SF News Video: Alcatraz Ferry Captain Rescues 10 Aboard Sinking Boat Around 8:45 p.m. Thursday night, just as one of the last ferries was leaving Alcratraz with 438 passengers on board, a distress call went out about a 31-foot recreational boat with
SF News Boater Collides With Whale, Both Still At Large It’s been another happening year for whale sightings, bringing great delight to both tourists and locals who whale watch. But it hasn’t all been great for the whales, as the Chronicle
SF News Russian Billionaire's Yacht Reappears In S.F. Bay Does anyone remember the last time Russian billionaire Andrey Melnichenko paid a visit to S.F. in his $323 million Philippe Starck-designed megayacht? It was in 2010, and now, four years later, the
Arts & Entertainment Hungover Thoughts On The America's Cup, From The Deck Of The Princess Aside from bed and couch, there are no optimal places to be very hungover. However, there are some locations that will make matters worse: the backseat of your parent’s car, for instance,
SF News Another America's Cup Problem: Lawsuit From Disqualified African-American Team Presenting yet another (probably minor) hurdle for Larry Ellison's moment of yachting glory, a lawsuit has bubbled up for the second or third time from a North Carolina-based sailing team that sought to
SF News BART Strike: Commuter Forced To Ride His Boat To Work While some of you kowtowed to AC Transit, the ferry system, or, far worse, casual carpooling (the horror), Wayne Phillips managed to get across the Bay the right way. After waiting in a
Arts & Entertainment Video: Precocious Youths Capsize America's Cup Boat The American Youth Sailing Force, a group of young sailors ages 19 to 24 who will represent the U.S. in the Red Bull Youth America's Cup, capsized their 45-foot boat on Sunday.
SF News Sheriff's Deputy's Body Found Near Marina Docks The body of Michael Roberts, 56, was found floating near the Vallejo Municipal Marina on Monday afternoon, near his boat and in an area where he loved to fish. He was also a
SF News Seniors Steal $2.8M Yacht For Beer- and Pizza-Fueled Joyride Stealing a luxury yacht may always seem like a good idea in the moment, but here's a cautionary tale for all you teens early retirees with too much time on your hands. Shortly
SF News Yacht-enfreude: Oracle Capsizes Their Fanciest Sailboat Yet Yesterday afternoon during practice runs on their $8 million AC72 catamaran, Oracle Team USA took another nosedive into the bay. Skipper Jimmy Spithill, who is really making a splash around the St. Francis
Arts & Entertainment Yacht-enfreude: Watch Oracle's Fancy Sailboat Take A Nosedive As we've been saying for months now, the best part of the America's Cup (aside from the champagne) is watching expensive things make big splashes. This weekend, Oracle skipper Jimmy Spithill did just
SF News Seven Photos Of America's Cup Sailors Spraying Each Other With Champagne Last week's America's Cup events were thrilling, right? Sunday's atmosphere out on the Marina Green felt like one of the city's nicer street festivals. A street festival with boats. With two Team USAs
SF News Boat Crash Near Richmond-San Rafael Bridge As many as four people were tossed into the water "and one person was clinging to a bridge" after boat collision near the Richmond bridge. The crash happened just after midnight. "So far,
SF News America's Cup Sailboat Technology Could Ferry You Around the Bay While we wouldn't recommend heading out on a boat in the bay right this minute, the Golden Gate Bridge transit district that operates ferry service from Larkspur and Sausalito to the city is
SF News Local Columnist Taunts Sailing Billionaire to Make This Boat Race Happen In his SFGate column today, Chuck Nevius calls out boating enthusiast Larry Ellison and the BMW Oracle sailing team for making such a stink about which piers on the Eastern waterfront they'll get
SF News What's Up With the America's Cup? So that big yacht race, we've been following for the past couple of months is looking like a sure thing now, right? Maybe! Last week reports flooded in that San Francisco was dangerously
