Barnett J. Brickner

Nov 25, 2024 | latitude38.com | Barnett J. Brickner |Monica Grant

In 2020 we shared the story of the Islander 36’s 50th anniversary. This year the Bay Area’s Islander 36 Association celebrates its golden anniversary. On Saturday, November 16, the Islander 36 Association, one of the longest active class-boat associations in the Bay Area, met for its annual fall meeting at Coyote Point Yacht Club. The weather was beautiful: sunny and clear skies as far as the eye could see. It was the perfect day to celebrate the association’s 50th anniversary.

Nov 25, 2024 | latitude38.com | John Arndt |South San Francisco |San Francisco Bay |Barnett J. Brickner

Two weeks in the heat of Apia Harbor, Samoa, dirty with the grit of construction around the bustling commercial port, put me in the mood for a fresh sea breeze and blue water. Up came the anchor, and soon our Pacific Seacraft 37, Pamela, was bouncing through a boisterous sea on her way to Niuatoputapu, a remote island in the Kingdom of Tonga, 180 miles to the southwest.