What I Saw On The Bay

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What I Saw On The Bay articles

  • What I Saw – by Jackie Philpott
    In this month’s column I write about two different types of sailing lunacy: Iceboat racing on hard water in Wisconsin and the Three Bridge Fiasco on soft water in the San Francisco Bay. Ladies...
  • What I Saw – by Jackie Philpott
    Spider On My Boat In 2021 a small spider came aboard my boat while I was sleeping, anchored off Heart’s Desire Beach, up in Tomales Bay. It settled in just under the aluminum trim...
  • What I Saw – by Jackie Philpott
    Spaulding Marine Center In early December I drove over to Spaulding Marine Center’s annual holiday party in Sausalito. It used to be called Spaulding Wooden Boat Center, but now it is a boat yard...
  • What I Saw – by Jackie Philpott
    Sausalito Boat Show I arrived at the boat show in Sausalito first thing in the morning. There were people at the entrance to Clipper Yacht Harbor directing traffic and there was a carnival atmosphere. Lots...
  • What I Saw – by Jackie Philpott
    Boats, Boats And More Boats In September I went with my husband to visit our son, Max, in England. Max is a major in the United States Air Force, posted at a small village...
  • What I Saw – by Jackie Philpott
    Stuck In The Mud In Tomales Bay Some people make lists. I take notes. Everywhere I go I take a little notebook. The good thing about note-taking is that it keeps me organized. The...
  • What I Saw – by Jackie Philpott
    Drakes Bay, Tomales Bay Do you feel like an adventure? Go out the Gate and turn right instead of left. At the end of your first day you’ll end up in Drakes Bay. There...
  • What I Saw – by Jackie Philpott
    Annual Wooden Boat Show On June 17 I sailed over to the Corinthian Yacht Club as an invited guest of Shelly Willard. Shelly was one of the many organizers of the 2023 Wooden Boat...
  • What I Saw – by Jackie Philpott
    At the end of May I was in Monterey. That is situated on a bay, too – The Monterey Bay, which makes it fair game for this column. Ten days from now I’ll be...
  • What I Saw – by Jackie Philpott
    Opening Day On The Bay 2023 Readers of this magazine know more than I do about this, but I’m pretty sure Bill Wells has covered Opening Day on the Bay for a long time....
  • What I Saw – by Jackie Philpott
    Angel Island Once the rains had subsided in the middle of April, I jumped on my boat and sailed over to Angel Island. It was a beautiful day with a clear blue sky, finally...
  • What I Saw – by Jackie Philpott
    NAOS Yachts Last year in this magazine I wrote about how my boat and I wriggled our way backward to anchor between two gorgeous Beneteau sailboats upriver in the Delta. It was in that...