Moveable Fleet Boatwatcher's guide to San Francisco Bay by George & Rights Soft

by Gerald George and Mollie Right

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RailroadTreasures offers the following item: Moveable Fleet Boatwatcher's guide to San Francisco Bay by George & Rights Soft The Moveable Fleet by Gerald George and Mollie Rights The Moveable Fleet a Boatwatchers guide to San Francisco Bay Gerald George and Mollie Rights Soft Cover 128 pages Copyright 1979 Contents Acknowledgments6 Introduction7 Salty Talk10 Merchant Shipping13 Ports of the Bay15 Shipyards16 Shipping Schedule17 Hull Design18 Engines20 Propellers21 Tonnage and Displacement 22 Ship's Markings23 Liquid Cargo Carriers24 Supertankers25 General Purpose Cargo Ships 30 Container Ships32 Roll-on/Roll-off Ships34 Dry Cargo Carriers36 Hybrid Ships37 Specialized Carriers38 Passenger Ships40 Navy43 Tugs, Towboats, and Barges 49 Oceangoing Tugs53 Harbor Tugs55 Towboats59 Barges60 Workboats64 Of Pilots and Their Boats64 Cranes70 Research Vessels71 Coast Guard73 Passenger Vessels77 Ferries77 Charter Cruises79 Fishing Boats81 Salmon Trolling82 Albacore Trolling83 Long Lining85 Draggers86 Lampara Net88 Crab Boats90 Historical Ships92 Pleasure Boats101 Sailboats102 Motorsailers107 Power108 Where to Watch Boats111 San Francisco111 Oakland117 Alameda120 Marin County121 Richmond123 North Bay124 Index126 High in a tower of commerce in San Francisco's financial district a blue-suited man with graying temples listens as his subordinates review a pending merger. He hears but doesn't hear because his attention has been drawn out through the window to the sparkling blue Bay. At a waterf

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