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Local Brews Pouring at Emeryville Day on the Bay Where the Shortest Tri Ends

In its second year, Emeryville Day on the Bay, a community celebration of Emeryville’s marina district and its history, expands to include The City of Emeryville’s 10th Annual Shortest Triathlon Ever,  great food from Public Market Emeryville and more. (Public transportation tips below)

The Periodic Table is hosting the Beer Garden. “Shiba Ramen and The Periodic Table are thrilled to participate in this year’s Day on the Bay,” says Jake Freed of the husband/wife owner team.  “It’s a terrific chance for us, as well as the other Public Market Emeryville vendors, to get out in the community and let everyone know about the dining and drinking hub we’re creating at the Market.  Shiba Ramen will be serving its most popular item, Spicy Ramen, and The Periodic Table will be selling local craft beer, with all proceeds going toward the Blue Water Foundation.”   Beer is donated by local brewers Altamont Beer Works, Gilman Brewing Co., Novel Brewing Co. and Triple Voodoo Brewing.

Here’s the lineup:

  • Emeryville Public Market Restaurants
  • Peet’s Coffee

    Koja Kitchen will be serving up their great Korean fusion fare!

  • Beer Garden
  • Fishing Boat Tours and Rides
  • Ferry Rides
  • Barbary Ghost Paddle Tour
  • Stand Up Paddle Lessons with 510 Waterline
  • Live Music  by Ivy Hill Entertainment
  • Emeryville Artists a’ Painting
  • Tours of Emery Cove Yacht Harbor and Emeryville Marina
  • Jump House, Fishing, Face-painting, Passport & other activities for kids
  • Fire Dept. rescue boat & fire engine
  • Here’s the Day’s Schedule:
  • Race Registration: 7:30am
  • Race Starting Time: 9am
  • Welcome by mayor John Bauters & Awards: 10am
  • Emeryville Day on the Bay Party: 10am – 2pm

Emeryville’s Shortest Triathlon Ever (#shortesttriever)  starts down in the Emeryville Marina for a 100 yd. swim in the San Francisco Bay, 3.5 mi bike ride around the marina  and a 2 mi run that ends at the Marina. Athettes are invited to celebrate Fish Emeryville’s fishing fleet, watersports and the Emeryville water life style during the Emeryville Day on the Bay party. More info. at On Your Mark Events.

The Shortest Triathlon Ever is so short, anyone can do it!

  • You can register for the Shortest tri the morning of the event. Registration opens at 7:30am.
  • The Watergate Home Owners Association will be manning the water stand on the Bay side of Powel by the Police Station.
  • Fish Emeryville will sponsor one free beer for each adult athlete at the after party

This is a free family event. According to Kate Pearson, West Coast vice president at Safe Harbor Marinas, operator of Emeryville Marina, “Everyone is invited to join in the festivities and discover the Marina District’s many thriving businesses and attractions. It promises to be a very fun day for the East Bay.”

More details coming your way soon. Stay tuned! And Save the date – Sat. March 24.

Did you Know?

Did you know Emeryville, that shortest city ever of 1.2 sq mi, has two marinas with 850 boat slips and a fleet of 6 recreational sportfishing boats.

Did you know Fish Emeryville has special shorter day trips set aside for families to go out on the Bay and explore the City, Alcatraz and Angel Island from the water while fishing?

Did you know you can walk, bike and run all along Emeryville’s beautiful shoreline?

Sponsors:

  • City of Emeryville
  • Emery Cove Yacht Harbor
  • Emeryville Marina, a Safe Harbor Marina
  • Emeryville Yacht Club
  • Emeryville on the Bay
  • Emeryville Public Market & Restaurants
  • Fish Emeryville
  • Prop SF

PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION TO EMERYVILLE MARINA:

 Limited parking is available at the marina and will be free for Day on the Bay on March 24th, 2018.Public Transportation is highly recommended!

Take AC Transit, BART to MacArthur Station, or take Amtrak to Emeryville Station, then hop on the free Emery Go Round shuttle for service right to the marina! The Emery Go Round’s Shellmound/Powell line makes multiple stops at convenient locations throughout the city, including:

  • MacArthur BART – STOP #1. Special event service will feature three additional shuttles departing from MacArthur Station at 6:30 am, 7am and 7:30 am in addition to regular service beginning at 8:20 am.
  • Amtrak – STOP #25

Emeryville Marina on left and partial capture of Emery Cove Yacht Harbor on the right. The Shortest Triathlon Ever will begin with a 100 yd. swim in the SF Bay just off the tip of the Emeryville Marina Park.

Where to Have Brunch in Emeryville this Weekend & Next!

