56 PUNCHMAGAZINE.COM {due west} words by JENNIFER JORY • photography by GINO DE GRANDIS SAILING ready to jibe? ker Sailing owner Rich Ferrari. In a Sausalitolike setting, perfectly aligned 25- to 75-foot-long sailboats gently rock in their moorings in the Port of Redwood City Marina. “It’s the best-kept secret,” Rich confides. He should know. As a lifelong sailor and businessman, he has owned sailing schools and boating marinas from San Francisco to Mountain View, in addition to serving as harbormaster in Redwood City for 25 years. As we hoist the jib on the Merit 25-foot sailboat, it takes off flying, heeling into the wind. A wave splashes over the bow, gently spraying our team. It’s race day at Spinnaker Sailing and we scramble to the boat’s high side, trying to chase down the more competitive sailors ahead of us. Gliding through the sapphire blue water, I feel like I’m on vacation, but I’m just off the shore in Redwood City. One of the Peninsula’s under-explored treasures lies along the waterfront dubbed the “Redwood City Riviera” by Spinna-
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