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KNEWSLETTER - Vol. 82

Ahoy Marianne!

With this our final Knewsletter of 2023, we would like to wish you all a very warm and safe holiday season. It has been our pleasure to find our way into your inbox every month. We've enjoyed your comments and feedback and we sincerely look forward to an even better 2024!

FROM THE BILGE

As we complete another year, please join me for a moment to look astern, in addition to our course ahead…..

This past year we expanded our management team in both yards in anticipation of the retirement and shifting responsibilities within that team. This process has gone smoothly, and all is well. Read more.

Valid on KKMI two-coat bottom painting packages.
Valid in both our Richmond and Sausalito yards.
This promo applies to Trinidad and Odyssey only, no substitutions.
Jobs must be booked by December 31^st 2023.

CALL TODAY!

Richmond 510-235-5564

Sausalito 415-332-5564

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2023 LIGHTED BOAT PARADES

Whether you were spirited away by the magical lights of your local parade or you missed out on the revelry, you're sure to enjoy this video of the amazing Sausalito Lighted boat parade this year.

We looked high and low for a list of places with fireworks for New Years but could only find information on the San Francisco fireworks. We hope you get to enjoy them! Click here

WE ARE LOOKING FOR A FEW GOOD FOLKS...

If you or someone you know speaks "boat" and is looking to enjoy a rewarding work environment with great people and tons of perks... give us a call!

BOTH LOCATIONS:

Boat Wizard

Boat Painter

Please send resume if you have it or Download our application here.

Include in an email and tell us a little about yourself. Send to: hr@kkmi.com

DID YOU KNOW?

Precautionary tales, preventative tips, interesting finds and practical pointers from our project managers and around the web

KKMI has offered a Free haulout to Commercial Crabbers and KPIX took note!

Learn more about the offer - click here.

CHECK OUT OLDER EDITIONS OF OUR KNEWSLETTER

If you ever wanted to peruse older editions of our Knewsletter, we have them on our website for your reading pleasure! Tell your friends!

Visit: www.kkmi.com/kkmi-knewsletter

CAPTAIN Q'S QUAGMIRES

You've likely heard of "Elf on a Shelf" but have you heard of these lesser known but more nautically themed holiday classics?

Looking for something to get that hard to shop for boater on your holiday list?

A sailors tree topper

Happy Holidays!

KNEWSLETTER CHALLENGE

Simply reply to this email with your answer. No need to change the title. If you have one, include a photo of yourself, preferably on a boat, that we can use in the event you're our big winner! Please tell us a little about what's happening in the photo. You will be added to all entries and the winner will be selected randomly from all entries. Good luck!

The winner will be notified ahead of time and announced in our next Knewsletter.

QUESTION:

Here's one you can really sink your teeth into!

What five-letter "B" word can mean either an open bay on a coast into which a boat might travel, or a loop of rope used in that boat's nautical riggings?

LAST KNEWSLETTER CHALLENGE & WINNER

This is the El Toro memorial directly across the street from the mural. It's located in between the KKMI yard and the Point San Pablo Yacht Club.

CHALLENGE:

What famous local artist is being memorialized in a mural on the building across the street from our KKMI Richmond location? And what kind of boat is depicted?

ANSWER:

Jim DeWitt - El Toro

It's so perfectly placed directly across from an El Toro's memorial but more importantly it's positioned perfectly so that we can see it from the yard! Read more

Congratulations to this month's winner, John Carapiet! There's John on his El Toro many moons ago in the El Toro Nationals. And below is his current El Toro which is the only wood one he know's of with laminated floatation.