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February 2012

About The Bay - February 2012
The frantic call came in at 06:30 on Saturday morning. “Did I wake you?” It was Mrs. Harper, my good neighbor who was in the process of bringing her boat, La Tortuga, home from Tower Park. The good folks at West Coast Canvas had replaced all of her tattered canvas in a little under four days and it was time for her to head back home. Read more.

Delta Rat Scrapbook - February 2012
Dave Olson and his family invited a few hundred of their close friends and classic yacht enthusiasts to the third annual luncheon and open house for the work in progress restoration of his beautiful yacht Acania. Read more.

CAPT’N KEVO’S - Rescue 21
The Coast Guard has implemented a major systems acquisition program titled Rescue 21 to address the limitations of the National Distress and Response System (NDRS), which is the current communications system. Read more.

Fishing The Waters - February 2012
Let’s be honest, this is a very slow time of year unless you’re a sturgeon angler praying for rain or a duck hunter just hoping. The big news so far is the lack of any sort of weather, especially when compared to last year at this time. The caveat may be a storm door is supposed to open toward the end of January. Read more.

Lessons Learned February 2012
We get quite a few calls to deliver yachts up and down the Pacific Coast and I’m in the enviable position to choose which boats I want to run. When we got the contract to move a 48-foot Riviera Hardtop Convertible from the San Juan Islands to San Francisco, I was all over it. I have heard good things about the seakeeping ability of the Rivera and for some time have wanted an opportunity to bring one down the coast. Read more.

Letters from You - February 2012
Just a short note to say I saw our paths crossed in Mina, Nevada, of all places. I make a yearly trek from Vacaville down to Laughlin, Nevada, each year for a retirees’ get together. Read more.