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LUXURY WATERS: Small-boat owners are freeing up...

By Jerry Hicks, Helene Elliott and Davan Maharaj
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LUXURY WATERS: Small-boat owners are freeing up harbor slips during the recession (E3) by docking on dry land; that’s where most boats have always been. About 8,500 commercial and private slips exist in the county, where the Southern California Marine Assn. reports about 120,000 boats. . . . “They range from the 14-footer to about 170 feet,” says the group’s director, Spike Harvey. “Over 35 feet you’re talking about a $100,000 boat, and it goes up into the millions from there.” He estimates there are a thousand boats in the “luxury yacht” range.

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Helene Elliott

Helene Elliott was with the Los Angeles Times’ Sports department from 1989 to 2024, first as a staff writer and then, starting in 2006, as a columnist. She became the first female journalist to be honored with a plaque in the Hall of Fame of a major professional sport as the 2005 winner of the Hockey Hall of Fame’s Elmer Ferguson Award, awarded to writers “who have brought honor to journalism and to hockey.” A native of Brooklyn, N.Y., and graduate of Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism, she has covered 18 Olympics.

Davan Maharaj

As editor of the Los Angeles Times Media Group from 2011-17, Davan Maharaj oversaw the largest daily newsgathering organization in the West.

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