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Y-Knot Marina

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Overview

Y-Knot Marina

Port Royal, Kingston
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Admission

Free

Opening Hours

10:00am to 5:00pm

Websites

Features

4
Cleanliness rating
0
Harassment rating
  • Parking available
  • Pets allowed
  • Toilet available
  • Changingroom available
  • Lifeguard station
  • Running water available
  • Cooking allowed

General

Basic Info

  • Name: Margaret Stanley
  • Organization: Jamaica Environment Trust
  • Survey date & time: 26th January, 2019, 7:30pm
  • Beach: Y-Knot Marina
  • Other names:
  • Location: Port Royal, Kingston
  • Latitude: 17.94104265363115
  • Longitude: -76.83775597287752
  • Beach length: 0.00 km

Beach Basics

  • Fishing beach: No
  • Fish vending: No
  • Commercial activity level: Low levels of commercial activity (1 - 5 vendors/stalls/business places)
  • Swimming/bathing beach: No
  • Protected area: Palisadoes Port Royal Protected Area
  • Opening hours
    10:00am to 5:00pm
  • Busiest day of the week: Sunday
  • Attendance on typical days: 5-10
  • Attendance on busiest days: 51 - 100

Beach Management

  • Beach type: Private beach (privately owned/leased, operating as a public beach (with access to the general public) with or without an entrance fee)
  • Property owner: Nigel & Conrad Black
  • Owner contact
    • Name: Nigel & Conrad Black
    • Phone:
    • Mobile: (876) 391-1737
    • Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
  • Property manager: Conrad Black
  • Manager contact
    • Name:
    • Phone: (876) 391-1737
    • Mobile:
    • Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
  • Management arrangement: Employee
  • Community organization:
  • Website & social media pages:
    • Website:
    • Facebook:
    • Twitter:
    • Instagram:
  • Permits: Liquor ,Mooring, Dock

Features

Fees & Facilities

  • Entrance fees:
  • Changing room: Yes
  • Running water: Yes
  • Toilet: Yes
  • Parking: Yes (more than 50 cars)
  • Food & Drinks: No
  • Cooking: No
  • Pets: Yes
  • Facility costs:

    Tables
    Chairs
    Umbrellas

Activities & Behaviour

  • Activities:
    • Boat repair/storage
    • Leisure boats/yachts (drop anchor/moorings/dock/tie up)
    • Restaurants
    • Bars
    • Parties
    • Vending (food)

  • Family environment: Yes
    It is a marina/bar/restaurant which provides boat trips to Lime Cay and Maiden Cay. Families can eat at the restaurant or take trips to the cays.
  • Alcohol: Yes
  • Smoking: No
  • Parties:
    • How often: 3 - 5 times per year
    • Party days:
      • Public Holidays
      • Weekends
  • Harassment level: 0
  • Illegal activities: None

Environment

Structures & Dwellings

  • Settlements: None
  • Offshore structures:
    • Pier/Jetty
    • Deck

Animals

  • Domestic animals:
    Dogs
    Parrot
  • Sea turtle nests: No
  • Sea turtle poaching: No
  • Wild animals: Lizards Birds Rats

Vegetation

  • vagetation coverage: About 80% coverage
  • Categories of vegetation:
    • Beach vines
    • Trees
    • Shrubs
    • Mangroves
  • Names of vegetation:
    Sea Grape Trees
    Almond Trees
    Mangroves
    'Money Tree'
  • Vegetation clearing: No evidence of the vegetation being cleared.
  • Seagrasses 6
  • Sargassum issues: 5

Sand

  • Sand color: Light Brown
  • Sand texture: Gravel
  • Sand dunes: There are no sand dunes.
  • Erosion: There are no evidence of erosion.

Utilities

Water Management

  • Sewage & wastewater:
    Soak-away pit
  • Sea pollution:
    • Oil slick
  • Water monitoring: No
  • Drainage:
    • Not applicable
  • Drainage state: [""]

Waste Management

  • Garbage bins: There are 2 bins available.
  • Cleanliness: Scored 4 out of 5 for cleanliness.
  • Fish cleaning: Fish are not cleaned on the beach
  • Responsible for garbage: Beach Manager Staff/Caretaker
  • Garbage management:
    • Garbage collection by private waste haulage contractor
  • Garbage collection: More than once per week
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