san francisco marina

 on a recent visit to san francisco the wife and i visited the marina.

 it was a beautiful day and rather late so all the working boats were in.

do they call them skipjacks on the west coast?

 we watched as a class of middle schoolers boarded this 1886 square-rigged ship for the weekend.

the steam tug, hercules, built in 1907 was awesome!

great wooden steam powered paddle tug boat.

weekend boating events

cambridge is a great place to visit this weekend-either by boat or other motor-driven vehicle- because the opening festivities of the schooner rendezvous begins at 10 saturday and continue through 4 on sunday. you can watch a parade, go for dockside tours of the many skipjacks and other sailing vessels moored there, as well as shop eat and sing-a-long. the weather is supposed to be excellent, so i might cruise over there...

chesapeake bay skipkack

this is a photo of the chesapeake bay foundation's skipjack stanley norman, built in 1902 for dredging oysters, currently used as a floating classroom for kids. adults can sail away on another one of the cbf's skipjacks this september and october.