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San Francisco Bay Photos: Complete List by Caption
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'Bay Celebration' in the Estuary
'Sea Gal', a 47-foot Stephens Built in 1954
"Payload" Cabin Pod on Proteus Experimental Vessel
'Briar Rose' Chases 'Royaliste'
'Linmar' Cruising the San Francisco Shore
'Royaliste' Crossing the Golden Gate
'Royaliste' Cruises Past San Francisco Marina
'Yachtsea' About to be Capsized Under the Gate
A Beautiful Day at Richardson Bay
A Cloudy View of the Golden Gate
A Girl and Her Dog on a Classic Stephens
A House with a Beach on the Bay
A Schooner and a Sloop in the Master Mariner's Regatta
A Small Schooner in the Master Mariner's Race
A Sunny View of the Golden Gate
Alma in the Master Mariner's Regatta
Anchored-Out Houseboats in Sausalito
Andrea Cay at San Francis Yacht Club
Angel Island (Ayala and China Coves)
Apartments with Slips on the San Rafael Canal
Approaching Oakland Outer Harbor
Approaching the Berkeley Marina
Aquatic Park and Fisherman's Wharf
Arch on San Francisco Waterfront
Arques Shipyard and Clipper Yacht Harbor
Artist's Rendering of Future Downtown Waterfront
At the Helm of a Stephens Motoryacht
At the Helm of a Stephens Yacht
Bancroft's Guide Map of City and County of San Francisco
Barge with Pile Driving Templates
Bay Marine Boatworks and Channel Marina
Beach at Schoonmaker Point Marina
Beach at Schoonmaker Point Marina
Bear Boat Panda Chases Ketch Argo
Bearcat Towing Pampanito Under the Bay Bridge
Beating to Windward in the Master Mariner's Regatta
Beautiful Cockpit of Gaff-Rigged Sloop Polaris
Beautiful Dog on a San Rafael Houseboat
Beautiful Junk in the Shed at Nelson's
Belvedere and Tiburon from Angel Island
Berth in a Classic Stephens Yacht
Big Crowd at the Napa Valley Yacht Club's Guest Dock
Bird's Eye View of San Francisco
Birds-Eye View of San Francisco
Blue Angels during Fleet Week 2005
Blue Angels Over San Francisco
Blue Angels Over San Francisco
Blunderbuss at the Helm of Royaliste
Bowsprit on R. Tucker Thompson
British Marine Boatyard, Embarcadero Cove
C.A. Thayer, Balclutha, and Eureka at Hyde Street Pier
Cabin of a Classic Stephens Motoryacht
Canadian Air Force Snowbirds at Fleet Week
Canal-Front Homes in San Rafael
Carrier in the Bay for Fleet Week
Caspian Tern and Sea Gull in Sausalito
Central Lagoon at Waldo Point Houseboats
Channel Into Loch Lomond Marina
Cielito, a 1930 Stephens Trunk Cabin Cruiser
Classic Fishing Boats at San Francisco's Fisherman's Wharf
Classic Sailboat and Modern Warships
Classic Yacht Association Parade
Classic Yacht Compadre in a Covered Slip at Napa Valley Marina
Classic Yacht in a Covered Slip at Napa Valley Marina
Clearing Storm Over San Francisco
Clipper Yacht Harbor Fuel Dock
Coast Guard Cutter 'Boutwell' in Drydock
Coast Guard on Homeland Security Detail
Coast Guard Radar on Yerba Buena Island
Coast Guard Station San Francisco
Coast Guard Team Boarding Boats in the Oakland Estuary
Commodore Yacht's Galaxy at Mariner Square
Containership 'Trade Rainbow' Heads Out to Sea
Coquette on a Sausalito Yacht Club Mooring
Corinthian Yacht Club and Tiburon
Corinthian Yacht Club Dressed Up for Opening Day
Cormorants on a Tiny Island at Ballena Bay, Alameda
Covered Slips at Napa Valley Marina
Creative Houseboat Construction
Crew Boat Supporting Bridge Work
Crossing the Gate in the Master Mariner's Race
CruiseWest's 217-foot 'Spirit of Endeavor'
Cruising Under the Mare Island Causeway Lift Bridge
Cuauhtemoc and Pallada at San Francisco's Pier 40/42
Cuauhtemoc Enters San Francisco Bay
Cutting's Wharf Road Launch Ramp
D'Anna Yachts at Portobello Marina
