California Coastal Clean Up Day

It’s the 40th Annual Coastal Cleanup event! Help remove trash and plastic pollution at beaches and waterways throughout the Park District. Lend a hand on September 21, 2024, and earn a Coastal Cleanup patch or sticker. Special prizes for the most unusual trash collected!

Where: Robert W Crown Regional
Shoreline- Bathhouse near Otis and 8th
Start Time: 9:00 AM
End Time: 12:00 PM
What to bring: Please come with work clothes that are weather appropriate, sun protection, and a reusable water bottle.
Special instructions: Please meet staff at the registration table near the Native Plant Garden and Bath House.
Register Online: Registration is requested, but walk ups will be allowed.

Parking

One of the great things about Grand Marina is that we have active boaters, berthers that actually use their boats. Our tenants come down and invite friends and family to go out and enjoy a day on the boat to enjoy the bay. As you all know parking can sometimes tight, and in the summer months especially since it’s the marina’s busiest. We ask that you please understand that when you have visitors that arrive in three or four different cars, we may not be able to accommodate everyone. Please be considerate to others and make an effort and ask your visitors to carpool. If you do arrive in multiple cars, you can use some of the public areas as overflow parking. The parking lot at the public launch ramp and all along Grand street and Fortmann Way can all be used as a meeting point for your guests

Boating with Kids

Recreational family boating is a great way to spend time with your children. There are many tasks that can be assigned to youngsters to teach responsibility and being out in nature provides endless lessons for the young boater. Nonetheless, if youngsters are going to be joining you, there are a few features to at least consider when purchasing family boats.  Buy a good life jacket or life vest with a collar that turns a child face up in the water. It must have strong waist and crotch straps, a handle on the collar, and preferably be a bright yellow or orange color for good visibility.

* Attach a plastic safety whistle to the life jacket and teach the child how to use the whistle, and practice using it.
* Always teach and practice caution while on the boat and in the marina. Set good examples and guidelines.

Make the experience memorable for your future sailor.

Dock Etiquette

Here are a few things you can do to be a good neighbor…

• Tie your boat so your anchor or bow pulpit isn’t sticking out to far into the walkway. I have walked into my fair share and I swear next time someone’s going to be evicted! (Not really but
don’t push it)
• Coil your lines! It’s for the safety of yourself and others.
• Don’t store your stuff on the docks. Let me put it in a way that I hope will get through to the repeat offenders, if your boat is on fire but the person that is coming to help trips falls because of that box of stuff that you left out and is unable to save it in time who’s loss will it be??
• Make sure your dock lines, power cords and water hoses are neat and tidy. See above explanation.

Your insurance company will also thank you!