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The Log • August 1-14, 2014 • 23
Chuck Hovey Yachts welcomes Michael Gardella to SD location.
SAN DIEGO — Chuck Hovey Yachts has announced Michael Gardella has been appointed to the San Diego location. Gardella, a native San Diegan, has been involved in boating
his entire life, including owning several vessels up to 50 feet in length. He started his boating career in the commercial tuna fishing industry on San Diego’s Embarcadero. Gardella, has now made the decision to improve his future by transitioning to Chuck Hovey Yachts. Gardella specializes in quality sport fishing and cruising ves-
Brian Hovey (right), congratulates Michael Gardella on his appointment to Chuck Hovey Yachts’ San Diego location.
band used the satellite phone to call the Coast Guard for advice. The Coast Guard told him that a doctor would return his call. However before he received a reply the company deactivated the phone, pre- venting him from receiving a return call. The complaint filed July 14 in the
Superior Court in San Diego by Charlotte Kaufman against Whenever Communications, LLC doing business as
SattellitePhoneStore.com, claims that if they hadn’t lost service, they would’ve been able to get medical advice over the satellite phone. Instead, she said, they were forced to
activate an Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacon on April 3 that alerted the Coast Guard and set off a huge rescue effort that involved pararescuemen from the California National Guard’s 129th Rescue Wing based at Moffett Federal Airfield near San Francisco and the Navy’s guided-missile frigate USS Vandegrift that eventually brought the family back to San Diego.
The San Diego Union-Tribune reported July 16 that Attorney Matthew Herron, representing Whenever Communications said that he had sent a letter to the Kaufman’s San Diego home addressing the SIM card switch, but that the family had already departed for Mexico. Herron also said the company sent an email to the Kaufman’s dated April 15 — nearly two weeks after the at-sea incident, the newspaper reported. Rebel Heart, the 36-foot sailboat that had been the Kaufman’s home for seven years, was scuttled by the rescuers to pre- vent it from becoming a hazard to naviga- tion.
NMMA cancels Strictly Sail Long Beach
LONG BEACH — The National Marine Manufacturers Association(NMMA) announced it is cancelling the Strictly Sail Long Beach show, scheduled for Oct. 23 to 26, and will be focusing on fewer shows in larger markets to better serve the boating industry, specifically on the West Coast. NMMA plans to concentrate its efforts
and resources on the Los Angeles, San Diego and San Francisco shows and expand these events to include a greater sailing presence. “The consensus is that there are too
many boat shows in California, and we are hopeful that this shift in focus to California’s largest boat shows will improve the sailing industry’s market
sels. His expertise is based on being “a real person” with family values and a sense of tradition and local values. Honesty and Integrity are foremost in Michael’s dealings with his customers.
share and continue to help grow boating on the West Coast,” noted Thom Dammrich, NMMA president. To maintain the support the Long
Beach show has provided the Southern California sailing industry for 45 years, NMMA plans to add a new Sail Fest to the 2015 Progressive Insurance Los Angeles Boat Show. The L.A. Boat Show’s Marina del Rey location is the ideal venue for the in-water display of Sail Fest as well as edu- cational training opportunities for atten- dees.
Sailing accessories, small sailboats, seminars and features will be featured indoors at the L.A. Convention Center. Similar plans are being made for the Progressive Insurance San Diego International Boat Show and Progressive Insurance San Francisco Boat Show.
Change-of-command ceremony held in San Diego
SAN DIEGO — U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Haddock received a new commanding offi- cer during a change-of-command ceremo- ny held at Coast Guard Sector San Diego in late July.
During the ceremony, Lt. Anthony
Myers transferred command of the cutter to Lt. j.g. Katie Spira. Capt. Sean Mahoney, commander of Sector San Diego, presided over the ceremony. Myers has commanded Haddock since 2012 and is departing for the U.S. Department of State’s Foreign Service Institute.
Haddock is an 87-foot Marine Protector
Class Patrol Boat that was commissioned in 2002. Haddock’s crew patrols the waters from the U.S./Mexico border to Los Angeles and offshore up to 200 nautical miles, where they carry out their primary missions of search and rescue, homeland security, and law enforcement.
CSTR announces Guardian of the Reef fundraiser
SAN DIEGO — In December, California Ships to Reefs’ (CSTR) Board approved a new project for the San Diego Underwater Recreation Area (SDURA), the Guardian of the Reef/Reef Ball Project. This new reefing project would bring the 13-foot Guardian of the Reef bronze statue to the SDURA. Prior to reefing, this work of art will be publicly displayed in the harbor area while permits are being obtained. The display
location have yet to be determined. Fanning out from the Guardian along the seafloor, plans are to reef up to 1,000 reef balls over a 10-year period. Each reef ball is approximately 3 feet wide and 2 feet tall, weighing 750 pounds and config- ured with 14 holes each for the smallest of critters to hide from predators. A suitable site for this project has been
surveyed at the Northeast corner of the SDURA. The location is approximately 2- 1/2 miles northwest of the mouth of Mission Bay Harbor. The Guardian will rest in approximately 70-feet of water. CSTR is seeking donations to complete
this project with a goal of $200,000, to purchase the Guardian, reef balls and process permits required for the project. To purchase a replica, make a cash dona- tion for the project, visit californiaship-
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