Dangerous Stretch of Napa River
Dangers Become Visible as Tide Drops
December Sunset at the Golden Gate
December Sunset Over San Francisco
Decorated Boat in Opening Day Parade
Decorated Sailboat in Opening Day Parade
Decorated Sailboat in Opening Day Parade
Decorated Trawler in Opening Day Parade
Decorated Trawler in Opening Day Parade
Dredging the Bay with a Clamshell Dredge
Early Map of San Francisco Peninsula
East Brother Island, Where the Lighthouse is Now a Bed and Breakfast Inn
East Ocean Hong Kong Restaurant
East Side of Portsmouth Square
Ebb Tide, South Beach, San Francisco
Egret at the Edge of the Bay in Larkspur
Elephant Rock and the Fishing Pier Built Around It
Elephant statue in Sausalito park, from Panama Pacific Expo
Emeryville and Emery Cove Marinas
Emeryville Marina and Emery Cove Marina
End of the Breakwater at Richmond
Entering the Narrow Part of the Napa River
Entrance to San Francisco Harbor
Escape Boat on Chemical Tanker Ship
Europa heads up into 30-knot breezes
Europa with a bone in her teeth
Exhibit Palaces at Panama Pacific Exposition
Expansive Waterfront Home on Belvedere
Final Sunlight on Richmond Hills
Financial District from the East
Fisherman's Wharf Lighting Up at Sunset
Fishing Boat Passing Point Bonita
Fishing Boats in the Yard at Napa Valley Marina
Fishing Shanty on the Napa River
Fishing Trawler "Johnny L" Outside the Golden Gate
Fleet at Emeryville Sportfishing
Flooded Russ Island West of the Lower Napa River
Floodwall Construction in Downtown Napa
Floodwall Construction in Downtown Napa
Floodwall Construction in Downtown Napa
Fog Creeps Over the Marin Headlands
Fog Hanging Above San Francisco
Font's Map of the Entrance to San Francisco Bay
Forepeak Berth in Classic Stephens Motoryacht
Forepeak Cabin of a Stephens Motoryacht
Four Post-War Stephens Cruisers
Freedom and Confinement: Kayakers and San Quentin
Fritz Liepertz at the Helm of Triple Crown
Fuel Dock at Clipper Yacht Harbor
Fuel Dock at Clipper Yacht Harbor
Fuel Dock at Jack London Square
Fuel Dock at Napa Valley Marina
Furling the Headsails on Pallada
Furling the Sails on Lady Washington
Furling the Sails on Lady Washington
Furling the Sails on Lady Washington
Gas Dock at Napa Valley Marina
Gas Light Emerging From the Fog
Gas Light Passing the Bay Bridge
Gaslight Cruising Past Angel Island
Golden Sunset at the Golden Gate
Grand Street Boat Ramp, Alameda
Great Blue Heron Cruising the Napa River
Great Blue Heron Rests on Containment Boom
Great Blue Heron Taking Flight
Great Waterfront Homes on West Side of Belvedere
Greg Sabourin at Work on Board Killara
Guest Dock and Ways at Napa Valley Marina
Guest Dock at Jack London Square
Guest Dock at Napa Valley Marina
Guest Docks at the Seafood Peddler
Harbor Porpoise Near the Cliff House
Harbor Porpoises Outside the Golden Gate
Harbor Seals at Clipper Yacht Harbor
Hawaiian Chieftain and a Containership Share the Bay
Hawaiian Chieftain Drifting Outside the Gate
Hawaiian Chieftain in the Master Mariner's Race
Hawaiian Chieftain in the Master Mariner's Race
Hawaiian Chieftain Races Under the Bay Bridge
Hawaiian Chieftain Sails Down the Estuary
Hawaiian Chieftan Cruises By the Container Cranes
Heading Up the Lower Napa River
Heavily Armed Small Patrol Boats
Helicopter Under the Golden Gate
Hi-Tide Marina Dry Stack Boat Storage
Hinckley Picnic Boat at Angel Island
Homeland Security Patrol Boats
Homes Perched on a Rock in Belvedere
Honolulu Steamer 'Ajax' at Greenwich Street Wharf, San Francisco
Hornet Museum and Nelson's Marine
Houseboat and Covered Slips in San Rafael
Houseboat on the Oakland Estuary (at Embarcadero Cove)
Hyde St. Pier and Fisherman's Wharf
