In the last two years I’ve been lured by Key West’s turquoise waters and opportunity to create sailing photographs with backgrounds other than the Golden Gate Bridge, Alcatraz and San Francisco city front.
San Francisco J/105 Fleet 1 lists 73 member boats, which makes it the largest and likely most active, one-design on the Bay. What’s the recipe for success? Much of it starts with an invention in 1991.
SY Escapade, “Queen of the Lakes,” is in peril. A classic wooden boat with quite the pedigree, over the years she has fallen on hard times. Like a fickle lover, her once caretaker has left her jilted.