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Harbor Patrol
Not All
Hard Work

“It’s a coveted job,”
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“We’ve been
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Clean Marina
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We’d like to
Keep it
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Text Box: grew up surrounded by water and worked on a fishing boat before taking a part-time job with the Harbor Patrol, which eventually became full-time.
As Martinez stepped onto boat No. 2 on a recent sun drenched Sunday afternoon. He pointed with pride at a “Clean Marina” flag that hangs above the main office.

Martinez said very few marinas in California have been designated Clean Marinas. It’s a title that he credits to a stringent education and enforcement program.

“We’ve been voted a Clean Marina and we’d like to keep it that way,” Martinez said.

Along with making sure boaters aren’t spilling gasoline, hydraulic fluid or oil into the water, the Harbor Patrol has been working to replace its gasoline powered engines with more efficient diesel engines to cut down on pollution.

Martinez fired up the twin Volvo diesel engines while showing off an additional Volvo diesel motor, which pumps 850 to 950 gallons of water per minute that can be shot from a nozzle mounted to the bow of the boat, or out of standing pipes behind the wheel house, which attach to fire hoses.

The Harbor Patrol has two bigger patrol boats equipped for fighting fires and two smaller boats, one of which is inflatable and used for surfer rescue.

While on patrol, Martinez zigzagged the 32 foot boat through the marina, where the ships range in size and stature from million-dollar yachts, to small wooden skiffs – sporting names like “Fin Addict,” “Coconut Row,” “Sweet Surrender,” “Tattoosh,” and

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