Immigration Station, Angel Island
In the Yard at Napa Valley Marina
Inside a Newer Stephens Motoryacht
Inside a Trunk-Cabin Stephens Motoryacht from the 1930s
Irish Setter Enjoying a Sail on Her Islander 36
Jack London Square from the South-East
Kaiulani in Richardson Bay (Angel Island in Background)
Kestrel II Hauled Out at Napa Valley Marina
Kestrel II in the Travelift at Nelson's Marine
Ketch at Waterfront Home at River Park Estates
Killara, a 34-foot, 1929 Stephens
Kincaid's Restaurant East of Jack London Square
La Sirena, with Brigadoon in the background
Lady Washington and Hawaiian Chieftain
Lady Washington and Hawaiian Chieftain
Lady Washington and Hawaiian Chieftain at Jack London Square
Lady Washington and Hawaiian Chieftain at Jack London Square
Lady Washington and Hawaiian Chieftain at Jack London Square
Lady Washington Sailing Alongside a Modern Sloop
Larkspur Ferry Dock and Greenbrae Boardwalk
Larkspur Ferry Passes San Quentin
Larry Ellison's Ronin in Sausalito
Launch Ramp at Clipper Yacht Harbor
Launch Ramp at Clipper Yacht Harbor
Launch Ramp at Cutting's Wharf Road
Launch Ramp at Kennedy Park, Napa
Launch Ramps at Cuttings Wharf Road, and Moore's Landing Restaurant
Linmar and Pallada in San Francisco Bay
Looking North from Pt. Bonita Lighthouse
Looking West Down the San Rafael Canal
Lovely Yawl in the Sausalito Anchorage
Low Tide at WaterLilly in Yellow Ferry Harbor
Lynx (left of center) and Yankee
Main Cabin of a Stephens Motoryacht
Main Cabin on a Newer Stephens
Map of San Francisco at End of the Gold Rush
Mare Island Causeway Lift Bridge, with Highway 37 Bridge Behind
Mariana, a 47-foot Stephens Express Cruiser built in 1950
Marina Village and Oakland Yacht Club
Mariner Square Dry Stack Marina
Mark Cattell of Marotta Yachts
Master Mariner's Boats Along the Cityfront
Master Mariner's Fleet Crosses the Gate
Master Mariners Wooden Boat Show
Megayacht at Pier 38 Guest Dock
Megayachts at Schoonmaker Point Marina
Mexico's Tall Ship Cuauhtemoc
Miss 102, a 60-foot Stephens Express
Mission Street Wharf, San Francisco
Monterey Fishing Boats at Fisherman's Wharf
Moore's Landing Restaurant and Cutting's Wharf Ramp
Morgenthau Heading to Sea from San Francisco.
Motoryacht 'Alchemy V' in Sausalito
Napa River Flood Project Work on Right Bank
Napa River Waterfront Home on Milton Road
Napa River Waterfront Home with Catamaran Today!
Napa River Waterfront Home, with Boat Morning Star
Navy Security Boat During Fleet Week
North Basin Marina in the Oakland Estuary
Officers, Cadets, and Soliders on Cuauhtemoc
Old Buildings at Hunter's Point
Old Cranes at the Mare Island Naval Station
Old Cruiser Anchored Out in Richardson Bay
One Dangerous Section of Napa River
Opening Day at the Sausalito Yacht Club
Our Choice for Sausalito's Most Aptly Named Boat
Oystercatchers on West Brother Island
Pallada Appears through the Mists
Pallada Sailing Under the Bay Bridge
Pallada, Guards, and Onlookers
Pampanito Being Towed Past Coit Tower
Pampanito Catching a Line for Her Tow to Drydock
Pampanito Cruises Past the Ferry Building
Pampanito Leaving San Francisco
Pan-Pacific Exposition and Yacht Harbor
Panama-Pacific Exposition Site Before Construction
Paradise Found visiting Sausalito
Park Street Bridge over Oakland Estuary
Parker Diving Service's Vessel
Part of the fleet welcoming the Queen Mary 2
Part of the Spectator Fleet Following QM2 Into the Bay
Passengers on the Queen Mary 2
Pasta Pelican Restaurant at Mariner Square in Alameda
Pelican and Sausalito Marine Harbors
Phoenix Fireboat Leads Cuauhtemoc Past Fort Mason
Photograph of San Francisco in Ruins from Lawrence Captive Airship
