Travel Directions to BAADS

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Travel Directions to BAADS (Detailed for the Blind)

Take any San Francisco MUNI bus, train or BART to the Embarcadero Station, last underground station, and bottom of Market Street. Transfer to the southbound train to Mission Bay. Continue, three stops to 2ndst and King (the Giants Baseball Stadium). Exit train onto elevated platform turn left and walk down ramp with Railings on left and right side. Feel your way down right side railing until the end listen for any northbound MUNI trains leaving station then turn right. Cross train tracks about 5 feet and feel for traffic light pole on right side. There will be a crossing button at arms height, which beeps when pushed. When audible signal clatters, walk across three lanes of The Embarcadero Street.

Once on opposite sidewalk turn left. In about 50 feet, you will pass by another tone signal for crossing the other side of the Embarcadero and 2nd street. (When returning to MUNI, listen for tone signal for second crossing to MUNI station. The push button will be on the right side of the traffic pole). Continuing to yacht club, walk parallel to Embarcadero Street Cross-driveway to yacht club.

Continue walking another one hundred steps with grass on right side. Feel for 90-degree right turn (light pole at ground level at night). Follow sidewalk about twenty steps, turn left forty five degrees walk approximately seventy five steps past children’s playground with fence on your left, parking lot on right. Continue ten steps past playground fence and feel for Harbor Services Building Northwest corner on right side. Continue 20 steps to your right along side of the building you will feel large handles of double doors Continuing inside forward about 10 steps just past vending machines on left will be entrance to the community room. Just inside to the right of the outside doors will be two flights of stairs leading to the 2nd floor. Elevator is just past stairs on right. Top of stairs to right about 12 feet will be doors to South Beach Yacht Club. Left top of stairs will be Harbor Masters Office and straight ahead of stairs are bathrooms, men’s on left, women’s on right.

If meeting for Saturday or Sunday’s sailing, instead of turning right at corner of Harbor Services Building, Continue walking straight forward, about 75steps until you come to the railing along the waterfront. Turn left, walk about two hundred steps along railing until you come to the Java House outside tables and chairs (you will notice the wonderful smell of fresh coffee) Ask for BAADS members who are always hanging out here before sailing.

If traveling from the south or East Bay by BART (Bay Area Rapid Transit), transfer to the Embarcadero underground MUNI Station and follow above directions.
If traveling from South Bay on CalTrain disembark at San Francisco Station, ask for directions across station’s plaza to the intersection of King and fourth Streets. Using audible signal (there is a lot of competing bells and whistles coming from trains), cross King Street two lanes and Southbound MUNI track turn right walk up the ramp to platform Take the train on your left one stop to Giants Stadium at King and 2nd Streets. Follow above directions.

If arriving by plane from San Francisco International Airport, take airport Shuttle to BART (Bay Area Rapid Transit) and follow above directions to Embarcadero.

If arriving by car Pier 40 is located at the corner of The Embarcadero and Townsend Streets, near the Giants Baseball Stadium, which is miles in the opposite direction from Fisherman’s Wharf. The Embarcadero piers are numbered even South of the Ferry Building at the foot of Markets Street and ODD numbered Piers go North. There is parking at Pier 40. Handicapped parking is labeled, but at a premium. Ask your BAADS Skipper for a parking pass, which must be returned at the end of your sail.

Google Map of Area Around Pier 40