What I Saw

What I Saw – by Jackie Philpott

Sailing To The Ferry Building One of my favorite sailing destinations on the San Francisco Bay is to Public Pier 1½, located on the Embarcadero at the edge of the City’s Financial District. It’s...

What I Saw – by Jackie Philpott

The Lipton Cup I was invited to go along on a RIB (rigid inflatable boat) ride to watch the 2022 Lipton Cup regatta with Richmond Yacht Club members Kim and Anna Desenberg. The Lipton Cup...

What I Saw – by Jackie Philpott

Svendsen’s 2022 Spring Fling Remember the days when sailors kept their small keelboats on trailers behind Svendsen’s rigging shop? When you could walk up the ramp and over from your boat to buy what...

What I Saw – by Jackie Philpott

Berkeley Marine Center Nobody wants to give up their boat to the boat yard. But sometimes we don’t have a choice, do we? Sometimes it’s the only way we’ll get a more beautiful, well...

What I Saw – by Jackie Philpott

Mubadala United States Sail Grand Prix Here’s what I saw on Friday Mar. 25. The publisher sent me to St. Francis Yacht Club with a press pass. Me. With a press pass. I was...

What I Saw – by Jackie Philpott

On The Bay This started out as a simple story about a chaotic sailboat race around San Francisco Bay in the middle of winter. Then somehow, the story got away from me and became...

What I Saw – by Jackie Philpott

To be clear, this is only a guest column. A Bay and Delta Yachtsman columnist went missing. She is preparing for the Pacific Cup Yacht Race to Hawaii and ran out of time. My understanding...