Honor Kitchen & Cocktails offers Brunch on Saturday and Sunday from 10am – 2:30pm. The great thing is that when you sit down, they immediately place a carafe of fresh orange juice on your table along with sparkling wine so that you can create a mimosa exactly to your taste! They are also known for their spicy Bloody Marys, made with one of three peppered house infused vodkas or a savory bacon washed vodka.

You can begin a leisurely brunch with fresh Oysters on the Half Shell accompanied by an apple, cucumber, jalapeno mignonette or launch right into Fried Chicken & Waffles: bacon stuffed waffles, buttermilk-fried chicken and blueberry chipotle syrup. You can also have a couple of starters like a bowl of seasonal fresh Farmers Market fruit and a Giant Bourbon-Pecan Sticky Bun made with pecans, hot bourbon sticky sauce, currants and whipped mascarpone.

Mishka Subaly – Photo/Honor website

Besides great food and cocktails, Honor likes to bring new musicians to Emeryville. On Thurs., Mar. 8, they are hosting best selling author, cult songwriter and storyteller Mishka Shubaly. For more information on how to attend this event please email [email protected]

Honor Kitchen & Cocktails is located at 1411 Powell St. in Emeryville – (510) 653-8667.  Please note they do not accept reservations.

Trader Vic’s offers up Brunch on Sunday March 18 with what they are dubbing a Tiki Fashion Show Brunch from 11am – 3pm, with the fashion show starting at 1pm. Retro Diva is providing the clothing and all items are for sale after the show at 3pm. Exotica Sounds by DJ Otto von Strokeim will keep the Tiki Fashion Show lively. Enjoy the history of Trader Vic’s before you arrive and peruse the Brunch Menu.

Reserve a table now at Trader Vic’s, home of the original Mai Tai: (510) 653-3400. Trader Vic’s is located down on the water at 9 Anchor Drive in Emeryville.

 

Emeryville’s Shortest Triathlon Ever Merges With Emeryville Day on the Bay!

In its second year, Emeryville Day on the Bay, a community celebration of Emeryville’s marina district and its history, expands to include The City of Emeryville’s 10th Annual Shortest Triathlon Ever, Peet’s Coffee, ‘A Taste of  Emeryville Public Market Restaurants’, a Beer & Wine Garden, Fishing Boat Tours and Rides, Ferry Rides, Stand Up Paddle Lessons, Live Music, Emeryville Artists a’ Painting, Jump House, Fishing, Passport & other activities for kids, including Introductions to Safety on Boats.

On Saturday, March 24 from 10am – 2pm, lots of information will be available for you to learn about Emeryville and get involved in your community, including tours of a fire truck and rescue boat. Come meet your neighbors at this friendly fun community event. Even if you live farther away. It is going to be a great day on the  SF Bay! And a fit one also.

This year, Emeryville’s Shortest Triathlon Ever heads to the Bay! The race now starts down in the Emeryville Marina in the San Francisco Bay and ends at the Marinas to celebrate Fish Emeryville’s fishing fleet, Watersports and Life on the Water in Emeryville during the Emeryville Day on the Bay party.

The Shortest Triathlon Ever is so short, anyone can do it!

  • 100 yd. swim in the SF Bay – 4 lengths of a school pool
  • 2.5 mi. bike ride around the marina and up to Berkeley and back
  • 1.5+ mi run that ends at the Emeryville Day on the Bay event

More details coming your way soon. Stay tuned! And Save the date – Sat. March 24 at the Emeryville Marina.

Here’s the Day’s Schedule:

  • Race Registration: 7:30am
  • Race Starting Time: 9am
  • Awards: 10am
  • Emeryville Day on the Bay Party: 10am – 2pm

Sign up for the Shortest Triathlon Ever!

Did you Know?

Did you know Emeryville, that shortest city ever of 1.2 sq mi, has two marinas with 850 boat slips and a fleet of 6 recreational sportfishing boats.

Did you know Fish Emeryville has special shorter day trips set aside for families to go out on the Bay and explore the City, Alcatraz and Angel Island from the water while fishing?

Did you know you can walk, bike and run all along Emeryville’s beautiful shoreline?

Sponsors:

  • City of Emeryville
  • Emery Cove Yacht Harbor
  • Emeryville Marina, a Safe Harbor Marina
  • Emeryville Yacht Club
  • Emeryville on the Bay
  • Emeryville Public Market & Restaurants
  • Fish Emeryville
  • Prop SF

Emeryville & Alameda Marinas Fight Pollution with Ocean Vacuums!

Join Safe Harbor and Seabin Project to Celebrate New Seabins!