Pier No. 11: The Mendocino Lumber Yard, San Francisco
Pilothouse Ketch Anchored in Richardson Bay
Point San Quentin and Larkspur
Police Boat Guarding Queen Mary 2's Stern
Prison Brig Euphemia and Store Ship Apollo
Private Hazard Marker in the Lower Napa River
Protector 28 Sport Utility Boat
Queen Mary 2 Off San Francisco at Sunset
Queen Mary 2 Official Waits on the Boarding Platform
Queen Mary 2 Welcomed into San Francisco Bay
Queen Mary 2's Shapely Bow
Quinn's Lighthouse and Embarcadero Cove Marina
Quinn's Lighthouse Restaurant, Embarcadero Cove (and a beautiful old cruiser)
Racing Downwind Along the Cityfront
Ready Reserve Fleet Ships in Alameda
Ready Reserve Fleet Ships in San Francisco
Ready-Reserve Ship in San Francisco
Remaining Navy Ships at Former Mare Island Naval Station
Richardson Bay and Mt. Tamalpais
Rocks with Private Hazard Marker
Rowing Past Clipper Yacht Harbor
Rowing Past Sausalito Yacht Harbor
Royaliste in the Master Mariner's Regatta
Royaliste, Talofa, and R. Tucker Thompson in San Francisco
Running Wing-and-Wing in the Master Mariner's Regatta
Russian-Built 'Ellips' Passes Alcatraz
S.F. Yacht Club and the Belvedere Lagoon
Sailboat Entering the Golden Gate
Sailboat Gathering at Brickyard Cove
Sailboat Race Along the Cityfront
Sailboats at Greenbrae Boardwalk Homes
Sailboats on Stands at Napa Valley Marina
Sailboats Racing in Racoon Strait
Sailboats Racing in Racoon Strait
Sailing Under a Beautiful Cloud
San Francisco and Angel Island
San Francisco and the Tiburon Peninsula
San Francisco Bay Entrance Chart
San Francisco Bay, from Corner of Broadway and Montgomery Streets
San Francisco Before Settlement
San Francisco Before the Gold Rush
San Francisco Before the Gold Rush
San Francisco Boat Works and The Ramp Restaurant
San Francisco Financial District
San Francisco from Captive Air Ship over San Francisco Bay
San Francisco from Rincon Hill
San Francisco from the Headlands
San Francisco Marina (West Basin)
San Francisco Through the Gate
San Francisco Viewed Through the Gate
San Francisco's Fireboat Welcomes the Queen Mary 2
San Fransico Yacht Harbor Construction
San Rafael Yacht Harbor Office
Sausalito and Pelican Yacht Harbors
Sausalito Ramp and Marine Harbor
Schooner 'Brigadoon' Charging Across the Bay
Schooner 'Brigadoon' Leads 'Yankee' at the Finish Line
Schooner Chantal at Anchor in Richardson Bay as the Fog Streams In the Gate
Schooner in Master Mariner's Race
Schooner in Richardson Bay Anchorage
Schooner in the Master Mariner's Regatta
Schooner in the Master Mariner's Regatta
Schooners in the Master Mariner's Regatta
Schoonmaker Point Marina and Dunphy Park
Scott's Seafood at Jack London Square
Sea Bird, Kathleen, and Elizabeth Muir (left to right)
Sea Gulls on the Sausalito Waterfont
Sea Rays at MarineMax on the Oakland Estuary
Seals Resting Behind Treasure Island
Second Ramp at Cuting's Wharf Road
Sections for the New Bay Bridge Fabricated in Stockton
Ships in the General Anchorage
Shorebirds Unfazed by Massive Napa River Flood Project
Site of Panama-Pacific Exposition Before Construction
Sloop in Master Mariner's Race
Sloop Running Downwind in the Master Mariner's Regatta
Smaller Schooners in the Master Mariner's Regatta
Solano, a High-Speed Ferry Leaving Vallejo
South Beach Harbor and SBC Park
South Beach, from Steamboat Point
South End of Schoonmaker Point Marina
Spectator Sailboats Suround the Queen Mary 2
Spike Aboard His Boat, Coquette
Spinnakers Along the Cityfront
Stephanie, a 1954 Stephens Express
Stephens Rendezvous in Petaluma
Stephens Rendezvous in Petaluma
Stephens Rendezvous in Petaluma
Stephens Rendezvous in Petaluma
Stephens Rendezvous in Petaluma
Stephens Rendezvous in Petaluma
