Places to Sail on San Francisco Bay

General Information

• San Francisco Bay Marina Guide
• Historial Places in the San Francisco Bay

Places to Eat

• South Beach Harbor, San Francisco (harbor layout)

What to do? See a baseball game at AT&T Park next door, walk across the street to MoMa's for a meal, walk down the Embarcadero to the ferry building or have something to eat at Gordon Bursh Brewery.

• Oakland inner harbor (marina guide)
  
  
  • Marina Square, Alameda-- Chevy's (closed as of May 2007)
  • Marina Square, Alameda -- Pasta Pelican (2 guest slips)
  • Embarcadero Cove Marina -- Quinn’s Lighthouse restaurant
  • Oyster Reef restaurant
  • Jack London Square -- (510) 834-4591, Guest slips based on availability
    
    
• Schoonmake Point Marina - Richardson Bay
  • A relatively new, full-service marina. Side-ties can handle yachts up to 220 feet long. Guest slips often available by prior arrangement. Café at marina. Sandy beach that can be used to land or launch kayaks and dinghies.
    
    
• Horizons - Sausalito
  • Only Sausalito restaurant with its own guest dock.
    
    
• Sam's Anchor Cafe - Tiburon
  • Short term berthing for 6-8 boats available for customers only
  • Watch the tides. The deck area is shallow.
    
    
• San Rafael (motor up the channel from San Pablo Bay, watch the tides )
  • The Seafood Peddler - at San Rafael Yacht Harbor (very end of the channel)
  • Loch Lomond Marina - Bobby's Fo'c'sle Cafe restaurant
    
    

Overnights

• Anchoring
  • Angel Island, Ayala Cove
    Ayala Cove on Angel Island is the most protected anchorage in the entire central bay area. There's no real anchorage here, because the small cove has been filled with docks and moorings. You can use the docks only during the day ($10 fee for all or any part of the day), but you can stay on a mooring overnight ($20 per night May 15 - Sept. 15, and $15 per night the rest of the year).
  • China Camp
  • Paradise Cove
    Paradise Cove is a long, pretty anchorage. It is the first cove along the east side of the Tiburon peninsula, as you head north around the corner from Tiburon. There's a beach you can visit by dinghy. It can be rolly, though it usually calms down after dark making it comfortable overnight -- except for the occasional large wakes from passing ships.
    
• Slips
  • BoatingSF - Guest Dock directory