Editor’s Note: This story has been updated to reflect a response given to The Log by O.C. Parks. The agency’s response was received shortly after our latest issue went to press.
ORANGE COUNTY — Anytime appears to be a good time to hop aboard a boat to catch some fish or watch...
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Just wanted to take the time to point out that there are legal operations that rent boats and operate charters from dock locations in the Dana Point Harbor. I own and operate Harbor Boat Rentals and OHANA Sportfishing Dana Point (6 pack charters) in Dana Point Harbor. We are licensed and insured to legally rent and operate 6 passenger charters through Mariners Yachts. While I agree that illegal charters should be handled accordingly, I disagree with the viewpoint that anyone operating without a location or from a dock is “rogue” or illegal. Be sure to ask questions about insurance and captains and operators having the proper licensing and your next rental/ charter will hopefully be safer and much less “rogue”. And by all means ask us who the “rogue” operators are and we will tell you. It is a small tight knit community and we all know who is on the up and up and who are pirates.
If you are asked to pay for your charter at sea or elsewhere out of plain view of other harbor patrons, that’s a clear sign your charter boat isn’t legitimate.