USCG Sector San Francisco Wins 2025 Sector Recreational Boating Safety Award
United States Coast Guard Sector San Francisco has been announced as the winner of the 2025 Sector Recreational Boating Safety Award. The announcement was shared in an ALCOAST bulletin that reached us via Bay Area sailor Jim Haussener. Jim was quick to congratulate the S.F. team via an email to Sector Cmdr. Capt. Jordan M. Baldueza.
“As a person who started an entire maritime career when I became a recreational boater in 1969, I find this to be an excellent recognition of the combined efforts Sector, and previously Group, San Francisco has done over the decades,” Jim wrote. “Thank you and your Teammates for your outstanding efforts to make the Greater Bay Area and Coast a safer boating environment.”
The ALCOAST announcement reads: “This annual award recognizes the Coast Guard Sector that demonstrated sustained superior performance in the execution of the Recreational Boating Safety mission during the 2025 calendar year. Sector San Francisco exhibited remarkable devotion to responsible boating and paddling through numerous recreational boating operations, boardings, and vessel safety examinations, as well as extensive public outreach, education, and unity of effort. Their efforts harnessed the collective efforts of Coast Guard professionals and volunteers throughout the Sector, involved all levels of government, and positively impacted responsible boating and paddling throughout Sector San Francisco’s area of operation.”
Sector San Francisco was chosen from the group of nominees that included USCG Sector Southeast Alaska, USCG Sector Lake Michigan, USCG Sector Miami and USCG Sector North Carolina.
The bulletin says of the decision, “It was extremely difficult to select only one Sector from the superb group nominated for this award. I commend the Districts that nominated the outstanding Sectors promoting Recreational Boating Safety throughout the Coast Guard.”
And that’s not all.
In a separate ALCOAST circulation it was announced that Auxiliarist Peter Gorenberg, M.D., a volunteer with the Sausalito-Tiburon Flotilla in the Coast Guard Southwest District – Northern Region (Northern California Bay Area), has been selected as the 2025 Auxiliarist of the Year. The message continues: “Auxiliarist Gorenberg is a District Captain of Response and an Immediate Past Division Commander. He has supported the Coast Guard Auxiliary since 2017, volunteering over 5,250 hours. He is qualified in both surface and aviation operations providing mission support across multiple operational domains. He has assisted Sector San Francisco as crew and coxswain for 34 patrols and has logged 21 air patrols for Air Station San Francisco as an Aircrew member. Auxiliarist Gorenberg is a physician and surgeon specializing in ophthalmology and also serves as a diving medicine consultant. He also is a commercial pilot with an instrument rating.” Formal recognition will take place in August at the Auxiliary National Training Event in Orlando, Florida.
We join Jim in congratulating the entire crew of Sector San Francisco on their well-deserved award. And we offer our congratulations to Auxiliarist Peter Gorenberg on recognition of his hard work and dedication to the safety and well-being of our maritime community.