Santa Barbara Marina One Rebuild Enters Phase 4

Byline: Taylor Hill SANTA BARBARA — Phase 4 of Santa Barbara Harbor’s Marina One rebuild has begun, leaving some slip tenants in a precarious situation. The 10-year, multiphase approach to rebuilding 14 of the 16 dock fingers that make up the 500-slip marina has been going as planned, so far. However, the impending reconstruction scheduled for nearly all of the harbor’s 40-foot slips has Santa Barbara’s waterfront facilities manager Karl Treiberg searching for ways to keep all of the boats in the harbor. For every phase so far, project managers been able to relocate the vessels displaced due to construction within Santa Barbara Harbor. But with nearly all of the 40-foot slips about to be put out of commission, the city is having trouble finding space for the larger boats. At the Harbor Commission’s Nov. 15 meeting, Treiberg outlined possibilities for boaters who will be moved out of their slips along Marina One’s fingers M and L during the Phase 4 construction period. “We’re going to have to have some of the vessels raft together, and it’s possible we may have to ask vessels to leave to Channel Islands or Ventura Harbor while the work is being done,” Treiberg said. “We’re going to try and...