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San Francisco Bay was discovered


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by an overland exploration-party. If you have ever tried to find it in the fog from the sea, you can understand why it lay undiscovered for so long. Coming south in late summer or early fall, it’s easy to find and is the best time to make the trip. Our last trip took four days from Seattle. On your chart San Francisco Bay is


a single location, but in fact, it is at least three locations. First, is San Francisco which will be on your starboard side as you sail under the Golden Gate Bridge. On your port side will be Sausalito and Marin County. Straight ahead is the East Bay. These are three very distinct communities connected by an amazing network of bridges. Coming into the Bay on a boat


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is special because you can see what landlubbers and car drivers can’t, the underside of the bridges. In addition, you can get up close and personal to the construction of the new Bay Bridge from Oakland to Yerba Buena Island. The first stop for cruisers is the large San Francisco Marina. The St. Francis Yacht Club sits on the shore before the entrance to the


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marina. A much smaller building sits nearer the entrance; it is the Golden Gate Yacht Club, host to the America’s Cup. If you don’t have reciprocity or extra money for slip fees, continue on to Aquatic Park and drop your hook. The view is grand and the location is serenity in the midst of chaos. You don’t have to get off the boat


to see the City because it clings to the sides and tops of the seven hills. If you need to stretch your legs and buy some groceries, you can walk through Fort Mason to the Marina and the local Safeway Market. If you want to do sightseeing you can walk the opposite direction, to the east to see Fishermen’s Wharf and Pier 39. The disadvantage to staying at Aquatic Park is the weather. If it is clear, the wind will be quite cool. If it isn’t windy, chances are it will be foggy.


Head east under the Bay Bridge


leaving Treasure Island and Yerba Buena to port and enter the Oakland- Alameda Estuary. There are several marinas on the Estuary as well as several yacht clubs with reciprocity agreements. On the port side is the Port of Oakland. It is the second largest


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