Stephens Rendezvous in Petaluma
Stephens Rendezvous in Petaluma
Stephens Rendezvous in Petaluma
Stephens Rendezvous in Petaluma
Stephens Rendezvous in Petaluma
Stephens Rendezvous in Petaluma
Sunken in the Sausalito Anchorage
Sunlight on the Sails of a Classic Schooner
Sunseeker Motoryacht on the Hard
Suspended Construction in Belvedere
Svendsen's Boatyard and the Island Yacht Club
Tanker Sporades and Barge Pebble Beach
Taurus at Pampanito's Stern
The Beach at Schoonmaker Marina
The Blue Angels streaking over San Francisco
The Brothers and Point San Pablo
The California Maritime Academy's Ship Golden Bear
The City as Seen From the Central Bay
The Cliff House and Ocean Beach
The End of the San Rafael Canal
The Ferry Building, San Francisco
The good life in Belvedere Cove
The Great White Fleet Entering San Francisco Bay
The Late Johnny Carson's 130-foot 'Serengeti'
The Lightship Relief and FDR's Former Yacht Potomoc
The Napa Valley Sea Scout Troop's 90-foot Chaser
The Phalanx Radar-Guided Machine Gun on the Munro's Stern
The Queen Mary 2 Approaches the Golden Gate
The Queen Mary 2 Clears the Golden Gate
The Queen Mary 2 Enters San Francisco Bay
The Queen Mary 2 Offshore Near San Francisco
The Queen Mary 2 Slips Through the Golden Gate
The Ramp Restaurant and SF Boat Works
The San Carlos Entering the Bay of San Francisco
The Third Street Bridge Marks the Effective End of the Navigable River
The Tiburon Side of Belvedere Cove
The U.S Coast Guard's Eagle and a visiting Tall Ship
The USCG 47-foot Motor Life Boat
Three Stephens Cruisers from around 1930: Cielito, Bounty, and Killara
Tourists and Sea Lions at Pier 39
Treasure Island and Clipper Cove
Treasure Island and the Bay Bridge
Tug and Cranes at Former Mare Island Shipyard
Tug Bearcat Tows Pampanito Along the Cityfront
Tugs Guide Pampanito Toward Drydock
Tugs Pushing Pampanito into Drydock
Twilight Cloud Show at the San Rafael Bridge
Twin Cutters at Coast Guard Island
Two Blue Angels over San Francisco
U.S. Coast Guard 41-foot Utility Boat
U.S. Marine Hospital and Goat (Yerba Buena) Island
U.S.S. Boxer Amphibious Assault Ship
U.S.S. Hornet Museum, a World War II Aircraft Carrier
Unusual Cloud Show Over the Richardson Bay Anchorage
USA 71 and USA 76, BMW Oracle Racing's 24-meter America's Cup Yachts
Vallejo Street and the Bay from Sansome Street
Vallejo Street Wharf, San Francisco
Vancouver's Map of the Entrance to San Francisco Bay
View East from Russia Hill to Yerba Buena Island
View from Clay Street, Opposite Portsmouth Square
View from Steamboat Point, San Francisco
View from the Head of California Street
View North from Russian Hill to Alcatraz and Angel Island
View North-East from Russian Hill
View of the Shipping from Telegraph Hill, San Francisco
View on Stewart Street Wharf, San Francisco
View to the West from Russian Hill toward the Golden Gate
Visiting motoryachts at the Sausalito Cruising Club
Waldo Point and Adjacent Houseboat Marinas
Walkway to Pt. Bonita Lighthouse
Warship Docked in San Francisco for Fleet Week
Waterfront Estate near Tiburon
Waterfront Home on Napa River with Electric Launch 'Allegria'
Waterfront Home on San Rafael Canal
Waterfront Homes Along the San Rafael Canal
Waterfront Homes at River Park Estates
Waterfront Homes at River Park Estates
Waterfront Homes at the South End of Vallejo
Waterfront Homes in Southern Vallejo
Waterfront Living in the Forest
White Lightning (West Coast Seaworks)
Winch for Marine Railway at Napa Valley Marina
World War II Boat Converted to Yacht
Wyliecat Sailboat Cruising Downwind
Yacht Harbor at Panama Pacific Exposition
Yerba Buena (now San Francisco) in the Spring of 1837
