Yachting

Liholiho Yacht Club Reservations Are Open Right Now, But Going Fast

Reservations are now available for three dates at the much-lauded Liholiho Yacht Club, the loosely Hawaiian food-themed pop-up thrown by chef Ravi Kapur at State Bird Provisions. I went a few months back and am still thinking about the five spice-braised pork belly and the deep-fried quail with hone ... More >>

Liholiho Yacht Club Popping Up at Naked Kitchen This Weekend

Good news for fans of pop-up chef Ravi Kapur: He is bringing his super-popular Liholiho Yacht Club to the Mission's Naked Kitchen this Friday and Saturday night (December 21-22, 7 p.m.), offering the usual menu of Hawaiian favorites with a twist, along with a few seasonal treats thrown in. The forma ... More >>

Liholiho Yacht Club Now With Island Cocktails

For this Monday's installment of Liholiho Yacht Club at Mission Bowling Club, chef Ravi Kapur has teamed up with barman (and fellow Hawaiian) Kevin Diedrich to use of his bartending talent to create cocktails with island flavor. For the more relaxed and ala carte service, Diedrich will be mixing up ... More >>

Body Washed Up at Bodega Bay Might Be Sailor From Farallon Islands Accident

Authorities say they might have recovered the body of one of the sailors who went missing after a boating accident near the Farallon Islands earlier this month.Tourists spotted the body at the base of the cliff at Bodega Head Tuesday evening, but helicopters couldn't see anything "due to the darkne ... More >>

America's Cup: Booze and Boating Unite!

Wine and yachts -- an American traditionWine and yachts go together like PBR and fixies. So you knew this was coming. The organizers of the forthcoming America's Cup and Napa Valley Vintners today announced that Napa will be the "Official Wine Region of the 34th America's Cup." Those toting in forei ... More >>

Larry Ellison Too Good for His Own Golden Gate Yacht Club

Not Larry Ellison's style​While the rich like to brag that they lunch at the yacht club, the really, really rich apparently boast that they never go near the place.Oracle CEO Larry Ellison, for one, avoids his own Golden Gate Yacht Club, despite the fact he and his employees spend hundreds of doll ... More >>

Santa Beats Yacht Club Robbery Rap

We knew you didn't exist ​Readers may recall an eye-catching story we had earlier about jolly old St. Nick himself knocking over the East Providence Yacht Club in Rhode Island. This, we postulated, was reason enough to award the America's Cup to San Francisco and not Newport. Kris Kringle may tell ... More >>

Santa Claus Robs Yacht Club

Be good for goodness sake...​With the yachtsmen of Rhode Island poised to steal the America's Cup from San Francisco, someone else is stealing from Rhode Island's yachtsmen -- Santa Claus. A gunman knocked over the bar at the East Providence Yacht Club yesterday. That gunman, incidentally, was des ... More >>

America's Cup: No 'Dramatic Swing' in Cost to City in New Report -- It'll Still Cost a Ton

Still sinking...​Last week, the city's budget analyst released an eye-catching report claiming that San Francisco would lose out on hundreds of millions of dollars should it see fit to host the America's Cup regatta on the terms currently before the city. The mayor's office dropped into a defensiv ... More >>

Can San Francisco Actually Make Money on America's Cup?

Is it too late to stop the boat? ​On Friday, the Bay Citizen revealed that San Francisco may be bidding against itself in its quest to host the America's Cup sailing spectacle. The city's budget analyst's office has not yet been able to verify whether or not any other cities have bothered to commi ... More >>

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