A KidLitTV recommended book! A large-format picture book about a bunch of boats found on a busy bay, buoyed by simple, spare, and lyrical text. Inspired by the San Francisco Bay but with universal appeal, the book features a spectacular double-spread gatefold finale showing a boat parade and fireworks glowing against a city backdrop.

From tugs to tankers, and kayaks to container ships, there's much to see and learn about the vessels that travel from the Golden Gate Bridge through San Francisco Bay. San Francisco Boats on the Bay: A Voyage in Riddles is filled with fascinating stories, facts, and questions about twenty-four boats and ships seen in these waters. Through challenging riddles and photos, readers are given clues to help them identify each vessel. Add to this the vocabulary of mariners, mooring locations and boat-related creative activities, and it's full steam ahead into a colorful world of nautical wonders. Written for children, ages 5 to 12, San Francisco Boats on the Bay will spark the curiosity, imagination and critical thinking of children of all ages.

The definitive Guide for San Francisco Bay. In this updated and expanded second edition, this comprehensive cruising guide includes four more destinations outside the Bay: Pillar Point Harbor, Drakes Bay, Bodega Harbor, and Tomales Bay. For the more than 70 destinations covered, the authors give detailed instructions on how to get there safely, where to anchor or tie up, and what to do there.The Mehaffys have updated the information about the marinas and anchorages. Includes 30 harbor diagrams, over 200 photos. Indispensable for Bay boaters.

There is nothing placid about San Francisco Bay. Its raucous waters have hosted brutal storms, daring rescues, horrendous accidents, and countless hours of drama and tension. Captain Paul Lobo knows that better than most people. As a licensed harbor pilot in those treacherous waters, Lobo captained nearly 6,500 boats in a thirty-one year career—everything from mega-yachts to the USS Enterprise to the Love Boat. Each trip tells its own story, and Lobo shares many. Here readers will find gripping, tense adventure stories, all well told. Reading Crossing the Bar is like being on the rolling bridge with Lobo. Here are tragic deaths and lives saved, inspiring rescues, devastating storms, and the infamous and horrendous oil spill after the Cosco Busan rammed the Oakland Bay Bridge—which resulted in the first imprisonment of a maritime pilot for making an error. Readers will also find a December sea rescue Lobo assisted with in hurricane strength winds and monstrous seas. Without Lobo’s pilot boat and its crews’ supreme effort, the ship they saved would have foundered on the rocky Marin County, California, coastline with the loss of all hands. Skyhorse Publishing, as well as our Sports Publishing imprint, is proud to publish a broad range of books for readers interested in sports—books about baseball, pro football, college football, pro and college basketball, hockey, or soccer, we have a book about your sport or your team. In addition to books on popular team sports, we also publish books for a wide variety of athletes, including books on running, cycling, horseback riding, swimming, tennis, martial arts, golf, camping, hiking, aviation, boating, and so much more. While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller, we are committed to publishing books on subjects that are sometimes overlooked by other publishers and to authors whose work might not otherwise find a home.

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The BOATWATCHER'S GUIDE TO SAN FRANCISCO BAY is a complete guide to the classes & types of boats seen on the Bay--the recognizable differences between them clearly presented so that anyone can learn. Describing everything from hull design, engines, propellers, tonnage, & marking to the differences between a cutter & a catboat, this is a novice's handbook, the expert's bible & a good time for all. Profusely illustrated with vessel profiles, gear drawings, & photos of boats. Special features include shoreline & shipboard viewing spots, salty talk, & salty history. San Francisco Bay--the largest natural landlocked harbor in the world--is home to more than 100,000 pleasure boats & port-of-call for 10,000 commercial ships from all over the world, as well as the fishing boats, workboats, tugs, dining yachts & ferries which are the everyday traffic. And millions of commuters crossing the Bay's 8 bridges or riding ferries, tourists, boat owners & other incurable romantics cast dreamy eyes Bayward to watch & wonder. The authors, Jerry George & Mollie Rights, are veteran sailors & reporters.

Pictorial history of the boat lines crossing San Francisco Bay and the men who pioneered them since their establishment in the year 1850.

Curious about the San Francisco Bay Area? With explorations into unique local legends, interesting landmarks, and uncovered histories, Bay Curious is a fun, quirky guide to the secret stories of the Bay Area for visitors, newcomers, and California natives alike. Who was America's first and only Emperor? Why are there ships buried under the streets of San Francisco? Was the word "hella" really created in the East Bay? Bay Curious brings you the answers to these questions and much more through fun and fascinating illustrated deep-dives into hidden gems of Bay Area trivia, history, and culture. Based on the award-winning KQED podcast of the same name, Bay Curious brings a fresh eye to some of its most popular pieces and expands to cover stories unique to this book. With subjects ranging from Marin's redwood forests to the Winchester Mystery House, from the Black Panther Party's school program to the invention of the Mai Tai, Bay Curious gives you the entertaining and informative, weird and wonderful true stories of the San Francisco Bay Area. NOT YOUR AVERAGE GUIDEBOOK: Bay Curious takes a unique approach to exploring the Bay Area through its lesser known but just as fascinating stories, taking readers on a reportorial rather than literal tour. BEYOND THE PODCAST: With 49 entries—inspired by the famous 49-Mile Drive—Bay Curious includes a combination of updated popular episodes from the podcast and brand-new, never-before-heard stories researched for the book, plus fun illustrations and irresistible trivia sidebars. GIFT OR SELF-PURCHASE FOR SF ENTHUSIASTS: For anyone living in San Francisco or visiting with a goal of getting beyond the beaten tourist path, this volume holds a treasure trove of inspiration for an armchair adventure or self-guided tour. Perfect for: Bay Area locals and new arrivals A fun and unique San Francisco reference book for tourists and visitors Fans of the KQED podcast History buffs Anyone who enjoys unexpected, quirky true stories