John BeckFeb 24, 20211 minDelta BillieShort documentary about the Bay Area tugboat trade. Take a ride on board with veteran Captain Mike Harbarth and his Delta Billie crew as...
John BeckFeb 23, 20213 minTwo Ships in the NightWe’re putting the kids to bed, or at least trying. Cooper is swinging from the pull-up bar in his bedroom door jam and Zoe is writing in...
John BeckFeb 23, 20213 minGap YearBack in high school, we used to meet up down by the pier at the end of First Street almost every Friday and Saturday night. One night, a...
John BeckFeb 23, 20213 minSailing AwayMarty said he had sailed before, that he’d been to sailing camp when he was younger and won all these medals, but it sure was hard to...
John BeckFeb 23, 20213 minSalmon SeasonIt was Cliff’s idea to call the cops. I thought maybe we should wait awhile, see how the fish were biting. At least wet a line. But he...
John BeckFeb 23, 20213 minThe Ghost ShipMy Grampa used to tell us all kinds of stories when we were younger. He’d usually start out by picking up a book, like The Ugly Duckling...
John BeckFeb 23, 20213 minOne Wrong TurnDad read a funny story in the newspaper about this mama whale and her baby that were lost. Somebody had named them Delta and Dawn. “How...
John BeckFeb 23, 20213 minThe PromiseI remember, not long before my father died, we used to drive down to the end of First Street and sit on a bench that was dedicated to an...
John BeckFeb 23, 20213 min Buena VistaThere are nights when I think to myself, everything would be better if I just dove off this deck and swam out to one of those ships....