EXTREME SPORTS

Discovering the Freedom of Bay Kiteboarding

By Kira Detko who loved it. They made me rethink my initial conclusion, and this May I saw an advertisement for Captain John’s Kite the aptain John’s Kite the Bay Bay. I liked the idea of taking lessons at a wasn’t my first experience convenient location like Treasure Island. I with kiteboarding. On was also attracted to starting the lessons in a whim, I had taken a the water right away; during my Mexican kiteboarding lesson last vacation lessons I felt panicky as I bounced year on a vacation in Mexico. I thought it around on land with a powerful kite. wasC an intriguing sport, but the instructor My first lesson with John gracefully in Mexico was somewhat inattentive, eased me into the sport. He could sense and at the end of a few days I didn’t feel that I was a little uneasy about safety, so comfortable with kite control and wasn’t he gave me the opportunity to fly the convinced the sport was right for me. kite off of the back of the boat first. This Over the course of the summer, way, I wasn’t connected to the kite and I however, I had friends pick up the sport could focus on controlling its responsive and agile characteristics without getting spooked by its power. As additional training, John wanted Photo by Joel Williams

me to feel what it was like to ride a board When conditions are right, Ocean Beach is a popular place for kiteboarders. without the responsibility of flying the kite. He put me in a harness and attached me to kiteboarding lines strung from a he could speak to me directly pole off the side of his boat. Being hooked through my helmet. I began to up to this “kitepole” produced a feeling successfully guide myself around similar to that of a kite, but I didn’t have in the water with the power of to be in charge of steering it, so riding the the kite. board received my full attention. Breaking John’s lessons completely up the lessons of flying the kite and riding opened my eyes to the power of the board was a huge bonus. kiteboarding. I had never felt With my newfound confidence in my this type of freedom in a sport. control, I was ready to hook up and hop Wakeboarding relies on a boat, kitethebay.com kitethebay.com in. By the time I was in the water, “body and jet skiing and many other Students at Captain John’s Kite the Bay first learn how to fly the kite off the back of a boat. Breaking up the lessons of flying the kite and dragging” with kite attached to me, I was water sports bog down with riding the board is very helpful in building thrilled and fully committed to getting up excessive amounts of gear and confidence. and riding. John used a headset so that fuel. But with kiteboarding, I can throw remained patient and calm. a kite in a backpack, grab a board and As for my lessons, if it was a rough essentially just go—as long as the wind day, we’d end on a high note. If the wind cooperates! wasn’t just right, we’d take the time to When I finally got in the water with change kite sizes, and make sure our gear the board and the kite, I realized the matched the conditions. Having the boat potential for an amazing experience. But offered protection from the winds during there’s one last hurdle—the challenge breaks, so I could regain my stamina of transitioning between being in the before hopping back in for another run. water with the kite to putting a board And being within view of Alcatraz and the on, standing up and riding. This can be Golden Gate was, as you might imagine, a tedious experience, especially listening truly amazing. I am happy to say I am now to other friends’ stories. I have to admit riding and feeling great. I still have lots to I had my frustrating moments, I drank learn and many seasons of practice ahead Photo by Joel Williams a lot of Bay water and crashed my kite of me, but there is no feeling quite like Another method used by Kite the Bay is the “kitepole” which allows the students to give their full a number of times, but Captain John that of combining the elements of wind attention to just riding the board. gave me plenty of encouragement and and gliding on my board. I’m hooked!

www.baycrossings.com August 2011 13 GREEN PAGES

Target to Bring Green Commitment to Its Proposed New Bay Area Stores

By Bill Picture corner abandoned some time ago by both Sears and Mervyn’s. As for the East San Rafael location, nvironmental impact Target has spent considerable effort was among the concerns attempting to prove to local residents that raised when Target began it will be a good neighbor. Last month, the the permitting process for store, which has already been approved three stores in two Bay Area by City Council, came a big step closer cities—San Francisco and San Rafael. to fruition when its opponents failed to E The Minneapolis-based chain’s plan gather the signatures needed to overturn to resuscitate downtown San Francisco’s the Council’s decision. consistently underperforming Metreon While statistics demonstrating Target’s shopping arcade were met with little ability to revitalize local economies resistance. The store is slated to open may fail to persuade some, and others early next year. continue questioning the company’s target.com It would be an understatement, commitment to diversity—donations Target’s Downtown San Francisco store, which will occupy a few floors of the Metreon shopping however, to say that some local residents to some non-gay-friendly groups and arcade, will open in 2012. Target is looking to locate more stores in urban centers and near transit and business owners in the City’s politicians prompted LGBT activists hubs, to minimize (or altogether eliminate) drive times for customers and employees. historically less chain-friendly Richmond to call for a boycott—the company’s District, and Marin’s county seat, San commitment to the environment is solid, Rafael, were less than thrilled when they not to mention longstanding. Though its spokesperson Sarah Bakken, “like appropriate temperature. Some stores learned of Target’s intention to move into official green stance wasn’t made public corrugated cardboard, plastic shrink wrap, even have motion-activated lighting that their neighborhoods. until 2010, Target had by then beat cell phones, garment hangers, electronics turns on freezer and cooler lights only Despite the opposition, Target’s many of its competitors to the green and company-owned equipment, when a customer enters that aisle. proposed second San Francisco location punch, with since-proven sustainable shopping carts, glass, plastic and used enjoys the support of San Francisco business practices being implemented inkjet printer cartridges.” Burning the green candle at Supervisor Eric Mar, whose district in the early 1970s. Target has also seriously turned up both ends includes the Richmond In addition to keeping a close eye on its efforts to be more energy efficient. In But not all of the company’s green D i s t r i c t . in-store lighting levels and temperatures 1989, a centralized energy management measures were dreamt up by the folks Mar believes to increase energy efficiency, Target had system went into use to regulate energy at its corporate headquarters. Bakken the project its own back-of-house recycling program consumption in all Target stores, said store managers are encouraged to go will breathe in place well before waste diversion was a distribution centers and offices. In 2003, beyond the corporate-mandated green new life into standard business practice. That program a Target store in San Diego went solar. call of duty and shape additional policies a c u r s e d has since been stepped up to include Solar panels, which generate roughly 20 and procedures for their respective stores front-of-house recycling stations. Last percent of a store’s energy needs, have based on feedback from employees and year, bins were added where customers since been installed in several dozen other customers. can deposit smaller electronic items. stores across the country. When stores in Montana installed target.com Some of those items, such as cell phones, Most recently, the fluorescent bulbs front-of-house recycling bins, they found smart phones, data pads and video game in reach-in freezers and coolers were they couldn’t empty the bins for glass For Earth Month 2011, Target gave away devices, can even be traded in for credit replaced with efficient LED lights, which products fast enough. It turned out there one million reusable bags. To encourage customers to use reusable bags (and minimize to be applied to new purchases. use significantly less electricity. LED lights are few glass recycling facilities in the the use of earth-unfriendly plastic bags), “Target reuses or recycles roughly 70 also emit less heat, cutting down on the state, so customers were bringing all of Target offers a five-cent per-reusable-bag discount to customers. percent of the materials that would have amount of electricity needed to keep the their glass recyclables to Target stores. been sent to a landfill,” said company items in those freezers and coolers at the “So the leadership developed processes for 14 August 2011 www.baycrossings.com GREEN PAGES

