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Greetings From Sun Harbor Marina
Welcome to the inaugural issue of Sun Harbor’s new monthly e-mail
newsletter! - We hope you
enjoy it, and we look forward to hearing from you to let us
know what you like and don’t like about it, and what
items you’d like to see us cover in future editions.
While you’re thinking about it, why
not jot off an
e-mail to me now? We’d really like
to hear from you. Thanks, and enjoy the newsletter.
Kathy OBrien - Sun Harbor Marina
October Pumpkin’ Carvin’
Contest
Awrrrrrrr Matey! She’s not too soon
to be start thinkin’ about usin’ your sword to be
carvin a fine pumpkin! The contest she be on Saturday,
October 28th. There be treasure prizes given for the most
creative by our panel of judges. Bring your masterpiece to the
marina office by noon.
Farewell to Don and Welcome Aboard to
Sarah....
We want to bid a fond farewell to
Assistant Marina Manager Don Fannin who has accepted a software
sales position in Northern California. We will miss Don's
friendly manner and wish him well in his new career. On the
other side of the coin, we want to welcome aboard Sarah Smith,
our new intern from High Tech High. Sarah will be working in
the office Tuesday and Thursday afternoons through January.
Be Cool When It’s Cool!
With the “cooler” weather
coming, perhaps a nice Sun Harbor Marina sweatshirt is just
what you need to ward off the chill. They are available for
sale in the marina office!
Brownie Points and Kudos To Good Deeds
I want to thank those of you who are
making a special effort to return dock carts to the head of the
docks when you’re done with them. We all know what a pain
it is to go “cart hunting”, so we hope you’ll
all continue to be kind to your neighbors by grabbing unused
carts on your way to the bottom of the main dock ramp.
Dinghy Go Bye-Bye
Please make sure your dinghies are
properly secured to the dock or your boat. We have had a few
incidences recently where dinghies have gotten loose and
decided to explore the world on their own. Also, not only for
this reason, it's important that we have who the dinghy belongs
to as well as your dinghy's California CF registration number
on file in the office. If you haven't already done that, please
take a moment now to contact the marina office and give us that
information.
Anchor-Clanking Isn’t Fun
Need some help from those of you who are
puling your boats too far forward in your slip and sticking
your bow sprit out onto the walkway. If somebody smashes their
head into your anchor, you probably can’t get away with
your Rodney Dangerfield act and threaten to sue them for
scratching your anchor. More likely, it will be the other way
around. If you’re one of the offenders, please correct
this hazardous situation right away.
LEED Certification: Part VII
- Innovation
& Design Process...
New technologies are continually
introduced to the marketplace and up-to-date scientific
research influences building design strategies. The
purpose of this LEED category is to recognize projects for
innovative building features and exceptional performance above
the requirements set by the LEED Green Building Rating System.
Sun Harbor Marina is recognized for the following
innovative and exceptional performance green building
strategies:
- Clean
Marinas California Program:
Last December Sun Harbor Marina was
designated as a “Clean Marina” for the successful
implementation of the Best Management Practices. This
program and its outcome help sustain aquatic life, water
quality and the environment.
- Double
Green Power:
To meet the Green Power credit
requirement, supplied renewable power must equal 50% of the
project’s energy consumption for a minimum of two years.
Sun Harbor Marina doubled this requirement and purchased
100% of the project’s energy consumption for two years.
This strategy greatly exceeded the requirements of the
existing LEED credit and was therefore awarded this
accomplishment.
- Educational
Signs and LEED Information
Center:
Substantial efforts were applied to
maximize LEED education and sustainable living. The
educational signs, product displays and resources located in
the LEED Information Center were designed to promote green
building practices and provide the knowledge to understand the
benefits of living responsibly.
Other Stuff From Your Marina Manager
Here’s a few other reminders we
would like you to review.
- Check the way you boat is tied
down - it may be sunny and calm today, but you should always
tie it down as if heavy weather is coming tomorrow.
- When you leave the marina, please
turn off all unnecessary electrical equipment.
- Please use a dumpster for
disposing of crankshafts, and other large items resulting from
boat repairs.
- Make sure to close any doors and
gates around the marina. This is for your own safety and the
safety of marina property.
- Coil up water hoses and make sure
they’re shut off.
Improvements to America’s Cup Harbor
Move Forward
Another Shelter Island project received
the go-ahead from the Port District Board at the August 8
meeting. A new Option Agreement was granted to Driscoll, Inc. for a 30-year lease of the Kettenburg Marine
facility located at America’s Cup Harbor. This proposed
development would improve public access by constructing a
680-lineal foot pedestrian walkway, a public plaza, new dinghy
docks, water taxi landings and additional parking spaces. New
boatyard buildings and marine sales and service buildings would
also be constructed. If all conditions of the Option Agreement
are met, construction will start next May.
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This month’s high resolution photo
of a steamy Point Loma Sunset will bring back memories of the long hot
Summer of 2006! Also included are eight other new photos of
from the South Pacific.
San Diego Boaters Have Many Dockside Dining
Choices
Monica Giobbi
President,
BlueSkyNews.com
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We’d like to share your experience
with our readers on this page as it develops.
Dear Flo-tilla
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I want to know why women feel like
it’s their duty to keep us men busy when they’re
not around to supervise. Yesterday, my wife said “Honey,
I’m going to run to the grocery store; this would be an
excellent time for you to replace that bilge pump and scrape
down the bottom of the dinghy!”. Who asked her? I was
going to take a nap!
Sincerely,
Bummed Out
Dear Bummed,
I agree with her - There’s nothing
more disturbing for a woman than seeing a man free to get into
trouble or peacefully lying at rest. It’s our job to make
sure that doesn’t happen. So get off your lazy bum and do
something useful.
Yours Truly,
Flo-Tilla
Have a question you’d like
Flo-Tilla to answer?
Clif’s Chronicles - Did You Know?
Clif Oliver | |||||||||||
But the Bay Bridge’s sleek lines
and sweeping design with that 90 degree turn in it are not for
aesthetics alone. You might have noticed San Diego has a few
Navy ships around, including aircraft carriers. The bridge
rises to a height of 200 feet, high enough to allow a carrier
to pass beneath it. The curve and the bridge’s length of
2.12 miles allows this to be done while keeping the grade at
4.67 percent. If it weren’t for the curve, it would be so
steep you’d need a dune buggy to get up and over
the thing.
Clif Oliver, 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.
Between the Sheets
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The cause is the wind blowing through the
standing rigging which causes the smooth flow of air to be
split, creating a turbulent vortex which causes the air to
vibrate. Making it worse, the boat itself sometimes acts as a
resonant chamber to the basic whistle, thus making it louder
and more disturbing to your neighbors.
Enough of why it happens, what do we do
as sail boaters to keep peace in the neighborhood? The answer
is to spiral a line around the offending rigging. This will
disrupt the air flow and the chilling whistle will be gone and
your sailing neighbors (and even some of your power boat
friends) will most likely chill your glass!!!
Editor’s Note: Richard Benscoter is
a long time avid sailor and can be seen frequently on the bay
sailing a 36 foot Catalina, El Marinero. If you have a sailing
question for Richard, send your e-mail to richard@BlueSkyNews.com.
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