Posts by James Dilworth
Swim: Golden Gate Bridge to Bay Bridge
Kate & Rory came up to visit San Francisco after Kate completed a Catalina swim the week before. The swim from the Golden Gate Bridge to the Bay Bridge is about 9 miles, but it goes pretty quickly when you …
Read MoreSwim: Escape to Alcatraz!
The classic swim from Alcatraz to San Francisco is a well trodden path. But the tides aren’t always right for it, and it’s also kind of a short swim. A really fun alternative is the Escape TO Alcatraz… or rather …
Read MoreSwim Ocean Beach to Aquatic Park
This is a fun one…. never too far from shore, but with plenty of tricky current and swell to deal with. Sarah and the DFS team left Ocean Beach at the beginning of the flood with Steve, Terry and Kel …
Read MoreStream from the New Nest Camera (Battery) to the Web
I love webcams – ones that are placed in fun places with a good view to let you look out at the world from the comfort of your laptop. I’ve noticed that some of my favorite shared cams were from …
Read MoreBoating in 2022
The Dolphin Club is uniquely positioned to offer a community boating program on the North shore of San Francisco. It’s not only in our history, but written into our agreement with the city. How we offer that program is up …
Read MoreBay Bridge to Golden Gate in Under an Hour?
Jari’s at it again! This time we had our sights on the bridge-to-bridge record. Is it possible to swim from the Bay Bridge to the Golden Gate in under an hour. We picked a rocking ebb at the end of …
Read MoreThe Golden Era of Coastal Rowing on San Francisco Bay
For the Annual Rowing Regatta of 1904, 25,000 people turned out to watch rowers from the Dolphin Rowing Club compete against their rivals the Alameda Rowing Club, the South End Rowing Club, and the Ariel club.
Held on July …
Read MorePoint Bonita to China Beach
This is just an incredibly tricky swim. Point Bonita on the Marin shoreline to the San Francisco side. Distance is only 3.5 miles. It’s difficult to because it’s exposed to the ocean, it crosses the main shipping channel in and …
Read MoreAngel Island Row, Camp ‘n Swim
A fun swim with some of my fellow Dolphin Club members. Cyrus, Steve and Kaitlin decided to swim around Angel Island before breakfast. Distance 5 miles. Timed to catch the last of the ebb and the beginning of the flood!…
Read MoreOakland to SF (and Back again!)
So Jari is a machine in the water. Rumor has it he was on the Finnish national team. No-one’s going to question that. So we’re looking at the Dolphin Club record board, and something crops up. The women hold all …
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