guests to drop off large quantities of glass Berkeley Farms. In 2009, Target was transit,” she explained. “It was critical that the store’s blueprint calls for a 300 kW through the loading dock of the store,” certified a USDA Organic Grocer. we located our store near the major transit rooftop solar system and electric vehicle said Bakken. hubs in downtown San Francisco.” charging stations. At a distribution center in New Waste not, want not The proposed East San Rafael store will While Target’s efforts to green its York, employees petitioned managers to Bakken called the process being undertaken be built atop a former landfill, property operation could hardly be considered set aside parking spaces for those staff when choosing locations for new stores, with limited development options. baby steps, when it comes to imparting committed to greening their commutes. including the San Francisco and San Bakken said Target has considerable upon its employees, customers and Management listened, and now carpools Rafael stores, “responsible growth.” experience turning a lemon of a piece of vendors the importance of sustainability, and hybrids enjoy the choicest spots in In the case of the San Francisco real estate into community-benefitting Bakken believes it’s best to encourage the lot. stores, Target plans to renovate existing lemonade. smaller lifestyle changes. And the commitment of employees buildings rather than building from Bakken said, “Target will be investing “Target joins guests, team members and management to be sustainable scratch, which minimizes the use of virgin $50 million in the revitalization and and partners in making environmental extends beyond handbooks and manuals building materials. Bakken added that the ongoing maintenance of the site, a commitments we all can keep,” she said. to the aisles of its stores, where right next downtown San Francisco location was clear long-term commitment aimed at “The small changes add up to make a to big-name brands, customers will find also chosen because its urban situation mitigating environmental factors and big difference.” sustainable choices with local roots. Bay minimized the need of customers and contributing to smart growth.” Area offerings currently found on the employees to drive to the store. Assuming the San Rafael store gets the shelves of local stores include San-Rafael- “It’s designed around the expectation final green light, it will also be the state’s For more information on Target’s based Annie Chun All-Natural Foods, that many of our guests and team first building over 10,000 square feet to green philosophy, visit http:// San-Francisco-based Method products, members will use alternative means of get a gold LEED rating by the U.S. Green hereforgood.target.com/ and dairy products from Hayward-based travelling to the store, including public Building Council. Green inside and out, environment/.

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www.baycrossings.com August 2011 15 AMERICA’S CUP CORNER America’s Cup World Series Set to Begin in Portugal

BC Staff Report Series will feature all of the America’s and all-out fleet racing with 10 identical Cascais AC Match Race Championships: Cup competitors as they hone their AC45s on the line. The highlight will be The third stage of the competition pits skills for the big event in 2013. a spectacular, winner-takes-all fleet race at the teams in one-on-one clashes to n August 6, Cascais, The AC World Series signals many each event, where the teams will be vying earn a place in a final showdown on Portugal will host the firsts in the America’s Cup, including a for not just the event title, but also to put Saturday. Each day will consist of three first stop of the 2011- new format and race course designed points on the board for the 2011-12 AC 20-minute fleet races to determine 2012 America’s Cup to showcase both the exceptional World Series. the top six teams, who then face off World Series, which speed and maneuverability of the “Seeing 10 AC45s jockey for position through three match races. Every day includes events in Plymouth, England AC45 catamarans and the skills of the on the starting line is an image that will of racing produces a ranking of the full Oand San Diego before the end of the international athletes. set any sports fan’s heart pounding,” said fleet. The results over the three days year, and which will debut in San Tight, short race courses are designed Iain Murray, CEO and Regatta Director, will determine the seeding order for the Francisco in summer 2012. A new to deliver close racing for the fans on shore America’s Cup Race Management. “And Match Race Championships. professional circuit that will bring the as well as online and TV audiences. The the one-on-one match races promise On the final Saturday, the Match America’s Cup to international port innovative regatta format includes a mix to be even more intense, at just 20 Race Championship will find the six cities around the globe, the AC World of speed trials, head-to-head match racing minutes per pressure-filled contest. Every best teams (as determined over the decision—and every mistake—could be previous three days) battling through a game changer.” a quarterfinal, semifinal and final to Each AC World Series will consist of determine the Cascais AC Match Race Escape the Fog and Enjoy the Sunshine in four events over nine days: the America’s winner. Cup Open, the America’s Cup 500 Speed Trial, the America’s Cup Match AC World Series Championship: This Racing Championship and the America’s title is at stake on the final Sunday in Cup World Series Championship—the a winner-takes-all fleet race, where all winner-takes-all showcase competition teams will have a shot at the title. at each event. “This is a tremendous moment in Sausalito!Sausalito is sizzling with Summer events including: At the first event in Cascais, a stunning America’s Cup history, where cutting- Fri. nights until Oct 30 Late Night Ferry service on Blue & Gold Ferry seaside town offering strong afternoon edge innovation will be harnessed into (Last ferry from Sausalito to SF 9:40pm some spectacular sailing,” said Richard on Friday night) * breeze, racing will take place within Fri. nights until Sept Jazz by the Bay at Gabrielson Park meters of spectators on the River Tagus Worth, chairman of America’s Cup Sat. Aug 6th Maritime Day at Galilee Harbor waterfront. Bringing America’s Cup level Event Authority. “Identical boats that Sat-Mon. Sept 3,4,5 59th Annual Sausalito Art Festival at competition within shouting distance of can go faster than the wind mean a Marinship Park (Direct ferry service from SF) fans will be one of the highlights of this strenuous, physical event where the best Sun. Sept 25 Chili Cook-Off at Dunphy Park new America’s Cup cycle. of the best will shine through. We look forward to celebrating this inaugural hamber of Commerce at Cascais AC Open: Held over the opening AC World Series in Cascais.” salito C 415-33 l Sau w.sausalito.org for more in 1-72 weekend, this fleet racing event will reveal At the end of the overall 2011- Cal isit ww form 62 or v ation what the teams are made of both in terms 12 AC World Series events, a series of tactical decision-making and pure speed. champion will be crowned based on the The opening weekend will feature up to teams’ cumulative scores from the final four fleet races with 10 boats battling for Sunday fleet races from each event. supremacy. All AC World Series events will be livestreamed at www.americascup.com. AC 500 Speed Trial: On the opening The 2011 schedule includes: Cascais, Saturday, the teams will vie for the title of Portugal, August 6-14; Plymouth, fastest boat through timed speed trials over England, September 10-18; and San Why They Built The Bridge Ric Miller a 500-metre course, pushing their wing- Diego, November 12-20. *June-Oct The last ferry departs Sausalito at 9:40pm on Friday and arrives Ferry Building at 10:05pm and Pier 41 at 10:20pm sailed AC45 catamarans to the limit.

