Los Angeles Harbor Area pleasure boat marinas have been around for a long time. The Al Larson Boat Shop, one of the oldest, opened its 128-slip small boat marina in 1924. Two marinas were built in Wilmington right after World War II, the Yacht Haven Marina in 1947, and Holiday Harbor in 1954, with moreContinue reading “It took many years for the two Cabrillo marinas in San Pedro to become reality”
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San Pedro’s Al Larson Boat Shop has been a Port fixture for more than a century
Peter Adolph (Al) Larson emigrated from his native Sweden to the United States as a 16-year-old in 1890. He first began learning the boatbuilding trade in the San Francisco Bay area, and eventually moved south to Los Angeles. He founded the Al Larson Boat Shop on the Salt Lake Wharf at the harbor in WilmingtonContinue reading “San Pedro’s Al Larson Boat Shop has been a Port fixture for more than a century”
