ST Winter 2023 - Flipbook - Page 18
The San Francisco
Small Boat Harbor
By Scott Grindy, Manager and Harbor Master, San Francisco Marina
Small Craft Harbor.
Dec 15 is our Lighted Boat Parade
and Holiday Event at the San Francisco Marina. Santa and his elves and
the grinch will be delivered by either
the SF Fire Boat or USCG Cutter
This is the largest Lighted Boat Parade in San Francisco Bay Region!
This marina event has been going
over 7 years strong too! The landside
part of the event includes a gas powered train ride around the marina for
families, free snacks and adult beverages too.
We installed a Hohonu Tide Monitor, the 昀椀rst on the West Coast, The
monitor just went operational about
a month ago. Hohonu’s Base Station
is solar-powered, compact, and takes
minutes to install. Thanks to Anastasia at U.S. Harbors for connecting us
with the people at Hohonu.
We have not provided the link yet to
our boaters and yacht clubs for their
races till we know any of the “bugs”
of the installed location are ok.
We are giving the information to our
dredging 昀椀rm as we spend our semiannual $1m keeping the west channel
open. So, I too am looking for feedback on how well it does. From a
SLR (Sea Level Rise) standpoint, and
after last year’s regional heavy rain-
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