Y-Knot Marina
Overview
Y-Knot Marina
Port Royal, Kingston
0.0
Admission
FreeOpening Hours
10:00am to 5:00pm
Websites
Features
4
Cleanliness rating0
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:
- 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