16 August 2011 www.baycrossings.com CONCERTS

Outside Lands Festival 415.773.1188 Returns to Golden Gate Park www.blueandgoldfleet.com

n a partnership with the San Francisco Recreation & Park Department, Another Planet Entertainment, Superfly Productions and Starr Hill Presents will bring the Outside Lands Music & Arts Festival to San Francisco’sI historic Golden Gate Park for its fourth year on August 12-14. Phish, Muse and Arcade Fire will headline the three-day festival that will also feature The enchanting nautical experience begins when passengers board over 70 other popular acts including John Blue & Gold Fleet boats that sail on San Francisco Bay. Fogerty, the Black Keys, the Original Blue & Gold Fleet is the largest excursion and commuter Meters, Warren Haynes Band and Mavis ferry service provider in the Bay Area. Staples. With six main performance stages, Phish will headline the Outside Lands Festival on the music programming will represent a Friday, August 12. wide range of genres, including rock, blues, reggae, jazz, hip-hop, world, soul and Latin again challenge attendees to help decrease music. Local acts will also be featured the festival’s carbon footprint by watching prominently, representing San Francisco’s emerging artists on the solar-powered vibrant cultural community. Panhandle Stage, choosing refillable water In its first three years, the Outside bottles over plastic ones, recycling and Lands Music & Arts Festival has diligently composting their waste, biking, carpooling worked its way into becoming a welcomed or shuttling to the festival, and eating locally and beloved tradition in its hometown, and sourced food from our farmers’ market and it is now known throughout the country as restaurants. the event that celebrates in grand style all This year, Eco Lands is very excited to the things that make the Bay Area one of introduce Farm Lands, a representation of the most desirable places to live and visit. San Francisco’s commitment to supporting Besides raising nearly $3 million for the San urban agriculture and partnering with San Francisco Bay Cruise Adventure An hour long cruise along the Francisco Recreation & Park Department, local farmers. While visiting Farm Lands, City’s historic waterfront, right past the PIER 39 sea lions, under the Golden the festival has set a new standard for live attendees will be able to visit three of Gate Bridge, by Sausalito, past Angel Island and around Alcatraz. music in northern California and the 2011 San Francisco’s most notable urban Sausalito & Tiburon A comfortable ride across the San Francisco Bay lineup is perhaps one of its most diverse and agriculture non-profits (Garden for the to the two Marin seaside villages of Sausalito and Tiburon to enjoy shopping, exciting to date. Environment, Hayes Valley Farm and dining or an easy stroll around town. A unique array of on-site activities will Urban Sprouts) who will offer a series be available at the festival as producers plan of workshops demonstrating how urban Angel Island A California State park and wildlife reserve. Angel Island is to treat patrons to an all-encompassing local dwellers can grow fruits and vegetables. both a great picnic destination with hiking, kayak tours, an hour-long fully- narrated TramTour, as well as a historical site dating back to the U.S. Civil War. experience with areas of the park dedicated Next, drop by the Full Belly Farms to emerging technology, local wine and food farmers’ market and sink your teeth into Vallejo Sail to Vallejo, a waterfront community that includes the city’s with a special emphasis on sustainable green delicious, seasonal, organic fruit including Heritage District, Vallejo Naval and Historical Museum and family-friendly practices throughout the festival grounds. a variety of melons, grapes, apples, and Six Flags Discovery Kingdom theme park. a mixed selection of nuts. Finally, enjoy Alameda & Oakland There’s dining in Jack London Square, the Farmer’s Greening the Festival eating your fruit and resting your feet market on Sundays and jazz nightly. Eco Lands, situated in the heart of Speedway while sitting on the Farm Lands’ barnyard Meadow across from Wine Lands and 100 bleachers, built out of 250 straw bales. percent powered by alternative energy, will be the focal point of the Outside Lands’ For more information on the Outside Blue & Gold Fleet at PIER 39 sustainability mission and environmental Lands Music & Arts Festival and a Beach Street & The Embarcadero commitment for the fourth year in a row. complete line-up of performers visit Outside Lands has continually raised the www.sfoutsidelands.com. San Francisco bar of sustainable events and will once

www.baycrossings.com August 2011 17 Jack London Square to Debut Fitness and Cycling Events

ack London Square is sure to Interested in participating? Call safety programs and a kids zone. Pedalfest Aside from these great events, you get your blood pumping this the Jack London Square office at (510) will be a celebration for the recreational can visit Jack London Square any night summer and fall with two 645-9292 to leave your name. The rider and the seasoned cyclist, as well as of the week to sample some of Oakland’s new events for both active and registration fee is $20, with all proceeds the casual observer. most innovative restaurants, including casual fitness enthusiasts: Fit benefitting Playworks, a national nonprofit The celebration will showcase what Bocanova, Cocina Poblana, Il Pescatore, Rave and Pedalfest. organization that supports learning by makes cycling such a popular activity for and Kincaids, among others. You can also JFit Rave will begin on Saturday, providing safe, healthy and inclusive play individuals, groups and families. Families swing by each Sunday morning to visit the August 20, and the workouts will and physical activity. There are only 75 with children will enjoy a parade and Jack London Square Farmer’s Market— continue monthly into October. Featuring spots available, so register soon! puppet show while others will appreciate one of the largest in the region. registered attendees traveling from fitness Jack London Square will celebrate the a collection of vintage bikes at “The Art station to fitness station, Fit Rave offers joys of bike riding at Pedalfest on Saturday, of the Bicycle” show. Attendees will also activities including spinning, yoga, October 22 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Oakland have the opportunity to see professional For more information about Fit Rave, Pedalfest, or any other Jack strength and more. Exercisers will remain is emerging as one of America’s most riders doing amazing stunts. London Square event, check out at each station for 30 minutes before bike-friendly cities, and Pedalfest will help In addition to the activities on wheels, JackLondonSquare.com. You can moving on to the next workout. At the demonstrate the transformative effect bike participants can enjoy tasty eats from food also find Jack London Square on end of the tiring day, all are welcome to riding has on the community. Activities at vendors, pedal-powered food vendors and Facebook and on Twitter at @ a refreshing beer party provided by Miss the festival will include a vintage bike show, drinks from the New Belgium beer garden. JackLondonSq. Pearl’s Jam House. pedal-powered amusement rides, cycling Pedalfest will also feature live music.

18 August 2011 www.baycrossings.com CULTURAL CURRENTS Vallejo ~ San Francisco Quiet Diversions and Classic Events BBaayyllininkk FFeerrrryy

