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Greetings From Your Marina Manager
Summer’s now in full swing and we
look forward to seeing you all at the marina basking in the
great San Diego weather on your boats. July will be action
packed as usual, what with the boat shows and the usual
increase in tourists visiting the hotel and and escaping the
heat at the Harbor Island waterfront.
New features in this month’s e-mail
newsletter include a directory of where you can go for fuel and pump-outs
and a listing of events that are happening around town including
all of the scheduled fireworks on the bay, and of course, the
Sheraton Harbor Island hosted boat shows. We will also be
telling you about some new amenities coming your way.
On a personal note, if you haven’t
already done so, I would like to encourage you to visit www.BlueSkyNews.com at your earliest convenience to subscribe
to receive this monthly newsletter automatically - It’s
free, and in addition to it being something we know
you’ll enjoy reading, it would be good for us to have
your e-mail address on file in case we need to reach you in an
emergency.
Thanks again - And I hope to see you all
soon at the marina.
Eric Holle - Dockmaster
Be Prepared For The Boat Shows
Just a reminder that we’re hosting Southern California Marina Association’s
annual Boat Show on Thursday
through Sunday, July 20-23, 2006, and the weekend after that
we’re hosting the Brunswick Boat Group Dealer Show. So
between the two shows, with setup, move-in and move-out, the
docks will be tied up continuously from July 18th through
August 1st. The SCMA show is open from 12 noon – 8:00
p.m. on Thursday and Friday; from, 10:00 a.m. – 8:00 p.m.
on Saturday; and from 10:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. on Sunday.
Setting up a boat show tends to be
hectic, and the people doing it sometimes take the easiest path
to solve their problems. So if you’re not around during
setup, avoid being part of their solution by putting your hoses in your dock box, tagging your bumpers with your boat name so we can get them back to
you after the show, and locking
your dock box. Also, please
don’t forget to remove barbecues, plants, beached whales,
etc. from the fingers not later than July 16th. Thanks in
advance for your cooperation.
Want Tickets For The SCMA Boat Show?
As a marina tenant, you are entitled to
free admission to the SCMA boat show for yourself and your
guests. We don’t get the tickets in hand until setup, so
give me a call at the marina office at 619-692-2249 or e-mail
me at eric.holle@sheraton.com and I’ll arrange for you to pick them up.
Room Service on Your Boat? That’s
Roughing It!
We’re happy to let you know that we
now have a new Marina Menu just for you! Stop by the front desk or
the marina office to get your printed copy of the menu. You can
order special appetizers, salads, sandwiches, deli specialties,
desserts, and entrees along with spirits beer and wine from the
new menu. Party packages are also available for the special
occasion where you want to impress your friends. Forget that
annoying trip to Vons - The number to call to place your order
is 619-291-2900 x43.
More Great Stuff!
There’s lots of other great stuff
we want to let you know about. The Waterworks bar has a great
new menu, and they’ll also be having some live
entertainment for you this summer. We’re also going to
have some scuba certification lessons poolside, and lots of
other summer fun. Plan to have some great weekends at the
marina.
Clif’s Chronicles - Did You Know?
On September 28, 1542, Juan
Rodríguez Cabrillo hung a right turn while coming up the
coast from Mexico and "discovered" San Diego Bay. He
named it San Miguel after St. Michael the Archangel because it
was the day before the feast day of St. Michael. About sixty
years later, another Spanish explorer, Sebastián
Vizcaíno, came sailing in on November 12, 1602 and
re-discovered the bay, which he re-named San Diego after the
patron saint of his ship.
The San Dieguito migrated here across the
Bering Strait land bridge somewhere around 9000 to 12000 BC and
the local Kumeyaay Indians settled on the bay around 1000 BC,
but since Juan Cabrillo was the first to record a name, he
generally gets the credit for “discovering” the
bay.
-Clifton Oliver
Editor’s Note - Clif Oliver is an
Information Management consultant who, as a San Diego Native,
enjoys learning more about the town in which he was raised. If
you have an interesting bit of trivia about San Diego's bay
areas you would like to share, please e-mail him at clif@BlueSkynews.com.
