Sailing ship sinks in Alameda Harbor

Sailing Ship Used for Ocean Research Sinks at California Dock

The U.S. Coast Guard and local officials are trying to figure out why a well-known sailing ship used for ocean research and by a non-profit promoting...

Motor oil from sunken Alameda ship found in water as divers continue search for fuel tanks

Coast Guard says there are still a few fuel tanks that divers haven't been able to get to, which could be carrying as much as 400 gallons of diesel.

Ocean-Cleaning Sailboat ‘Kaisei’ Sinks in Oakland Estuary at Alameda Dock

A well-known environmental research vessel sank Sunday evening while docked in the Oakland Estuary. No one was onboard, and firefighters worked to contain the nearly 400 gallons of diesel that was onboard.As the Chronicle reports, the Kaisei, a large double-masted replica ship operated by the Ocean Voyages Institute in Sausalito, began sinking around 6 p.m. near the 2500 block of Blanding Avenue in Alameda. Witnesses on land saw the vessel parti…

Sunken ship in Oakland Estuary has environmental mission

On Monday afternoon, a floating boom surrounded a large two-masted sailing vessel that sank over the weekend at its Alameda dock in the Oakland Estuary. The Kaisei is a replica of a 151-foot brigantine tall ship and is owned by the Bay Area nonprofit Ocean Voyages Institutes, which uses the ship to draw global attention to the problem of marine debris and plastics in the ocean. The ship began sinking on Sunday night and a boom around the vessel …

Large clipper ship sinks in Alameda

A large clipper ship sank Sunday night in the waters in Alameda.

Sailing ship sinks in Alameda Harbor

(KRON) — A 100-foot-long, double-masted sailing ship sank in the tidal canal of Alameda Harbor Sunday evening. The Kaisei, a 35-year-old ship owned by the nonprofit organization Ocean Voyages Institute, reportedly sank around 6:14 p.m. No one was aboard the ship when it went under, U.S. Coast Guard District 11 spokesperson Kenneth Wiese told KRON 4 That wasn’t a meteor: Returning SpaceX craft lights up Bay Area sky The U.S. Coast Guard and the A…