By Paul Duclos the service without compare. Cultural This is enchanting music to be Currents has featured this place in the cherished and adored. Finding a sacred past as a place of fellowship and gentle quiet place to have a pre- or post- ne of joys of riding the recreation. The PGC is now actively performance meal, however, is going to ferry is that it is a stately seeking golfers and non-golfers alike by be a challenge. We invite readers to share mode of transportation, offering very attractive membership deals. any discoveries made in this regard, and permitting passengers In a city filled with noise, this is a sanctum promise to champion their cause. to quietly contemplate sanctorum. their immediate destination and the larger Dijon Must’art Brings Taste implicationsO of the journey itself. Lamplighters Stages of France to the Bay Area SAVE MONEY And let’s place an emphasis on H.M.S. Pinafore Finally, this is a must-attend event: Dijon RIDE TRANSIT quiet here, for ferry commuters are Of course, when it comes to music Must’art. seldom exposed to what is commonly performed in a live setting, there are many Ferry commuters will have an ideal called background music. Our favorite options to explore. One of our favorites opportunity to participate in a citywide, insight on this subject comes from Milan is the Lamplighters Music Theatre, weeklong project celebrating the creativity Kundara, who, in his brilliant novel which often produces the comic operas and vitality of Dijon, France. A delegation Ignorance, quotes Schoenberg and others of librettist W.S. Gilbert and composer of leading chefs, wine experts, artists, on this postmodern atrocity: Arthur Sullivan. But besides the entire musicians and businesspeople, led by the Radio is an enemy, a ruthless enemy Gilbert & Sullivan canon, this troupe City of Dijon’s Senator-Mayor François marching irresistibly forward, and any performs other light opera and musical Rebsamen, will visit San Francisco for a resistance is hopeless; it force-feeds us music theatre classics such as The Merry Widow, series of events next month including two Shuttle Service to Six Flags . . . regardless of whether we want to hear Die Fledermaus, Of Thee I Sing, My Fair Ferry Plaza Farmer’s Market Events which Disc overy K ing do m it, or whether we can grasp it, with the Lady and A Little Night Music. are open to the public on Saturday August result that music becomes just noise, a Lampligters is currently staging a 20 and Tuesday August 23.. noise among other noises. Radio was the sparkling production of the Gilbert & Dijon Must’art coincides with opening tiny stream it all began with. Then came Sullivan comic opera H.M.S. Pinafore. at the Legion of Honor’s traveling loan other technical means for reproducing, Audiences will board one of England’s exhibition The Mourners: Medieval Tomb proliferating, amplifying sound, and the great Navy ships where the beautiful Sculptures from the Court of Burgundy. stream became an enormous river. If in the Josephine must choose between marrying Dijon Must’art is supported by past people would listen to music out of love the First Lord of the Admiralty—with the City of Dijon, Burgundy Tourism, for music, nowadays it roars everywhere and all of the wealth, prestige and power FRAME, Musée des Beaux-Arts de Dijon, all the time, regardless whether we want to his title affords—or the “simple sailor, the French Embassy in the United States, Walk to the Empress Theatre hear it, it roars from loudspeakers, in cars, lowly born” who has won her heart. the Fairmont Hotel in San Francisco, Le in Downtown Vallejo in restaurants, in elevators, in the streets, Gilbert devised the plot to make fun Cordon Bleu California Culinary Academy, in waiting rooms, in gyms, in the earpieces, of patriotism, social class snobbery and and Ferry Plaza Wine Merchant. For more www.EmpressTheatre.org music rewritten, reorchestrated, abridged, incompetence in high places. information about Dijon Must’art events, and stretched out, fragments of rock, of please visit www.dijon-must-art.com. jazz, of opera, a flood of everything jumbled together so that we don’t know who composed Direct Service to AT&T Park it (music become noise is anonymous), so for Giants Games that we can’t tell beginning from end (music become noise has no form): sewage-water music in which music is dying.

So where does one go to find a quiet place for lunch, dinner, or cocktails? For the lucky few, it’s the Presidio Golf Club in Pacific Heights. While its chief attraction is golf—another quiet pastime—many of TIBURON ART FESTIVAL the club’s social members belong because AUGUST 27-28, 2011 11am-6pm Saturday and Sunday the only music one hears is that of lyric Historic Ark Row, Main Street, Tiburon conversation. No Pandora! We must www.baylinkferry.com also add that the food is sublime, and www.tiburonartfestival.homestead.com

www.baycrossings.com August 2011 19 WATERFRONT ACTIVITIES

Every 9:30AM – 11:30AM, 12:30PM - 2:30PM & 2:30PM - 4:30PM - Introduction to Sailing Course - OCSC Sailing, Berkeley, 510-843-4200, Saturday www.ocscsailing.com 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.

Every 6PM – 8PM - Night Sail (Women’s Only Boat on August 10th) - OCSC Sailing, Berkeley, 510-843-4200, www.ocscsailing.com Wednesday Wednesday 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! On August 10th there will be a “Women’s Only” boat! Cost is $40.

August 10 Thru August 12th – “Voyage Seaward” Sailing Camp for Teens – Call of the Sea, Sausalito, (800) 401-7835, www.callofthesea.org Youth ages 12-15 are invited to take part in this 3-day overnight sailing camp to explore San Francisco Bay! Under the guidance of a professional captain and crew, students are challenged to become a team through learning to sail a classic schooner. Participants learn the basics of sailing and seamanship, conduct hands-on marine research, and connect with each other and the bay in a meaningful and lasting way. The cost is $425 per student.

August 12 5PM – 11PM - Full Moon Sail - Club Nautique Sailing School & Charters, Sausalito, (415) 332-8001, www.clubnautique.net Join Club Nautique’s evening chartershare sail. Enjoy a lovely evening sail as you watch twilight taken over by darkness and take in the shimmering lights of the city while you anticipate the moonrise that will take your breath away! Must be willing to actively participate in operation of vessel. Cost: Members $75/Non Members $100. Please call to reserve space.

August 12 6PM– 8:30PM - Sunset Sail - Call of the Sea, Sausalito, (800) 401-7835, www.callofthesea.org Watch the sun set from the deck of our 82’ schooner, SEAWARD. This is a relaxing way to end the week! Wine, non-alcoholic beverages, and light snacks included. Adult $45

August 12 6:30PM – 9:30PM - Moonlight Kayaking Tour - Outback Adventures, Larkspur, 415-461-2222, www.outbackadventures.com Navigating your kayak by moonlight is a mystical experience you won’t soon forget. This unique kayak tour allows for a grand view of the moon rising into the night’s sky. We will paddle leisurely while admiring the moon’s silvery light reflecting off the water’s surface. Cost is $65 with an additional 10% Friend and Family Discount when booked as a group of 3 or more.

August 13 9:30AM – 12PM - Introduction to Stand Up Paddleboarding - Outback Adventures, Larkspur, 415-461-2222, www.outbackadventures.com Have you ever wanted to walk on water? Stand up paddleboarding (SUP) is probably the closest you’ll get. This fast growing activity can be done on flat water, the open ocean, rivers, and of course in the surf! This class will introduce you to the exciting sport of SUP as you learn proper SUP paddling strokes, develop good balance, learn where and how to stand, learn board maneuvering skills, reboarding techniques, and safety concerns.

August 20 10AM – 2PM - Bay Cruising Workshop - Club Nautique Sailing School & Charters, Alameda, (510) 865-4700, www.clubnautique.net Learn about all the really cool places to go by boat on the San Francisco Bay from people who have been there/done that! Cost: Members Free/Non Members $75. Please call to reserve space.

August 20 2PM – 5PM - Saturday Schooner Seaward Sail & Free BBQ - OCSC Sailing, Berkeley, 510-843-4200, www.ocscsailing.com Join us on a three hour sail on the Schooner Seaward followed by a free BBQ! Cost is $60 retail, $40 for members.

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August 20 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!

August 21 9AM – 5PM - Radar/GPS Clinic - Club Nautique Sailing School & Charters, Alameda, (510) 865-4700, www.clubnautique.net Aboard a sailboat equipped with Radar/GPS, learn the skills to operate these powerful tools to help steer you out of the fog. Cost: Members $282/ Non Members $375. Please call to reserve space.

August 21 10AM – 3PM - Tomales Bay Kayak Tour - Outback Adventures, Larkspur, 415-461-2222, www.outbackadventures.com Experience one the premier paddling destinations in CA on this guided kayak tour of Tomales Bay and Point Reyes. Wildlife abounds in this spectacular setting. Colorful sea stars slide beneath your kayak as majestic Thule Elk roam the hillsides. Launching from Nick’s Cove, we will paddle in stable double sea kayaks, past Hog Island, to the White Cliffs of Tomales Bay, a unique geological formation similar to the White Cliffs of Dover. We will then stop for lunch on a pristine beach, accessible only by small watercraft.

