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DELTA DEANNA? Here she is:

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Built in 1999, by Marco Shipbuilding of Seattle, Washington as the DELTA DEANNA for Bay and Delta Marine Services Incorporated of San Francisco, California.
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SS Foundation Franklin, 155', single screw, 1,200 hp, was a seagoing salvage tug built for the Royal Navy as HMS Frisky in 1918. In 1930, the FF was sold to Foundation Maritime and renamed...

As a kid, I was fascinated by schooners, Starboats, and photos of the TICONDEROGA. But I've also remained enamored of tugboats. Farley Mowat anyone?

Currently the tug GENE DUNLOP is a hauled at...

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Sausalito's iconic Taj Mahal houseboat is sinking with little hope of salvage. Despite 16 pumps and divers, she's a going down and reportedly can't be saved. First...

I'll edit your edit, and raise you one... Storm casualty: Wishing a quick recovery to our shipmate Bren who fell from a ladder up a tree and broke a leg...

"Richardson Bay is not a safe anchorage in prefrontal wind."


What kind of coffee do they serve at the Taj Mahal?

Sanka. (I'm told it sank in that blow.)
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Congrats, DAZZLER!! Well done in challenging and variable conditions. ~sleddog

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Yesterday's intense low zipped up the Coast, passing CBC at mid-day with a pressure of 987.8 Mb and gusts > 50. Not everyday one gets to see a cloudless eye of a counter-clockwise swirling...

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The sheer number of large logs and trees that recently appeared on Seabright State Beach, just east of the recently flooded San Lorenzo River, is notable. 40-80 foot logs not uncommon, several 6...

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The front passed CBC about noon with 40+ knot gusts....Capt. Palmer wisely decided not to bring Matson ship LURLINE down the Alameda Estuary at that time and is safely anchored out awaiting a...

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The blue spinnaker actress Jennifer Connelly calls the "Afterburner," to Tom Cruise in tonight's Academy Awards Best Picture and Best Visual Effects nominee and Oscar winner for Sound "Maverick, Top...

Happy Birthday to Ants' father, Endel Uiga, at age 105, oldest living Estonian and WWII survivor in which 25% of Estonia's population was lost. Estonia was overrun by the Russians causing Endel to...

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Two weeks ago, CHEYENNE, a beautiful and fast 47' sloop designed by Paul Whiting, was cruising the Hauraki Gulf, west of Auckland, New Zealand when her crew, Alan Blunt, and my next door...

Hi Milly! No, the photo of USNS GRASP is taken at the entrance to San Diego Bay at the western tip of North Island Naval Air Station. I doubt the Navy would issue orders to clean up the boats on...

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In response to Pork Chop Express's nice story on https://www.sfbaysss.org/forum/showthread.php?2869-2023-Corinthian-SIs-are-now-posted-on-jibeset, the USNS GRASP, currently visiting San...

Transpac documentary films, both professional and amateur, have been made for many dozens of years. "Steady as She Goes" shows the giant schooner, 161' GOODWILL's 1959 attempt at breaking 98'...

Allen Steck, legendary Yosemite climbing pioneer has passed at age 97. Steck led an illustrious career, establishing first ascents around the world. He began climbing in Yosemite in 1947 and went on...

Snow on the beach at CBC this morning...photos by Ann Contos

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Indeed, one day after BobJ drifting in shirt sleeves at RYC, it was gale warnings at CBC, where launching my kayak would have been almost as foolhardy as good friend and 110/Mercury skipper towing...

Wheee! Here at CBC the baro is still dropping, now at 1009 mb, as an upper level low drops south down the Coast, producing strong to damaging winds in many areas. Fortunately, power is still on. ...

After months offline, happy to see IYC's anemometer back in time to record a 49 mph gust. Thank you Malcom Fife . https://www.wunderground.com/dashboard/pws/KCAINVER17 Power is out in Milly and...

Boat name: KOHOLA Home Port: Monterey
Boat Species: Newport 30 (Gary Mull design) .

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As we remember the saga of KOHOLA, pages 518-519 above, she'd washed up on Capitola Main Beach Sept.19,...