  • Emeryville Marina Launch: Fri., Dec. 1, 2pm – 3310 Powell St. in Emeryville
  • Ballena Isle Marina Launch: Sat., Dec. 2, 10am – 1150 Ballena Blvd. in Alameda

Seabin Project co-founders Pete Ceglinski & Andrew Turton

Here’s how it all started. Two life-long surfer friends from Australia, appalled by the plastic and debris pollution in our waters, set out to clean up the ocean. They wanted to create a garbage bin that would collect the floating plastic. This got them started cleaning up the marine environment, one marina at a time. How? With the V5 Seabin, a floating vacuum filter device they invented that works like an ocean vacuum 24/7 continuously collecting floating debris – plastic bottles, paper, oil, fuel, detergent and more. Over the last two years Seabin Project co-founders Pete Ceglinski and Andrew Turton secured partners for a pilot study into the effectiveness of the seabin.

Safe Harbor, the world’s largest marine management company, is one of six partners in the Seabin Project pilot study with their first location in Cabrillo Isle Marina in San Diego, CA. “We had a section of water in our Cabrillo Isle marina which had earned the nickname of ‘scum alley’,” commented Kate Pearson, Safe Harbor’s West Coast Regional VP. “It was the downwind corner of Harbor Island that had no natural flushing…we became

Cabrillo Isle, San Diego

a Global Pilot Partner and installed the first Seabin in the US. The Seabin blew our expectations out of the water! The small, compact and quiet machine hums away in ‘scum alley’ and we have pulled 1000 lbs. of trash this first year out of it. We also sort and document the trash, reporting our findings back to the Seabin team so we can look at source issues and educational programming for schools.”  The pilot, part of Safe Harbor’s commitment to protecting the marine environment, proved successful and now Safe Harbor is bringing the Seabin Project to the San Francisco Bay Area’s Emeryville Marina and Alameda’s Ballena Isle Marina.

“We’re proud to introduce Seabin as an innovative, cutting-edge technology that respects and protects the marine environment,” says Kate. “It’s versatile, small in size, cost-effective and functionally-effective – everything our marinas and boaters have been asking for.” In an  interview on CBS, San Diego,  she said that the most common items they pull out of the seabin every day is cigarette butts, pens and straws.

The Seabin Project has  evolved into a comprehensive research, educational and technology initiative with worldwide reach, including educational tools for students to get on board. The Seabin Project team believes that each child that learns to dispose of litter properly will grow to be one less source person for pollution of our oceans and waterways. Currently, according to Jambeck Research, 8.1M tons of mismanaged waste enters our oceans every year.

Some cool facts:

  • Each device collects about 60 pounds of debris per day – that’s about 1,000 pounds of pollution/yr.
  • It’s a cost-effective and 24/7 alternative to the “trash boats” traditionally used to clean up marinas.
  • Currently attached to the dock, the Seabin Project team is developing new technologies to get it off the dock and into the water.

Here’s how it works:

  • The seabin is installed in a specific problem debris area, attached to a dock.
  • Water is filtered from the surface and passed through a catch bag inside the Seabin, powered by a submersible water pump.
  • Water is then pumped back into the water leaving the litter and debris trapped in the catch bag. Larger pieces of plastic may attach themselves to the bin.
  • Marina operators need to empty the catch bag at least twice a day, as it holds up to two pounds.

The public is welcome at the two fun launch events.

  • Emeryville Marina Launch: Fri., Dec. 1, 2pm – 3310 Powell St. in Emeryville
  • Ballena Isle Marina Launch: Sat., Dec. 2, 10am – 1150 Ballena Blvd. in Alameda

 

 

 

Time to Go Fishing with Fish Emeryville!

Summer is here and everyone’s swimming, including Chinook Salmon, Rockfish and more. Lots going on at Fish Emeryville down in Emeryville Marina.

Great Chinook Salmon catch on 7/27 Photo/Capt. Al

We checked in with Captain Al whose group caught four quick limits of salmon (up to 10 pounds!) on July 27.

The latest fishing report: On July 27 five boats went out from Fish Emeryville with 89 anglers. The catch?

60 Chinook Salmon,  85 Lingcod and 570 Rockfish!

Reserve a space for your family and friends now.

Fish Emeryville is located at 3310 Powell St in the Emeryville Marina. They specialize in providing fishing adventures in San Francisco Bay and outside the Golden Gate. FIsh Emeryville has eight fully equipped sportfishing boats. All boats and Captains meet U.S. Coast Guard standards and are certified for your safety. All boats have comfortable inside seating with tables and clean restrooms. And all the captains want to make your fishing adventure rewarding and safe!

You can book your reservation at (510) 652-3403.

 

 

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