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WATERSPORTS ON THE BAY
The San Francisco Bay makes a lovely postcard or snapshot, and there are myriad outfits
to help you play in it.
Water St, Oakland; rental per hour single/double kayak $20/30, canoe $30, stand-up paddleboard
$20; 10am-6pm) Rents kayaks, canoes and stand-up paddleboards at Oakland's Jack
London Sq.
Cal Adventures
( 510-642-4000;
www.recsports.berkeley.edu
; 124 University Ave, Berkeley;
) Run by the UC Berkeley Aquatic Center and located at the Berkeley Marina, Cal offers
sailing, windsurfing and sea-kayaking classes and rentals for adults and youth.
Cal Sailing Club
(
www.cal-sailing.org
;
Berkeley Marina) An affordable membership-based
and volunteer-run nonprofit with sailing and windsurfing programs, based at the Berkeley
Marina.
Boardsports School & Shop
(
www.boardsportsschool.com
) Offers lessons and rentals for
kiteboarding, windsurfing and stand-up paddleboarding from its three locations in San
Francisco, Alameda (East Bay) and Coyote Point.
Sea Trek Kayak & SUP
Located in Sausalito, it has kayaking and stand-up paddle-
boards, and a fabulous full moon paddle tour.
University of California, Berkeley
The Berkeley campus of the University of California (UCB, called 'Cal' by both students
and locals) is the oldest university in the state. The decision to found the college was made
in 1866, and the first students arrived in 1873. Today UCB has more than 35,000 students,
more than 1500 professors and more Nobel laureates than you could point a particle accel-
erator at.
From Telegraph Ave, enter the campus via Sproul Plaza and Sather Gate, a center for
people-watching, soapbox oration and pseudotribal drumming. Or you can enter from
Center St and Oxford Lane, near the downtown BART station.
UC Berkeley Art Museum
MUSEUM
