Alan, the Holiday Harbor I remember was adjacent to San Pedro Boat Works,
all the way down at the end of Miner Street across the road from the coal
terminal. In those days Watchorn Basin was pretty empty. Cabrillo Boatshop
with its little marine railway was at the corner of 22nd and Miner. Cabrillo
Boatshop is gone now, I think, and I've heard that San Pedro Boat Works has
bitten the dust too. One of the best of the old-time boat yards. Times
change...

I'm up in the Pacific Northwest now, and my boat's in the Port Townsend
marina.

Tom Dacon

"Alan Gomes" wrote in message
news:mhkPc.76218$eM2.33654@attbi_s51...
Tom,

I think you have in mind the "old" Holiday Harbor (off Miner street, next
to the old Fleitz Bros.). I believe the old Holiday is now called
"Cabrillo
Way Marina" and run by a different concern. The new Holiday Harbor is just
to the northwest, off of 22nd street (a stone's throw from 22nd Street
Landing). This is in the new (i.e., about 17 year old?) marina--*much*
nicer.

In fact, Bill Gribble is the marina manager there. Nice guy. I used to own
a
few different boats at the old Holiday Harbor in the 70s but the marina
manager at that time was Leo Hutter, not Bill. I had not met Bill Gribble
until I moved to my current slip in the new marina.

"Hurricane Gulch" is still a fun place to sail, but commercial interests
have encroached so much that there is much less open sailing area inside
the
harbor--too many obstructions. But it's still good sailing, lots of wind,
and a terrific launching pad for Catalina.

--Alan Gomes


"Tom Dacon" wrote in message
...
You're right - that's a nice little marina. Out on the outer row of
slips,
the last time I was there a few years ago, was a little 27' wooden
Gulfweed
ketch named Nocturne, that was built around 1940 and has lived in that
marina since at least the early 70's. I did some work on the boat for a
previous owner back in those days. A sweet little boat, and a funky
little
marina. Does Bill Gribble still run the show there?

Regards,
Tom Dacon

"Alan Gomes" wrote in message
news:MU9Pc.195592$%_6.170990@attbi_s01...
Depends on the marina. This is true for Alamitos Bay (actually, it's
worse
than a year.) However, I got into Holiday Harbor in San Pedro after
being
on
the list for only a month. (Nice marina, too.)