August 26 6PM – 8:30PM – Sunset Sail - Call of the Sea, Sausalito, (800) 401-7835, www.callofthesea.org Watch the sun set from the deck of our 82’ schooner, SEAWARD. This is a relaxing way to end the week! Wine, non-alcoholic beverages, and light snacks included. Adult $45

August 28 9AM – 5PM - Brunch Bunch Sail - Club Nautique Sailing School & Charters, Alameda, (510) 865-4700, www.clubnautique.net Join us for a fun sail to a Scott’s Restaurant. Enjoy lunch ashore and a brisk sail home! Please plan to have at least one member of your party prepared to actively participate in the sailing of the vessel. Cost: Members $80/Non Members $135 (brunch not included in price). Please call to reserve space.

August 28 9:30AM – 12PM - Introduction to Stand Up Paddleboarding - Outback Adventures, Larkspur, 415-461-2222, www.outbackadventures.com Have you ever wanted to walk on water? Stand up paddleboarding (SUP) is probably the closest you’ll get. This fast growing activity can be done on flat water, the open ocean, rivers, and of course in the surf! This class will introduce you to the exciting sport of SUP as you learn proper SUP paddling strokes, develop good balance, learn where and how to stand, learn board maneuvering skills, reboarding techniques, and safety concerns.

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www.baycrossings.com August 2011 21 TREASURE ISLAND TreasureAngel Island Island: Flea The Offers Bay’s Unique Forgotten Shopping Jewel Experience

he Treasure Island Flea, merchandise and food,” said co-founders which operates on the last Angie and Charles Ansanelli. “We look weekend of every month, to include local entertainment and special hosts hundreds of local events. Customers attending the Treasure Bay Area exhibitors. In Island Flea will not only walk away with addition to antiques and collectibles great treasures but also with memories of thereT is independent designer their finds to share for years to come.” merchandise, handmade one of-a-kind Treasure Island Flea also prides itself items, repurposed and up-cycled goods, on providing a rewarding and convenient shabby chic and French garden pieces, experience for exhibitors and food art, specialty food purveyors and more. purveyors. Those interested in participating Treasure Island Flea promises a haven of cool and unusual finds directly from the designer, maker or The open-air market is held on Treasure in the event can find more information collector of the products offered. Island, Avenue of the Palms, on Saturday online at www.treasureislandflea.com. and Sunday on the last weekend of the Treasure Island itself has played a but ended up being seized by the Navy and [email protected] or month from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. significant role in history. The island played a pivotal role in WWII. Treasure (415) 898-0245. “This show is an experience, a haven was man-made in 1937, making it San Island is centrally located in the heart of of cool and unusual finds. It’s a place Francisco’s third great project just behind the Bay Area and boasts some of the most Show Times 9 - 4pm, on the last Saturday & Sunday of each month where shoppers connect directly with the the Golden Gate and Bay Bridges. The spectacular views of the city. Rain or Shine Event the show goes on! designer, maker or collector of the products. island hosted the World’s Fair in 1939. The show will operate in August on Parking is free and there is plenty of it. Each market experience will be different, After the World’s Fair, the island was set to Saturday and Sunday, August 27 and 28. Admission is $3, Kids 12 and under it will have a changing selection of both become San Francisco’s Municipal Airport Treasure Island Flea can be contacted at are free.

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By Haley Chutz One important part of Call of the and makes occasional voyages to the Sea’s mission is providing scholarships Farallon Islands and Drakes Bay for underserved youth and for schools through OCSC Sailing. undreds of ships travel that have dwindling budgets for field With more sailing days the waters of San trips. Sailing programs are impactful than almost any other vessel on Francisco Bay each day. the Bay, Seaward has become Few of them are classic a common sight on our local sailing vessels, and even waters. Her mission is to connect fewer have the mission of Call of the everyone to the water and the HSea’s schooner Seaward—inspiring and Bay’s maritime heritage. Whether www.callofthesea.org educating our local youth. you are looking for a way to relax The Seaward is a 82-foot schooner that Call of the Call of the Sea, based in Sausalito, or to provide the adventure of a Sea uses as a teaching platform to offer the benefits of connecting with the sea and sailing to all people, with a is a nonprofit educational organization lifetime for yourself or a youth special focus on empowering youth of all backgrounds. dedicated to connecting people of all ages in your life, this nonprofit has and backgrounds to the sea and its maritime something for you. To find out traditions. The organization’s teaching more, book a voyage, or support Call of consult the Waterfront Activities section of platform is the lovely 82-foot schooner www.callofthesea.org the Sea, please call (415) 331-3214 or this issue (pages 20-21) for a list of available Seaward, and its goal is to offer the benefits Call of the Sea’s educational programs provide visit www.callofthesea.org. You can also adventures aboard the Seaward. a way for youth to experience nature and build of connecting with the sea and sailing to all self-confidence. people, with a special focus on empowering youth of all backgrounds. Programs range from three hours to two weeks long, (often even life-changing) for youth primarily taking place on San Francisco Bay of all backgrounds, but especially for SUPPORT THE BAY. and coastal waters but occasionally ranging these students. The unique educational as far away as the Baja Peninsula. opportunity helps close the learning gap Call of the Sea’s educational programs between underserved youth and their provide a way for youth to experience better-served counterparts. One Boys nature and build self-confidence through & Girls Club volunteer said of Call of the challenge of sailing a traditional tall the Sea’s overnight programs, “I have ship. During the hands-on programs, worked with underserved youth for participants are completely immersed over 15 years. I have seen how changing in the new world of a ship. They learn the life of one child changes the life of teamwork, leadership, and a variety that child’s family, then the community. of academic subjects while directly These types of programs are invaluable experiencing these concepts on the water. to closing the education gap of our Through participating, students gain a new underserved youth.” sense of empowerment and stewardship Call of the Sea’s programs are not that their parents and teachers attest is just for kids. The organization thinks of Support San Francisco Baykeeper. carried with them to their lives onshore. Seaward as a boat for the community, with the motto “your bay, your boat,” and San Francisco Baykeeper is the pollution watchdog for San Francisco Bay. it offers a little something for everyone. Since 1989, we have been patrolling the Bay for pollution, strengthening There are three-hour public sails for the clean water laws, and holding polluters accountable. Baykeeper is dedicated community; educational day sails which to restoring the Bay to a healthy, thriving estuary. are field trips for schools, scouts and other youth groups; and overnight summer We rely on the support of people like you who care about the health of the Bay and its wildlife. camps for teens. Call of the Sea also offers Visit us online at www.baykeeper.org and customized programs to fit the educational become a member today. www.callofthesea.org goals of different groups. And for those During the hands-on programs, participants are itching for a longer voyage, Seaward sails to www.baykeeper.org completely immersed in the new world of a ship. Mexico most winters with adult passengers,

