Lew,

Your right about the old marinas off of Miner. They were in disrepair when I
was sailing around them as a kid! The old Fleitz was particularly bad.
Several years back we got a bit of a storm and one of the gangways broke
loose and floated away with a number of boats still tied to it! I suppose
you could say those marinas do have "character"! :-)

The new marina complex, just across the harbor from it (in Watchorn Basin),
is in very good shape, though. I had my name in on a waiting list to move
from there back to Alamitos Bay, but I like the marina there so much better
that I've decided to stay.

--Alan Gomes

"Lew Hodgett" wrote in message
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"Alan Gomes" writes:

Boatshop is gone now, I think, and I've heard that San Pedro Boat Works
has
bitten the dust too.

SFWIW, drove down Miner St last weekend.

The boat shops are all gone.

No updates have ever been made to any of the marinas.

HTH


--
Lew

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