Crossing the Bar: The Adventures of a San Francisco Bay Bar Pilot

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Crossing the Bar: The Adventures of a San Francisco Bay Bar Pilot

There is nothing placid about San Francisco Bay. Its raucous waters have hosted brutal storms, daring rescues, horrendous accidents, and countless hours of drama and tension. Captain Paul Lobo knows that better than most people. As a licensed harbor pilot in those treacherous waters, Lobo captained nearly 6,500 boats in a thirty-one year careerÂ—everything from mega-yachts to the USS Enterprise to the Love Boat. Each trip tells its own story, and Lobo shares many. Here readers will find gripping, tense adventure stories, all well told.

Reading Crossing the Bar is like being on the rolling bridge with Lobo. Here are tragic deaths and lives saved, inspiring rescues, devastating storms, and the infamous and horrendous oil spill after the Cosco Busan rammed the Oakland Bay BridgeÂ—which resulted in the first imprisonment of a maritime pilot for making an error.

Readers will also find a December sea rescue Lobo assisted with in hurricane strength winds and monstrous seas. Without Lobo's pilot boat and its crews' supreme effort, the ship they saved would have foundered on the rocky Marin County, California, coastline with the loss of all hands.

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Country USA
Brand Seahorse
Manufacturer Seahorse
Binding Hardcover
ItemPartNumber 25 color illustrations
ReleaseDate 2016-09-06
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781944824006

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Country	USA
Brand	Seahorse
Manufacturer	Seahorse
Binding	Hardcover
ItemPartNumber	25 color illustrations
ReleaseDate	2016-09-06
UnitCount	1
EANs	9781944824006