Boating season on SF Bay opens with a bang - April, 2018 ………………………………………………………………………………………. San Francisco’s boating season officially began Sunday with the annual yacht parade, including the flag covered Freda B. The 101st Opening Day on the Bay parade followed a faux gunbattle with two replica ships facing off to the sound of cannons. Read more...
Elopement a la Cote d’Azur – a Styled Photoshoot - March, 2018 ………………………………………………………………………………………. For their wedding ceremony, our couple had chosen a historic schooner, the “Freda B", moored at walking distance from the Casa Madrona in the Sausalito yacht harbor. The bride changed into dress no. 2 for this adventure – simpler but on the boat it would be accompanied by a dramatic veil catching the breeze … Read more...
Heading West - January, 2018 ………………………………………………………………………………………. No image is more emblematic of San Francisco than the Golden Gate Bridge, more than two kilometers of orange steel that you can walk across, taking in the view of the city at the entrance of the bay. On the other side is a nature reserve and the laid-back town of Sausalito, home to artists, hippies and people who can afford to own a boat to enjoy in their spare time. Read more...
Festival of Sail coming back to the Oregon coast - May, 2017 ………………………………………………………………………………………. At least five historic tall ships will sail to the Oregon coast this June, staging battles and offering tours as they anchor themselves in Coos Bay - sharing the water with a giant rubber duck. Read more...
Sausalito by Land and Sea - May, 2017 ……………………………………………………………………………………… The Sausalito day trip can be a blustery bike ride over the Golden Gate Bridge rewarded with an affogato at Cibo or a ferry ride that drops you near Poggio Trattorio, where you can sip a negroni and watch sail masts sway in the wind. At first glance, it seems like a tourist-driven bedroom community, but Sausalito’s true DNA is in boatbuilding, and it attracts salty residents who share a fierce love of boats and the sea. Read more...
Sustainable Seafood is Easy with Real Good Fish - May, 2016 ………………………………………………………………………………………. When Sir Francis Drake first laid his eyes upon the San Francisco Bay, he was rumored to have remarked that it was so clear, he could see straight down to the bottom. The opacity of our beloved body of water may have changed since then, but believe it or not, the life inside of it has continued to flourish. Read more...
The Best Thing To Do In the Bay - Oct, 2015 ……………………………………………………………………………………….... It was the perfect day out on the bay as we took the Sunday morning Eco Sail under the Golden Gate Bridge and up along the Marin Headlands. We saw seals and harbor bay porpoises swimming along the ship. An up close and personal view of the Golden Gate Bridge. Read more...
Five Years On, the Schooner Freda B is Cruisin’ - May, 2015 ………………………………………………………………………………………. Freda Marie Been was born in Arkansas in 1922, moved to Northern California as a girl and later relocated to San Rafael raising five kids in its Gerstle Park neighborhood and teaching at St. Rose Academy for girls in San Francisco. Read more...
A Schooner Sail to California's Galapagos - June, 2015 ………………………………………………………………………………………. We’ve got nothing against celebrating Mother’s Day by sipping mimosas, brunching on eggs Benedict, and enjoying quiet conversation with the moms in our life. But when we heard about the charter schooner Freda B’s first annual Mother’s Day cruise to the South Farallon Islands, Read more...
This is Where you Need to Celebrate National Lobster Day - June, 2015 ………………………………………………………………………………………. What better way to celebrate Lobster Day than by spending it sailing on the Freda B and digging into a lobster boil? The California spiny lobster is found along the entire length of the state, from Monterey in Northern CA down to the Gulf of Tehuantepec in Mexico. But much of Read more...
Opening Day on the Bay - May, 2014 ………………………………………………………………………………………. One of the world’s most exclusive maritime destinations is located on the west coast in Sausalito, California. An historic and wealthy closed society celebrates their post World War II shipbuilding city’s boating season out on the harbor in what’s called “Opening Day on the Bay.” Read more...
5 Ways to Celebrate Opening Day on the Bay - April 2014 .................................................................................................... This Sunday marks Opening Day on the Bay, an annual celebration of the maritime community and the official opening day of the Northern California boating season. But don't worry, if you don't own your own boat and have no sailor friends, we've rounded up the best ways to still celebrate in style. Read more...
Great San Francisco Schooner Race - September, 2010 ………………………………………………………………………………………. Whenever ol’ salts get together, they waste no time launching into highly animated storytelling. That was certainly true in the aftermath of last Saturday’s Great San Read more...
SF Bay Adventures brings Freda B from Mexico - August, 2010 ………………………………………………………………………………………. SF Bay Adventures, the local boating, event and adventure resource for the San Francisco Bay, has a new addition to its fleet, the Freda B. On June 28, Freda B and her crew, headed by Capt. Paul Dines, sailed into the San Francisco Read more...