www.baycrossings.com August 2011 23 Sponsored by Golden Gate Ferry LARKSPUR* Weekdays (excluding Holidays) Weekends and Holidays Depart Arrive S.F. Depart S.F. Arrive Depart Arrive S.F. Depart S.F. Arrive Larkspur Ferry Bldg. Ferry Bldg. Larkspur Larkspur Ferry Bldg. Ferry Bldg. Larkspur 5:50 a.m. 6:20 a.m. 6:25 a.m. 6:55 a.m. 9:40 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. 11:40 12:15 p.m. 12:25 p.m. 1:00 Daily Daily 12:40 p.m. 1:15 1:25 2:00 Richmond Adult Cash Fare $8.75 $9.25 2:15 2:50 3:00 3:30 Pacific 2:50 3:25 3:35 4:05 Clipper $5.70 $4.85 Tiburon 3:40 4:15 4:25 4:55 Ocean Youth/Senior/Disabled $4.25 $4.50 Angel Island 4:15 4:45 4:55 5:25 Sausalito ------5:20 6:05 Children 5 and under FREE FREE Alcatraz 5:10 5:45 5:55 6:25 (limit 2 per fare-paying adult) Berkeley 5:35 6:10 6:20 6:50 Children ages 5 and under travel free when accompanied by a 6:35 7:10 7:20 7:50 full fare paying adult (limit two youth per adult). 7:20 7:55 8:10 8:40 N Oakland 8:10 8:45 8:50 9:20 Golden Gate Ferry Fares, Effective July 1, 2011 8:50 9:25 9:35 10:05 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. # 5:30pm trip is 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 ALAMEDA/OAKLAND ALAMEDA/OAKLAND 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. Weekdays to San Francisco Weekends and Holidays to San Francisco 10:55 11:25 11:35 12:05 p.m. 12:45 p.m. 1:15 p.m. 1:25 1:55 Depart Depart Arrive S.F. Arrive S.F. Depart Depart Arrive S.F. Arrive S.F. 12:15 p.m. 12:45 p.m. 12:55 p.m. 1:25 2:10 2:40 2:50 3:20 Oakland Alameda Ferry Bldg. Pier 41 Oakland Alameda Ferry Bldg. Pier 41 1:55 2:25 2:35 3:05 3:50 4:20 4:45 5:15 6:00 a.m. 6:10 a.m. 6:30 a.m. ----- 9:00 a.m. 9:10 a.m. - - - 9:35 a.m. 3:20 3:50 4:00 4:30 5:35 6:05 6:30 7:00 7:05 7:15 7:35 ----- 10:40 10:25 * 11:10 a.m. 11:25 4:45 5:15 5:30 6:00 6:30 7:00 ------6:10 6:35 6:45 7:10 8:10 8:20 8:40 ----- 12:20 p.m. 12:10 pm * 12:50 pm 1:05 p.m. 7:20 7:50 7:55 8:20 9:15 9:25 9:45 10:00 a.m. 1:55 1:45 * 2:25 2:40 11:00 10:50* 11:30 11:45 4:00 3:45 * 4:30 4:45 Contact Information For the Golden Gate Ferry website, visit: http://goldengateferry.org/ 12:45 p.m.^ 12:35 p.m.* 1:15 p.m. 1:30 p.m. 5:45 5:30 * - - - 6:20 Toll free 511 or 711 (TDD) Comments and questions can be submitted at http://ferrycomments.goldengate.org/ 2:30 2:20*^ 3:00 3:10 7:20 7:05 * 7:50 8:05 Holiday service is in effect on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, Presidents No ferry service on New Year’s Day, 4:40 4:30*^ 5:10 ----- 8:55 ^ 8:45 * 8:25 9:30 Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, and the day after Thanksgiving Day, and Christmas Day. 5:50 5:40*^ 6:15 ----- 10:30 ^ 10:20 * - - - 11:00 ^ Thanksgiving Day (Sausalito). The Larkspur line operates on a Modified 6:20 6:10* ----- 7:00 Weekends and Holidays from San Francisco Holiday Schedule on the day after Thanksgiving Day. 6:55^ 6:45*^ 7:20 ----- Depart S.F. Depart S.F. Arrive Arrive 7:55^ 7:45* 8:20 ----- Pier 41 Ferry Bldg. Alameda Oakland 8:55^ 8:45* ----- 9:25 Bay Area Ferry Terminal Locations 8:30 a.m. # - - - 9:10 a.m. 9:00 a.m. Weekdays from San Francisco 9:45 10:00 10:20 10:35 Alameda Ferry Terminal Depart S.F. Depart S.F. Arrive Arrive 11:35 11:50 a.m. 12:10 p.m. 12:20 p.m. 2990 Main St. in Alameda Pier 41 Ferry Bldg. Alameda Oakland 1:10 p.m. 1:25 p.m. 1:45 1:55 2:50 - - - 3:45 3:55 ----- 6:30 a.m.# 7:15 a.m. 7:05 a.m. 4:55 5:10 5:30 5:40 ----- 7:35# 8:20 8:10 Harbor Bay Ferry Terminal 6:30 6:45 7:05 7:15 ----- 8:40# 9:25 9:15 2 MeCartney Drive in Alameda 8:10 8:25 8:45 8:55 10:15 a.m. 10:30 10:50^ 11:00^ 9:40 9:55 10:15 10:25 12:00 p.m. 12:15 p.m. 12:35 p.m.^ 12:45 p.m.^ Larkspur Landing Ferry Terminal 1:45 2:00 2:20^ 2:30^ No ferry service on Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day, New 3:45 4:10 4:30^ 4:40^ Year’s Day, and Presidents Day. 101 E. Sir Francis Drake Blvd., just east of U.S. Highway 101 in Larkspur, CA Regular weekday service on Martin Luther King Jr. Day ----- 5:20 5:40 5:50 5:20 5:45 6:10 6:20 FARES: One Round 10 Ticket 20 Ticket Monthly Oakland Ferry Terminal ----- 6:25 6:45 6:55 Way Trip Book Book Pass 530 Water St @ Jack London Square in Oakland ----- 7:25 7:45 07:55 Adult (13+) $6.25 $12.50 $50.00 $90.00 $170.00 ----- 8:25 8:45 08:55 Junior (5-12) $3.50 $7.00 PURCHASE TICKETS Child under 5* FREE FREE ONBOARD THE FERRY Sausalito Ferry Terminal * To S.F. via Oakland # To Alameda via Oakland Senior (65+)* $3.10 $6.20 or at the Regional Transit Humbolt St. & Anchor Ave. in downtown Sausalito ^ Departs immediately after loading Connection (RTC) at participating Disabled Persons* $3.10 $6.20 Bay Area businesses. Please call For the most current schedule, visit http://www. Active Military $5.00 $10.00 the 24-hour Ferry Fone at eastbayferry.com/ Tiburon Ferry Terminal School groups $2.00 $4.00 (510) 522-3300 to confirm times. Short Hop 3 $1.50 n/a Behind Guaymus Restaurant & the Intersection of Tiburon Blvd. & Main St. in Tiburon Seniors must show valid I.D., Regional Schedule information collected from Transit Connection Discount or Medicare Card. Disabled Persons must show Vallejo Ferry Terminal a Regional Transit Connection Discount Card. Children under 5 ride free http://www.eastbayferry.com when accompanied by an adult. Active Military Personnel must show military 289 Mare Island Way in Vallejo I.D. Fares subject to change. All times are estimates.

