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Step aboard Call of the Sea’s majestic tall ship, the brigantine Matthew Turner, and explore its decks and cabins while ...

In Benicia, several miles up the Carquinez Strait from Vallejo, Captain Matthew Turner constructed swift, graceful sailing ships and also built steamers, sternwheelers, tugboats, scows, barges — even ...

A free walk-on ferry service to the San Juan Islands launched this week as part of a state-funded pilot program. The San Juan ...

On its final voyage south, the ship passed Palm Beach and caused a stir among locals— shots of its iconic red, white, and ...

The state has funded a converted whale-watching boat for 10 weeks to supplement its unreliable car ferry schedule.