Just Marine

03/30/2025

On January 7th, the same day as the horrific fire devestation in Los Angeles, our Harbor 20 fleet in Newport Beach also took a big punch on the chin. With 60 plus knot winds and large chop, many broke from their mooring floats, either partially or completely. Here is a collage of just some of the boats and damage and photos during reconstruction and after completion. We still have more to fix. One boat, Bluebird, who also needed a new mast, was nearly written off by the insurance company. We are proud to say, we got her all back together in time for the Harbor 20 National Championships and her owners, Perry and Brian Bissell, won the championship. Congratulations!!

08/28/2023

08/28/2023

The SOS Dan Bouy, man overboard marker, has now saved at least two lives! Here is a great video describing it and comparing to the old style pole and description of the rescue.

11/14/2021

Mission Bay YC in San Diego is coming alive with Harbor 20's. Currently 4 boats and interest by others to get in. Great venue for H20 racing. They had a demo sailing day yesterday.

02/14/2021

Our SOS Dan Buoy has other rescue scenarios. Here is a video of it being used for surf rescue by Helicopters.

Our rescue helicopter crews are convinced more lives will be saved after new equipment was put to the test off Semaphore. A specialist floatation device was ...

10/09/2020

Harbor 20's host sailing champions this weekend.

A talented list of current one-design class National and North American Champions will race for the prestigious Jack Brown Trophy at the 46th Annual Championship of Champions, hosted by the Balboa Yacht Club in Corona del Mar, California. This three-day US Sailing National Championship gets underway...

09/14/2020

Great shot of a Harbor 20 leaping out of the ocean in Santa Barbara. Their playground is a little rougher than most H20 race areas. Thanks Rick Yabsley for the shot!!

08/15/2020

And this is how the Harbor 20 started and has developed into such a great sailboat!!

It has been 23 years since the first Harbor 20s were commissioned, and during that span its builder claims the class has had more racing than any other

05/11/2020

Here his a great video by the Storm Trysail Club (gurus of safety) and Gary Jobson, running through all the important personal safety gear you should have. You will see our SOS DAN BUOY, Man Overboard Marker, is featured heavily with a full demonstration at 20 minutes into the video.

Created by the Storm Trysail Foundation, the Safety-At-Sea video series serves as a resource for sailors. Normally, reserved for our seminar participants, th...

04/01/2020

HERE WE GO! As many of you know, the Harbor 20 fleet is exploding all over the country, nearly as fast as the Corona virus! Here's the start of the next fleet, packed up and ready to roll out to Bristol, RI in a road train, 4 boats at one time. With the advent of driverless trucking, the USDOT has also expanded some towing options. Similar to the road trains in Australia you can now tow up to 4 trailers at one time. Should be interesting! Very appreciative to Kia Motors for souping up the Sorento to handle the trip.

02/06/2020

We just completed a nice bit of customization for this Harbor 20 owner. He wanted the boom crutch and paddle to match his tiller.

08/07/2019

CONFUSED about rearming your inflatable Life Jacket? Here's some great videos, put together by Chuck Hawley and U.S. Sailing, for many different types. Its really quite simple once you see it. One of the great attributes of the SOS Dan Buoy, man overboard marker, is the simplicity to rearm yourself, pretty much the same. No big fees either! www.just-marine.net

These excerpts are taken from our Online Offshore Safety at Sea course. Click here for more information on the course or to order. Inflatable Life Jacket Systems Care and Maintenance of Safety Gear Pre Departure – Equipment – Inflators Part 1 Care and Maintenance of Safety Gear Pre Departure Equ...