24 August 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 11:00 a.m. 3:45 p.m. 11:00 a.m. 4:15 p.m. Pier 41 Sausalito Sausalito Pier 41 to S.F Ferry Ferry Bldg. Fisherman’s Wharf 12:00 p.m. 4:15 12:00 p.m. 5:00 6:30 a.m. 6:55 a.m. 7:00 a.m. 7:25 a.m. 10:40 a.m. 11:10 a.m. 11:15 a.m. 11:45 a.m. Building to Vallejo to Vallejo 12:30 5:30 12:30 5:30 7:30 7:55 8:00 8:25 12:35 p.m. 1:05 p.m. 1:15 p.m. 1:45 p.m. 2:30 2:30 6:15 5:30 a.m. 6:35 a.m. ----- 8:30 8:55 4:35 p.m. 5:00 p.m. 6:45 2:05 2:35 2:45 3:10 3:00 - - - 3:00 6:45 6:30 7:35 ------4:30 p.m. 5:35 6:00 3:45 - - - 3:20 3:50 4:00 4:55 7:00 8:30 ------5:05 p.m. 5:30 6:35 7:00 5:05 5:35 5:45 6:15 7:45 8:55 ------6:05 6:30 7:35 8:00 For the most current schedule, visit www.blueandgoldfleet.com - - - 7:55 8:00 8:20 10:00 11:20 11:45 a.m. 7:05 7:30 Bay Cruise does not operate during inclement weather. Additional cruises may 8:40 * 9:35 * 9:40 * 10:20 * 11:30 12:45 p.m. ----- be added on demand. Check with ticket booth on day of sailing for schedule. No *Fridays only - Friday North Bay Getaway No weekend service reserved seating available. 2:00 p.m. 3:30 3:10 p.m. Weekends and Holidays 3:00 4:30 ----- FARES: FARES: All prices include audio tour. 4:05 5:15 ----- Depart S.F. Arrive Depart Arrive S.F. 4:45 6:00 ----- Alameda Harbor Bay Ferry passengers can Adult $25.00 Junior (12-18) $21.00 Pier 41 Sausalito Sausalito Pier 41 5:45 7:15 6:55 purchase Ferry tickets, passes and books on board Senior (62+) $21.00 Child (5-11) $17.00 10:50 a.m. 11:20 a.m. 11:30 a.m. 12:00 p.m. the ferries. Alameda Harbor Bay Ferry accepts Discount fares available at 12:15 p.m. 12:45 p.m. 12:55 p.m. 1:25 cash, checks, Visa, Mastercard and Commuter http://www.blueandgoldfleet.com/Sightseeing/Boat/baycruise.cfm 2:15 2:45 3:00 3:30 Summer Weekends & Holidays (May - Oct) Checks as payment for ferry tickets. 3:40 4:10 4:20 5:10 Fare: 8:30a.m 10:00 a.m. 9:40 a.m. ANGEL ISLAND - S.F. ------5:00 5:30 One-way Adult $6.50 10:00 11:10 11:30 Weekdays – Daily Departures Pier 41 5:20 5:50 6:00 6:55 One-way Juniors (5-12) $3.25 7:05 7:40 7:45 8:40 11:30 12:40 Depart Depart Arrive Depart Arrive Arrive Children (under 5) Free 2:00 p.m. 3:10 p.m. 3:30 p.m. One-way Seniors (62 & over) $3.75 Oakland Alameda Angel Angel Alameda Oakland No service on Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day, 3:30 5:00 4:40 and New Year’s Day / Weekend Schedule on Presidents Day Disabled $3.75 Island Island 5:15 6:30 ----- Active Military $5.25 9:20 am 9:45 am 10:05 am 10:10 am - - - 10:30a FARES: One-way Round-trip 7:30 9:00 8:40 - - - 1:05 pm 1:40 pm 1:45 pm - - - 2:05 pm One-way Commute (book of 10) $55.00 Adult $10.50 $21.00 ------2:50 pm 3:00 pm 4:25 pm 3:20 pm One-way Commute (book of 20) $100.00 Child (5-11) $6.25 $12.50 FARES: One-way Monthly Pass (book of 40) $185.00 Weekends – Departures Pier 41 For the most current schedule, visit Free MUNI and AC Transit Transfers Provided Adult (13-64) $13.00 Depart Arrive Arrive http://www.blueandgoldfleet.com/Ferry/Sausalito/index.cfm Depart Arrive Depart Senior (65+)/Disabled/Medicare $6.50 Oakland Alameda Oakland Alameda Angel Angel Child (6-12) $6.50 Island Island TIBURON –Pier 41/ SF Ferry Building Baylink DayPass $24.00 9:20 am 9:45 am 10:10 am 10:20 am 11:15 am 11:35a Weekdays Baylink Monthly Pass (Bus / Ferry) $290.00 Angel Island Ferry 11:20 11:45 12:15 pm 12:25 pm - - - 1:20 pm w/Muni $345.00 Depart Depart Arrive TIBURON – ANGEL ISLAND - - - 2:10 pm 3:10 3:20 pm - - - 3:50 pm Arrive Depart Arrive Call (707) 64-FERRY or visit www.baylinkferry.com for updated information. S.F. S.F. ------4:40 pm 6:00 pm 5:35 pm S.F. Ferry Tiburon Tiburon S.F. Ferry Weekdays (May 1, 2011 thru October 16, 2011) Bldg Pier 41 Bldg Pier 41 Travel time between Vallejo and San Francisco is ANGEL ISLAND PRICES (Round-trip) approximately 60 minutes. 11:45am 10:50am 11:10am 11:15am 11:35am 12:00pm 10:00 a.m. 11:00 1:00 p.m. 3:00 FARES S.F. Pier 41 Alameda/ Vallejo* ------12:10pm 12:30pm 12:35pm ------12:55 Returning 10:20 a.m. 11:20 1:20 p.m. 3:30 Ferry Bldg* Oakland* ------1:05 1:25 1:30 ------2:05 Adult $17.00 $14.50 $30.50* ------2:15 2:35 2:40 ------3:20 Weekends (May 1, 2011 thru October 16, 2011) Child $9.50 (age6-12) $8.50 (age 5-12) $21.00 (ages 6-12) ------3:20 4:15 4:25 ------4:55 Child Free (5 & under) Free (4 & under) Free (5 & under) ------4:05 4:45 ------10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Hourly * All prices include State Park Fees / Weekend Schedule on Memorial 7:15 ------7:35 7:45 ------8:20 Red & White Day (May 25) / Independence Day (July 4) and Labor Day (Sept 7) Returning 8:55* 8:40* 9:15* 9:20* 10:05* 10:20* BAY CRUISE Mar 31- May 24 10:20 a.m. - 5:20 p.m. Hourly ALAMEDA/OAKLAND - WEEKENDS ONLY * Fridays only - Friday North Bay Getaway FARES: Round Trip (*Limit one Pier 43½ FARES: Depart Depart Arrive Depart Arrive Arrive Adult (13 and over) $13.50 free child, Adult (18+) $22.00 Oakland Alameda Angel Angel Alameda Oakland TIBURON Weekends and Holidays Monday through Sunday Child (6 - 12) $11.50 ages 2 Island Island Youth (5-17) $16.00 Depart Depart Arrive Depart Arrive Arrive 10:00 a.m. Children (3 - 5) $3.50 and under, 1:45 p.m. Child (under 5)Free 9:00am* 9:10am* 10:10am 3:10pm 3:45pm* 3:55pm S.F. Ferry Pier 41 Tiburon Tiburon S.F. Ferry Pier 41 Toddlers (ages 2 and under) Free* per paying 10:45 2:30 Family Pass $69.00 Vallejo - Weekends Only Bldg Bldg 11:15 Bicycles $1.00 adult.) 3:00 (2 Adult + 4 Youth) Depart Arrive Depart Arrive 9:20 am 9:45 am 10:30 am 10:40 am 11:10 a 11:35 a 12:00 p.m. 3:45 For the most current schedule and other information, visit Vallejo Angel Island Angel Island Vallejo 11:20 am 11:45 12:40 pm 12:45 pm - - - 1:20 pm 12:30 * 4:15 * Weekends Only http://www.angelislandferry.com/ 8:30 am * 10:10 am 3:20 pm 5:40 pm - - - 2:10 pm 2:45 2:55 - - - 3:50 1:15 5:00 * Schedule Subject to change w/o notice ------4:40 pm 9:45 pm - - - 3:40 4:30 4:40 ------5:20 6:15 6:25 ------* Requires transfer at Pier 41 to 9:40am AI Ferry. Return ferries transfer at Pier 41 onto Vallejo Baylink. - - - 7:05 8:00 8:05 - - - 8:40 TIBURON COMMUTE FARES: One-way Round trip TIBURON – S.F. Ferry Building Adult $10.50 $21.00 Child (5-11) $6.25 $12.50 Weekdays 20 Ticket Commute Book $140.00 (Mon. - Fri.) Depart Arrive S.F. Depart S.F. Arrive Tiburon Ferry Bldg. Ferry Bldg. Tiburon 6:00 a.m. 6:20 a.m. ------6:50 7:10 7:15 a.m. 7:35 a.m. 7:50 8:10 8:15 8:35 8:45 9:05 ------4:25 p.m. 4:45 p.m. 5:00 p.m. 5:20 p.m. 5:25 5:45 5:50 6:10 6:15 6:35 6:40 7:00 7:15 7:35 9:20 * 10:05 * 8:55 * 9:15 * * Fridays only - Friday North Bay Getaway

