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The Road to Tinsley the Kite Bar Café and Kitesurfing Center Sits On-Site While traffic snarls along Highway 4, you float through Suisun Bay. At the south end of the Antioch Bridge, Pittsburg is the next opportunity to pull over and spend time in the the Bridge Marina Yacht Club offers 5 Gateway to the Delta. The Pittsburg Marina offers many 7 guest dockage to all members of PICYA conveniences, such as a dockside market, ice, fuel and dockage. clubs, of which we are one. Just up The Road to Tinsley The Kite Bar Café and kitesurfing center sits on-site. Aside from kiting, marina Bridgehead road, New Bridge Marina offers fuel By Medea Isphording Bern activities include fishing and SUPing. Or, secure your craft and walk the few and a full service marina. The third generation of blocks into Old Town for a nosh at The New Mecca Café, EJ Phair Brewing the Lauritzen family owns and runs the Lauritzen Company, The Veranda Italiano or SkyView Noodle and Tea. The Pittsburg Yacht Harbor. The family used to run the ferry With the ravages of winter behind us, your thoughts may be turning to the annual St. Francis question: “When are we taking the boat Yacht Club is here, where you can enjoy a drink or a meal by the water. between Rio Vista and Antioch in the early 1900s, up to Tinsley?!” Some of us cling to a time-honored tradition of heading upriver to claim a berth in time for Memorial Day. Others juggle and were instrumental in helping victims of the the end of school calendar, lingering Little League obligations and favorable tides. Whatever, whenever you decide to make your way 1906 quake with ferry services. Today, you can stay the night, refuel and in the near future, enjoy Just over three miles west of the Antioch Bridge, to our Club’s summer home, here are some waypoints that dot the journey, making it nearly as enjoyable as the destination—nearly. easy walking access to the Antioch-Oakley tuck in to Antioch Marina. You’ll find all the amenities Regional Shoreline. 6 of a well-run marina here, including Wi-Fi, laundry, fuel and dedicated shower facilities. Maximum Leaving from the City Club, the immediate Continuing up San Pablo Bay (and remembering to give overnight guest berth size is 55ft. For sailors recovering from the landmarks are well-known: Alcatraz, the Marin the mud monster that has grounded many a keel, windy trip through Suisun Bay, you may delight in the marina’s 1 Headlands, Angel Island and Red Rock. Just beyond 2 including mine, a wide berth) the Benicia Bridge signals peaceful, deep, wide-turning basin. For those with some hours the Richmond Bridge and across Point San Pablo, the entry to the Carquinez Strait. Just underneath the or days to spare en route to Tinsley, take to the seven miles of you’ll pass a 19th century lighthouse, the East Brother Light bridge on the south side is a small, retro restaurant called The nature trails in the Dow Wetlands Preserve to walk off sea legs Station. Operating as a bed and breakfast for the past 35 years, Nantucket in the historic town of Crockett. Its décor, circa 1950, or enjoy a nearby park with a fishing pier and picnic facilities. the lighthouse proper has guided marine traffic for over 140 matches its menu: Seafood, Steaks and Spirits. No small plates or years and sits at the crossroads of the San Francisco and San sous vide here. Tie up at the docks and, on a sunny day, share Pablo Bays. some oysters on the deck before continuing on. Willow Berm Marina & Korth’s Pirate’s Lair Marina Suisun Bay Benicia Bridge San Pablo Bay Benicia The Nantucket, (Sailor Crockett Jack’s) San Joaquin River Pittsburg Marina Tinsley (The Kite Bar Island Port Costa Café, Old Town, (Carquinez Strait Antioch Marina Pittsburg YC) (Near Dow Wetlands Regional Shoreline) Preserve, Bridge Marina Yacht Club, New Bridge Marina, Crockett’s history is Most everyone Lauritzen Yacht Harbor) worth considering as you knows Benicia as East Brother 3 pass the C&H factory past 4 a waypoint. This Well inside By this point in Light Station the bridge. Port Costa, marina is easy to the Delta and the trip, I just want navigate, has hot showers, between Crockett and Martinez, had past the 9 to get to Tinsley, is near the Benicia Yacht 8 its 15 minutes of fame in the 1800s as Antioch tie up and settle Richmond Bridge Club and across from Sailor the country’s most bustling grain port. Bridge, Oakley’s Big in! But, at the conjunction of A ferry ran between here and Benicia, Jack’s. The main street, just steps from the marina, leads Break Marina is under the Mokelumne and San and surplus grain was loaded onto new (as of 2015) Joaquin Rivers in Isleton, two trains bound for points east. Today, to a Safeway and a Starbucks. It’s a quaint town management. Right now, other spots beckon: Willow Port Costa must be reached by car, with an approachable scale, guest docking is limited Berm Marina and Korth’s but if you read about the mysterious and if you read the historic to smaller (25ft and Pirate’s Lair Marina. Willow murders that took place there in the markers, you’ll learn that under) crafts, but stay Berm boasts a 600ft guest RESOURCES: late 1800s, it may pique your interest Benicia was once the capital tuned for updates. dock, as well as amenities • I recommend the late Hal Schell’s guide to cruising the for a visit. The hills above this area are of California. The locals are including free Wi-Fi and a Delta, The Delta Dawdler’s Dream part of the Carquinez Strait Regional lovely. Many of the homes fitness center. The family- Shoreline, in the East Bay Regional near the marina boast owned Pirate’s Lair has a • East Brother Light Station: ebls.org Parks district. prolific citrus trees, and I dancing tiki statue on its • The East Bay Regional Parks district has a rich and have seen several with website, a gift shop and a enticing listing of the shoreside parks and trails visible signs bidding passersby to restaurant that is open seven from the water: ebparks.org “help yourself” to a days a week. What better St. Francis • For a list of all Delta marinas, visit deltaboating.com tangerine or two. place to toast the start of Yacht Club summer and your successful • For a history of the Delta, its issues with Gold Rush debris, journey to Tinsley? flooding and its reclamation districts, visitppic.org .
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