2099 GRAND STREET, ALAMEDA, CA 94501 | PHONE: (510) 865-1200 | FAX: (510) 865-1240

Email: Marina@grandmarina.com | Latitude 37 46.73 North-Longitude 122 15.13 West

September 2025 Newsletter

Tenant Appreciation Party

Please join us on September 9th, from 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM for an afternoon of good food, refreshing beverages, and meaningful connections as we celebrate you and extend our gratitude for your continued support. Raffle drawings for exciting prizes will also be part of the event. Kindly RSVP so we may plan accordingly and reserve a place for you.

We look forward to welcoming you!

Keep Your Keys to Yourself

We would like to ask that our berthers not loan gate keys out to people working on their boats. This is for your safety and the safety of your fellow berthers. The Harbor Office is open from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm, Monday through Saturday. Boat workers should obtain dock keys directly from the office. Misused keys are subject to deactivation without notice.

Marina Etiquette

Sometimes we get calls about boats being larger than their slips, and extending over the dock or out in to the fairway. Anchors or bow sprits over the dock can be potentially dangerous to a person walking down the dock. We would like to again stress the importance of keeping the walkway clear and safe for the tenants. So please, if your boat is not a good fit for your slip, contact the office and we will move you. Also, make sure the boat is tied up properly, with lines on both sides of the boat. A shift in the wind can easily push the boat over the dock.
Equally important is to keep the walk ways and fingers clear of clutter. Extra storage boxes may not be kept on the dock.
Likewise, dinghies, row boats or skiffs may not be kept on the dock. If you do have a little boat, you may keep them in the front of the slip, but they must be kept out of the main walk ways.

This is not only a courtesy to your neighbors, but a safety issue as well. Check in with the office if you have any questions about putting a dinghy at the front of your berth.

Required Insurance

Just a reminder that it is your responsibility to ensure we have an updated copy of your insurance every year. A good way to make sure is to simply call us when you have received you insurance documents in the mail. Please keep in mind that we require a minimum of $300,000 liability and Grand Marina named as additional insured or interested party. If you send us an invoice, it
will not be accepted and you will continue to get reminders. If you have any questions regarding this, please feel free to contact the office.

Dock Clean up

As a reminder, the only thing that should be on your dock fingers are: your steps which can only take up half of the finger. If you have a dingy or kayak it can only be stored in front of your slip and can not be in the walkway. Your electrical cord should be neat and tidy and should never hang in the water. Water hoses should be wrapped neatly around the provided hose hanger (If your hose hanger is damaged, give us a call and we will replace it) and should never hang in the water. Plants, bicycles and lawn gnomes are not allowed on the docks. If you have something on the dock that shouldn’t be there, we will give you one courtesy call. If it is not removed we will remove and store for a fee.

GM Liveaboards

Every now and then we get a new postal carrier to the marina that has no idea where to put the mail, what they will usually do is stuff all the mail in to the biggest box they can find which sometime is not ours. As you can imagine this will delay the time it takes for you to get your mail, so to help make sure you get your mail on time please try to include your box number on all
correspondence you expect to receive.