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Fuel Docks and Pump-Out Info
You can now click on the BlueSkyNews.com
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button to see the locations of Fuel Docks and Pump-Out stations
in San Diego Bay, Mission Bay and Oceanside. You might want to
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July Packed with Great Events for Boaters
Monica Giobbi
President,
BlueSkyNews.com
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From the Poop Deck
Madeline
Editor,
Poop Deck
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Editor’s Note: Once again - We
apologize for Madeline. We’re trying to get her to be
more polished, but we’re not making much progress. If you
have a pet question or photo to send to her, please e-mail it
to Madeline@BlueSkyNews.com.
Bill Rocco
President,
Aquarius Yacht
Services
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How often should you have your boat
bottom painted and which is the best paint to use? The answer
is, you should haul and paint your vessel every two to three
years. I recommend using a good modified epoxy bottom paint.
Obviously when you get the boat out of the water you will want
a qualified person to inspect it. I also recommend painting the
hull with two coats of paint and a third coat on the waterline
and high wear areas. Most boat yards do not offer this and you
need to specifically request a three on two paint job. It will
last longer and make your diver’s job easier and improve
your vessel’s performance.
On a related topic, you should know that
copper is the active biocide ingredient in bottom paint which
helps to reduce marine growth from attaching to your boat
bottom. Well guess what, in Shelter Island for example, the
State and Regional Water Quality Control Boards have approved a
plan which calls for the reduction of the number of boats with
copper based antifouling paint. At the end of the plan about 16
years from now, no boaters will be allowed to have copper based
bottom paints on their hulls. So what’s the alternative?
Well as of now it looks like more frequent hull cleaning. All
of the "Biocide Free" bottom paints tested to date
that I know of do not retard marine growth like the current
biocide copper. So, stay in touch with your diver and ask him
to keep you informed on any improvement to the new
"Biocide Free" paints.
Editor’s Note: Bill Rocco is the
President of Aquarius Yacht Services. If you have a boat maintenance question for Bill,
send your e-mail to bill@BlueSkynews.com
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Dear Flo,
I want to know who put women in charge of
where things go on our boat? “The knives go in this
drawer; the life jackets go in this compartment; that
doesn’t go there; ad nausea.” What makes them think
they are the grand poobah of stuff?
Sincerely,
Feeling Put-Upon
Dear Put-Upon,
Whoever it was probably took one look at
the mangled wad you call a dock box and said keep “mayhem
man” out of the way while somebody with a brain instills
some order on board.
Regards,
Flo-Tilla
Dear Flo,
I hear the city of San Diego and the US
Navy are planning to put a thirty story office tower and two
forty story condo buildings on the bay-front land now occupied
by the Broadway Naval Complex. Is that the best use of this
fantastic piece of land?
Yours Truly,
Disappointed
Dear Truly Disappointed,
Oh Boy! Where is the thinking on the
level that the eighth largest city in America deserves? Have
these guys ever visited cities like Sydney and seen what
they've accomplished at Darling Harbor and their Opera House
complex? This is the last opportunity for San Diego to have a
downtown gateway icon on a par with the Statue of Liberty,
Saint Louis' Arch, or Seattle's Space Needle.
Regards,
Flo-Tilla
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Dear BlueSkyNews.com Editor,
Do you know why the public docks at the
Ferry Landing in Coronado are closed for repairs, and will they
re-open to the public? According to some of the employees
of the restaurants in the area, they have been told it will not
re-open to the public. Do you know what the truth is?
Regards,
Dave Herring
Dear Dave,
According to a Port District spokesman,
they are soliciting bids for reconstruction of the docks
located in front of Peohe’s Restaurant. Between the wind,
the orientation of the docks, the wave action, and boats
bumping into the docks over the years, they sustained a lot of
damage.
When they do reconstruct the docks, they
will be open to the public. If possible, the Port hopes to
achieve a better orientation of the docks. No date for
re-opening is available at this time because the Port is
debating various options for reconstruction. “We would
like to complete the project as soon as possible but another
difficulty in getting bids is that most of the contractors are
busy with other major dock modernizations", the spokesman
said.
Sincerely,
BlueSkyNews.com Editor
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