Alcatraz Sharfest photo from last Saturay morning

This is how far the mainland looks when you begin the Alcatraz Sharkfest race. Simply epic! Photo taken by Scott Belland.

Oil Spill in the San Francisco Bay Could Threaten Wildlife for years

From CNN: "... The oil spilled from a South Korea-bound container ship when it struck a tower supporting the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge in dense fog Wednesday. The accident did not damage the span, but the vessel's hull was gashed, officials said. See the damage to the tower and the ship

Tides carried a plume of heavy fuel beneath the Golden Gate Bridge and into the Pacific Ocean. By Thursday afternoon, oil had been sighted about 15 miles north of the city, and at least eight beaches in San Francisco and Marin County were closed. Watch cleanup efforts get under way ..."

This disaster poses a lot of questions as well. Will the Alcatraz Sharkfest, the Alcatraz Challenge, the Tiburon Mile and numerous other events be cancelled? When will open water swimming for the S.F. swimmers at large be viable?

Good Morning, next week is the 'Alcatraz Sharkfest Swim' and this will be my last open water training swim for it!

The one on the left is the Hermosa Beach Pier, the one on the right is the Manhattan Beach pier. A total of 2 miles separates them. The advantages of doing these swim is that they are 1/2-a-mile farther than Alcatraz is to Aquatic park. The hardest part for me in doing Alcatraz iis the sensory deprivation, my mind tends to drift and I slow down. these pier-to-pier swims make you more disciplined.

So, next Sunday is the Alcatraz Sharkfest Swim and Anthony and I will both be up there stormin' it. I think I will be able to blog from the hotel.

These pictures were taken by 'Watch-the-Water-dot-org' at 6:18 and 6:19 AM this morning. I am concerned about the drizzle at Manhattan. That pier is no fun to find when it gets fogged out.