HOMER
PORT & HARBOR FACILITIES (IN BRIEF)
 HARBOR
- 920 Reserved Stalls
- 6000+ Feet Transient Mooring
- 5 Lane Boat Launch Ramp
- Wood Grid & Steel Grid
- 2 Fuel Floats
- Commercial Fish Dock
FISH DOCK
- 383' Face, 50' end (side) berths
- 8 cranes (Six 2 1/2 ton; Two 5 ton)
- 20 water depth at MLLW
-
 31 deck height above MLLW
- 200 tons ice storage, ice delivered
to boat or tote by auger or pneumatic - Cold storage available.
PORT
- Main Dock - 469' Face
- 40' Water Depth at MLLW
- Deep Water Dock - 324' Face +3
breasting dolphins & 2 mooring buoys, 40' Water depth at MLLW
 GRIDS
- Steel 100' x 22', 350 ton
capacity
- Wood 152 x 22'. 100 ton limit or
up to 59' boat
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SERVICES
- Potable Water: All water provided
is potable. Water is available year around at the Harbormaster’s
Office, the Fish Dock and both outside docks. Water is available
along A Float and M Float from approx. May 1 to October 1.
- Electricity: 110v, 220v, and 208v
electricity available at various locations in harbor. Contact
Harbormaster’s Office before plugging in.
- Waste Oil, Filters, Oily Rags:
Waste oil collection sites locatedon the uplands at Ramp 2 and Ramp
7 for small quantities of boat generated oil, filters, oily rags,
sorbents.
- Garbage & Batteries: Dumpsters are
located at the top of each ramp for boat generated trash. Battery
disposal boxes are located at the top of Ramps 2 and 7.
- Fuel: Two fuel floats within the
harbor at the harbor entrance, operated by Petro Marine Services.
Contact on VHF 16 or at 235-8548, 235-4071, or 235-8818.
- Fish Cleaning Station: Several
fish cleaning tables and carcass / viscera trailer are located on
the uplands at the top of Ramp 4 (N Float). Do not fillet your catch
in the harbor basin.
- Sewage Pump Out: “Eco barge”
sewage pump out station is located at EE Float, Northeast corner of
harbor basin. Small vessels’ sewage holding tanks and / or
portapotties can be pumped at this facility. Contact the
Harbormaster’s Office for key and instructions.
- Harbor Fees: A complete schedule
of fees available at the Harbormaster’s Office.
- Moorage Fees: Increase annually
for inflation. Please call harbormaster office at 235-3160.
Vessels that properly register at Harbormaster’s Office and pay
all moorage fees in advance receive a discount of $5 / day from the
daily rate or 50˘ / foot from the monthly rate. An inventory of
vessels is conducted between 12:01 a.m. and 10 a.m. daily. A vessel
moored between 12:01 a.m. and 10 a.m. will be charged a full day’s
moorage.
- Boat Trailer Parking: Trailers
parked on City of Homer land for more than seven consecutive days,
May 15-Oct. 1 are subject to removal. Private parking areas are
available for longer term parking immediately off the Spit on
Kachemak Bay Drive and Ocean Drive. Winter storage of trailers Oct.
1 to May can be arranged at the Harbormaster’s Office.
- Launch Fees: Vessels launched from
trailers shall be charged $11 per day for use of the Load and Launch
Ramp. A seasonal permit for $110 is available at the Harbormaster’s
Office entitling a specific vessel and owner to launch from May 1 to
September 30 (reserved stall lessees exempt from daily and seasonal
launch fees for the registered stall vessel only).
HARBOR RULES & REGULATIONS
- No Wake Zone: All vessels
transiting the Small Boat Harbor must maintain a “no wake” speed
until well clear of the harbor entrance. (Depending on hull
configuration, “no wake” speed is generally below 2.5 knots.)
- Registration: All vessels wishing
to spend a night in the Small Boat Harbor must report to the
Harbormaster’s Office and complete a vessel moorage agreement.
- Transient Vessel Parking: Owners
of transient status vessels should never moor their vessels in a
reserved stall without prior approval from the Harbormaster’s
Office. Transient moorage space is designated by a yellow colored
bullrail.
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