From the dock
What is happening on the Bay.
News, notes and what is happening on San Francisco Bay, from the crew at Rendezvous Charters.
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Tides and currents on San Francisco Bay
The tide rises and falls, but it is the current that decides how a sailing day goes. Flood, ebb and slack, why the Golden Gate runs fastest, and how captains plan around it.
How to rent a boat for your event in San Francisco
Birthday, offsite or proposal: the six decisions that shape a private charter on San Francisco Bay, from headcount and boat to timing, catering and how far ahead to book.
How wind and weather work on San Francisco Bay
Why the Bay gets a dependable breeze when the coast has none, what a summer day looks like hour by hour, how the seasons change it, and when the calm morning is the better booking.
You will be offered the helm
Somewhere off Alcatraz the captain will ask if you want to drive. Here is what you will be handed, why it is different on every boat we own, and what we will actually ask you to do with it.
So you want to drive it yourself
ASA 101, 102, 103, 104, 105. The numbers do not run in the order you take them, and only some of them get you onto a boat. Here is the whole path, in sequence.
Underneath the Blue Angels
The airshow is flown over the Bay, which makes the shoreline the second-best seat in the city. An honest comparison, what to bring, and why you have to book it months out.