By Lauren Hannah at Citysearch July 26, 2010
I went on a boat tour this weekend with some friends that were in town. I had previously taken the Red & White Fleet's tour and enjoyed that one much better.\t\n\t\nFirst, the tour on the Blue and Gold Fleet was broadcast over a loudspeaker. The stories told were ok, but not super interesting or engaging. I wish I would have learned more about all the neighborhoods we were passing and the Easy Bay (like on the Red and White Fleet tour) instead of little tidbits from the lives of people who lived on Alcatraz. Some of the Alcatraz information was interesting, though.\t\n\t\nSecond, we drove around Alcatraz Island twice. I think this was somewhat unnecessary. If they were looking to stretch the tour another 20 mins they could have driven closer to the East bay. They also drove close to the Bay Bridge, but didn't talk about any of the history.\t\n\t\nI was pretty disappointed with this tour. ...read more
By raouls at Citysearch October 29, 2008
My friend and I thoroughly enjoyed ourselves riding the Blue & Gold Fleet. We took a ferry from San Francisco to Sausalito, stayed for a while, and back again later in the afternoon. The boat rocked a little bit when we were pretty far along, which made my friend a little queezy, but as soon as we got to Sausalito, it was pretty nice. We paid a fair price, I thought. ...read more
By moggy at Citysearch September 24, 2006
My girlfriend and I went on the Alcatraz cruise earlier this month. The ferry had insufficient seating areas for the amount of people on board (we had to sit on the floor) but that wasn't really too bad as the journey was just 15 minutes. The thing that got to us was the HORRIBLY unattentive and unfriendly member of staff serving snacks behind the bar. When we asked for a hot cholcolate he grunted and pointed to a tray on the counter saying, 'its there', well there was only one and we wanted one each and of course when we asked if we could have another he was VERY annoyed because he had to do a bit of work. Terrible service. The actual tour of the prison wasn't very well organised and there were FAR too many people in there and again more unfriendly staff, this time the man working in the gift shop. As a whole this trip was a great disappointment and at over sixteen pounds each for the trip it wasn't worth it. ...read more
Many experts agree that the water pump on an outboard motor should be changed annually. This shouldn't be a difficult task if you have some mechanical ability; only a few tools will be needed. The water pumps location should be between the upper engine housing and the gear case. ...read more
Many people who have a love for sailing dream of the day they can start a sailing business. This can be for charters or selling sailing equipment. A great way to begin a sailing business without much licensing requirement is to sail boat brokerage firm. A charter company is also a popular choice for a... ...read more