Brickyard Cove, Coastal inlet in Point Richmond, California, United States
Brickyard Cove is a sheltered inlet at Point Richmond that connects San Francisco Bay to the Port of Richmond's shipping channel between Point Potrero and Ferry Point. The location features a marina with mooring facilities for recreational vessels and direct water routes to surrounding bays.
Brickyard Cove takes its name from the Richmond Brick Company, owned by the Sevy family, which made bricks from local clay for buildings in Point Richmond and on the East Coast. The company's Bee-Hive kilns still stand on site. From 1963 Bert Clausen led dredging and breakwater work here for the Richmond Yacht Club; the first boats entered their slips on 31 January 1965.
The cove is home to the Red Oak Victory ship, part of the Rosie the Riveter World War II Homefront National Historic Park, which displays exhibits about maritime heritage and wartime production. Visitors can explore how this location connected to national industrial efforts during the 1940s.
The marina offers over 250 berths, maintenance docks, a fuel station and a boater's lounge; its harbor sits sheltered from the usual winds of San Francisco Bay. Boats enter from the Harbor Channel between Point Potrero and Ferry Point. The Red Oak Victory is docked at the western end of the cove.
The Richmond Yacht Club moved here after Bert Clausen, its 1961 commodore, found a 143-acre waterfront site owned by the Macdonald-Henshaw group, most of it underwater. The club bought 14 acres near the Garrard Boulevard entrance, and the first boats entered their slips on 31 January 1965. Floating breakwaters failed and were replaced by permanent ones in September 1966.
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