Classic Small Boats On The Bay

ABOVE:  ARQUES GILLNETTER SAILING IN CARQUINEZ STRAIT.

PHOTOS ABOVE TAKEN OCTOBER 4, 2025, courtesy of Jim Fryer

 

Requirements: All participants must have some sailing experience, and must have read and signed the liability release forms before going out on Arques School boats.

Limited to 4 passengers, not includinng staff sailors.  Please email your request for a sail at arqueslegacy@gmail.com

 

 The SF Bay Gillnetter was built by the Arques School in 1997.  It is the only replica of the original 23.5 ft long SF Bay gillnetters that once sailed in the hundreds in San Francisco Bay from the 1870s into the first quarter of the twentieth century.  The Gillnetter is now being kept at Marina Plaza as seen below.