  Memorials at Sea and Ash Scattering in San Francisco Bay |
 
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The Blue Runner offers small group bay charters aboard a beautiful 43' US Coast Guard certified vessel for all occasions on the San Francisco Bay including Bay Tours, Cocktail Cruises, Corporate Events, Family Occasions, Fireworks, Fleet Week, Parties on the Bay, Memorial Services, Sportfishing Expeditions and custom event charters. Blue Runner specializes in corporate events, weddings, anniversaries, birthdays and special occasions. Photo opportunities abound while touring the scenic San Francisco Bay. Cruise departs from Sausalito where there is abundant parking available. San Francisco waterfront pick up and delivery of your group is also available. Some attractions our Bay tour might include: Sausalito and its eclectic houseboat community Golden Gate Park: The 1,000-acre park's trove of attractions includes Stybing Arboretum and Botanical Gardens, a "living library" where 6,000 plant species, including a stunning display of California redwoods, flourish; the Japanese Tea Garden; a children's playground; the Asian Art Museum; MH de Young Memorial Museum; and the California Academy of Sciences, with its aquarium, Morrison Planetarium and laserium. Tennis courts, stables, baseball diamonds, polo grounds, croquet and lawn-bowling greens, an archery field, a golf course and a fly-fishing pool draw the sporting crowd year-round. Point Bonita: This lighthouse today sits on a tiny island connected by the suspension bridge shown in the picture. The suspension bridge is from the 1940s when a landslide destroyed the natural land bridge turning it into an island. The current tower sits on a perch about 120 feet above sea level, construction of this tower included blasting a tunnel through 100 feet of rock. Alcatraz: Phased out as a federal penitentiary in 1963, Alcatraz is now a unit of the Golden Gate National Recreation Area. Once home to America's most hardened criminals, the island reopened to the general public in 1973. On-island activities include self-guided trail walks, audio-cassette tours narrated by former inmates and guards through the main cell block and ranger-led tours of the island. Fisherman's Wharf : The wharf abounds with shops and restaurants; waterfront marketplaces include The Anchorage, The Cannery, Ghirardelli Square and Pier 39. Still a working wharf, "Fish Alley" sells thousands of tons of sole, shrimp, salmon, sea bass, squid and other deep-sea delicacies. A fleet of historic ships berth at Hyde Street Pier, near the Maritime National Historical Park and Museum. Pier 39: California's second-most popular attraction is Pier 39, with its sunning sea lions, more than 100 one-of-a-kind stores, restaurants and fun-filled attractions, including the new Underwater World aquarium. Pier 39 is also home to a 350-berth marina, a waterfront park and the Blue & Gold Fleet. A two-tiered carousel and performances by street entertainers add to the fun. South Beach
Harbor - home of the San Francisco - Oakland Bay Bridge: The San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge was opened to vehicular traffic on November 12, 1936 and was built for a total cost of $77.6 million. Tolls paid off the government loan within twenty years. Upon its completion, the Bay Bridge was recognized as the greatest bridge in the world for its length, cost, weight, depth, amount of steel and concrete used, number of piers, and versatility of engineering Yerbas Buena Gardens: Along with its manicured lawns, sculptures, performance spaces and museums, Yerba Buena Gardens hosts the $56 million Rooftop, an area devoted to San Francisco's youth, which includes a 130,000-square-foot children's garden, child-development center, bowling alley, ice-skating rink and Zeum, an art and technology center for kids. Completing the Rooftop is the 93-year-old, hand-carved Charles Looff carousel originally from San Francisco's Playland at the Beach. Treasure Island: Treasure Island is manmade, built on the shoals of neighboring Yerba Buena island. A WPA project of the 1930s, it was built to be the first airport for San Francisco, after its use as a site for the city's third World's Fair. Built of mud dredged from the Bay and dragged down from the Sacramento Delta, it was romantically named for the gold its soil might contain. With the involvement of America in the Second World War, it proved an excellent location for the movement of people and machines headed for the Pacific Theater. Aviation changed dramatically during the War, with overland flight gaining the technological edge over water crossing planes like the Clippers. In 1941, the Navy traded Treasure Island for land in South San Francisco named Mills Field; the city would later build San Francisco International Airport on the larger site. Angel Island:
Angel Island is located one mile from the Tiburon Peninsula. The park
covers 740 acres and is 781 feet high at the top of Mt. Livermore. It
provides spectacular views of Marin County, San Francisco, and the Golden
Gate, as well as more distant views of the entire Bay Area. For over
six thousand years, it was used by Miwok Indians as a fishing and hunting
site. For almost 100 years - stretching from the Civil War to the Cold
War - the island housed a variety of military installations. It also
played a major role in the settlement of the West, serving both as a
Public Health Service Quarantine Station, and an Immigration Station.
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