ROCKETBOAT Seasonal May through October Depart from Pier 39 12:00 p.m. 12:45 p.m. 1:30 p.m. 2:15 p.m. 3:45 4:30 5:15 - - - - Fun on Ferries, Shoreline Snacking and Shopping, Take the Kids, Bikes FARES: Adult (age 19 and over) $24.00 on Boats, Fun on Ferries... Junio (12 - 18) $20.00 Child (5 - 11) $16.00 www.baycrossings.com *Height restrictio. Children must be at least 40 inches tall to ride.

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Rhapsody in Blue August 5 at noon. This free public Join the Exploratorium on Thursday, performance is part of the Rotunda August 4, from 6 to 10 p.m., for After Dance Series, a partnership between Dark: Blue. Part of the ColorFest Dancers’ Group and World Arts West celebration, this After Dark will explore with San Francisco’s Grants for the Arts the many manifestations of blue: from and San Francisco City Hall. blue skies to the creation of indigo dye, the physics of underwater vision – and Oakland’s Art & Soul Festival live blues music! From azure skies to Launches Second Decade the royal use of indigo blue, spend The City of Oakland’s Art & Soul Festival an evening exploring the science and kicks off its second decade on August 20 moods of the color blue. Luxuriate in and 21. A dazzling array of talent, food feeling blue while taking in the cool from all over the globe, more than 150 sounds of local blues musicians Bobby artisans and the largest family fun zone “Spider” Webb and Fillmore Slim. of any festival in the Bay Area will be Watch dye demonstrations, from tie- featured. Art & Soul will deliver non- dye to henna, and find out why the stop music as diverse as the city itself. sky and water appear blue, and much Thanks to its stellar musical lineups, Photo by Joel Williams more. After Dark is for adults 18 years abundant parking, easy BART access and older, and is included in the price and the bargain price of just $10 per day of admission to the Exploratorium. ($15 at the door) general admission, Art $15 per day at the door. Seniors and Tiburon Art Festival After Dark, an adult evening program & Soul has been named the Bay Area’s youth (ages 13-17) are $5 per day Get ready for the Fifth Annual on the first Thursday of every month, “Best Festival” by East Bay Express for online and $8 per day at the door. For Tiburon Art Festival on historic mixes cocktails, conversation and 10 consecutive years. Tower of Power more information or advance tickets Ark Row in downtown Tiburon. adult-oriented programming in science headlines the Art & Soul Main Stage visit www.ArtandSoulOakland.com Sixty-four juried artists, live music, and the arts. Each night showcases a on Sunday and other acts include Five or call (510) 444-CITY. family entertainment, wine, beer and different theme, which might include for Fighting, Marc Broussard, Shawn champagne, all steps away from the live performances, films and new media, Mullins, Scars on 45 and Bay Area-based IndyCar Series Roar waterfront of the San Francisco Bay. or feature cutting-edge technology and the Heavenly States. New to Art & Soul into Sonoma The event takes place on Saturday and unexpected extravaganzas. Programs this year is the WomenGig Stage hosted IndyCar revs up for Sonoma as the Sunday, August 27-28 from 11 a.m. are playful, unique and content-rich, by popular comedienne Marga Gomez cars and stars of the Indianapolis 500 – 6 p.m. For more information visit addressing the science behind topics of on Saturday. This stage is dedicated to invade Infineon Raceway for the seventh www.tiburon-artfestival.com adult interest—from gambling, alcohol, promoting rising female musicians to consecutive year at the Indy Grand Prix fashion and sex to extreme sports and Bay Area audiences. A family paradise, of Sonoma on August 26-28. Drivers like Fair Enough gaming. Not a theater, a cabaret, or a the festival boasts the largest family fun Dario Franchitti, Helio Castroneves and Get ready for nightly fireworks and gallery, After Dark involves aspects of all zone of any festival in the Bay Area and Danica Patrick will reach speeds in excess free concerts in Vallejo from August three, with a mood unlike anything else free festival admission for ages 12 and of 170 mph on the most challenging 3-7. The Solano County Fair is a show- in the city. For more information visit under. The family fun zone is jam-packed road course on the circuit. Sparks are stopper with livestock auctions, the www.exploratorium.edu/afterdark. with interactive activities for children of sure to fly when these rocket ships blast Solano Community Showcase Talent all ages, as well as kid-friendly carnival around the serpentine circuit. Enjoy a Show, Blue Ribbon competitions and Dancing Under the Dome games, inflatable bouncers and hands-on full weekend of racing with the Historic a family-friendly, traditional county The high profile Rotunda Dance Series activities to create their own art to take Grand Prix, Formula Car Challenge, fair vibe, Solano County Fair is an brings the Bay Area’s most acclaimed home. Every year, Art & Soul Oakland Star Mazda Championship and SCCA easy choice for a summer adventure. dance companies to San Francisco City features hundreds of artisan and vendor World Challenge. In addition to the This year’s entertainment includes Air Hall’s rotunda space for free noon-time booths as well as a mouth-watering on-track racing, fans will enjoy Military Supply, Dokken and the Family Stone. performances taking place the first Friday array of food reflecting the rich cultural Appreciation Day, an autograph session The theme is “There’s No Place Like of each month. The August event will diversity found in Oakland. The festival, and more. Open-wheel greats Al Unser Home,” so click your heels and head feature Parangal Dance Company, a running from noon to 6 p.m., is centered Jr., Rick Mears and Johnny Rutherford on over to the Solano County Fair. Filipino folk dance group based in the in Frank Ogawa Plaza and City Center will also be honored as part of the season- Adults: $8, youth 6 to 12: $4, kids Bay Area. Enjoy this dynamic lunchtime encompassing 10 strollable city blocks. long Legends in Sonoma program. For 5 and under: free with a paid adult. dance performance amidst the grandeur Admission for adults is $10 per day ticket prices and schedule information, Parking is $7. For more information of San Francisco City Hall—Friday, online if purchased by August 19 and visit www.infineonraceway.com. visit www.scfair.com

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