We appreciate the helpful comments/suggestions. The bay holds a special place for us. As a teenager my folks kept a small
cabin cruiser at pier 39 and I spent a good bit of time running around with friends. Probably one of the early experiences that pushed me towards the academy.
The Golden Bear holds a lot of
history for us. My Freshman
cruise was on the "old bear" on her last sail before
layup. A little steam ship with style and class. My senior
cruise was on the
current Golden Bear. In 1999 as the Golden Bear was returning from its summer cruise I spent the night out at the pilots station with the pilots and climbed onboard with the pilot as the Bear was coming back into the bay. As we came under the golden gate I hit my knee on the bow and asked my wife to marry me. (Probably would have jumped over board had she turned me down!
)
I'm reasonably competent on rules of the road, vessel systems, maneuvering under
power, etc. Upon graduation I acted as a
captain on a 131' mission vessel, and as previously mentioned we have been doing
power chartering over the years. However, both our 200 ton masters, and unlimited 3rd mates licenses are no longer active.......as our business became successful, and
kids,
family, etc, we did not have the time to keep the licenses
current. They look nice on the wall, but that is about it!
Definitely planning on getting the
kids on the
water with us. Hopefully this weekend will start the process for them.
Cheers,
Scott
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