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The Richmond Marina provides access to the Richmond Shoreline and beyond, with sweeping views of the Bay Bridge, Brooks Island, San Francisco, and Angel Island in the distance. The Marina provides a protected launch and Marina Inner Harbor Basin provides an ideal location for paddling that is sheltered from the winds.

A concessionaire, 510 Waterline, offers SUP lessons and equipment rentals.

Boat Facilities

Boat launch facilities consist of an ADA low-freeboard dock with a kayak assist and two SUP handrails. The Water Emergency Transportation Authority (WETA) constructed the ADA launch in 2018. This facility also includes a kayak staging area, ADA gangway, transition plates, and kayak roll-bars with a transfer system.

There is also a corrugated cement boat ramp and two high-freeboard docks for larger craft. The Marina offers public boat storage for $30/month for outside storage and $40/month for inside storage.

From I-580, take the Cutting Boulevard / Harbour Way South exit and turn onto Harbour Way South. Follow the round for approximately 1 mile then make a left onto Hall Avenue. The Marina is located at the end of Hall Avenue.

The 74 bus line stops at Regatta Boulevard and Marina Way, approximately 0.8 miles from the Marina.

Ample paid parking is available at the Marina. Currently parking is $10 for 24 hours or $20 for 48 hours, which can be paid at an electronic kiosk. There are also four free Public Shore parking spaces in the business park lot next to the marina.

ADA restrooms with running water are located near the top of the boat ramp.

Marina Bay provides a variety of nearby amenities including boat storage, a boat washdown area, restaurants, walking paths, benches, and restrooms.

Accessibility

The recently constructed kayak launch has been designed to meet ADA standards, with a wide gangway, transition plates, transfer seat, and paved path of  travel.

The shoreside facilities include a variety of accessible facilities, including a path of travel (not marked), sidewalks, restroom, and parking that all appear to be ADA accessible and well maintained.

Safety Tips

This launch is used primarily by motorized boats and can get crowded on weekends, so care needs to be taken to avoid user conflicts. Motorized boats and sailboats are regularly moving throughout the marina, particularly near the mouth of the marina. In addition, large ships utilize the Santa Fe Channel, located to the west of the Marina, so small non-motorized boats need to take caution to avoid these vessels.

There is a 300-foot security exclusion zone around the Chevron Long Wharf, located 3.5 miles northwest of the Marina.

The Harbormaster is onsite daily between 9AM and 5PM.

Wildlife Tips

Brooks Island is located approximately one mile offshore from the Marina. Brooks Island hosts 18 species of nesting birds, including herons, gulls, and terns. Brooks Island is also home to a secondary harbor seal haul-out site. Access to Brooks Island is only allowed seasonally on the western sandspit of the Island or as part of a scheduled East Bay Regional Park District naturalist tour. Trips to Brooks Island can be scheduled through EBRPD Reservations Department.

The Albany Mudflats Ecological Reserve / State Marine Park, an important feeding ground for a variety of shorebirds and waterfowl, is located approximately 2.5 miles to the southeast.  The Albany Mudflats are extremely shallow during high tides and large mudflats are  exposed at low tides. Due to the potential to get stranded and for sensitive habitat considerations, paddlers are not allowed to enter this area.

Additional Information and Resources

Richmond Marina – Water Trail Site Report

Marina Bay Yacht Harbor – Official website

East Bay Regional Park District – Brooks Island Reserve

510 Waterline – SUP 

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Yacht Harbor Marina

Pensacola, FL is proud to call Yacht Harbor Marina home. For over 20 years, the marina has provided a safe and friendly haven for boaters.

Only minutes away from both the Bay and the Gulf of Mexico.

This makes it an ideal destination for those looking to take their boats out into the ocean with ease.

About Yacht Harbor Marina

Pensacola, FL is home to Yacht Harbor Marina, a local business that has been operating for over 20 years. Founded as the Nautical Steam Shack Restaurant and Marina, more affectionately known by Pensacola locals as The Draw Bridge Marina, Yacht Harbor Marina underwent renovations in 2006 to include a total of 51 wet slips with Navy-style sea walls giving protection on two sides. With its beautiful docks, top-notch amenities, and overall friendly atmosphere, Pensacola's Yacht Harbor Marina offers boaters a special experience both far and wide; making each visit feel like a home away from home.

Our marina provides electric hookups for all types of vessels. Allow your vessel to be powered with comfort and ease, thanks to our convenient and reliable electric service.

Take advantage of our complimentary Wifi! High speed internet allows you to access the web quickly and easily from the comfort of your own device.

Protected Waters

The Marina sits in a half-moon cove surrounded by land rising 20' above sea level it sits in and 300' from an Island that shelters it

At our marina, we provide water hookups for guests that moor here.

Built on the promise of providing superior customer service, boaters can trust they will receive exceptional care as they relax and enjoy the crystal-blue waters surrounding Pensacola.

Security Gate 

Our Security Gates will provide peace of mind that no unauthorized personnel are entering the marina.

Security Lights

Our docks are equipped lights that

 provide much needed visibility for those whoutilize our dock at night.

Full Time Dock Master

Our Dock Master provides reliable onsite expertise and are always available should the need arise.

Protected Moorings

​ Ensure complete security and unwavering peace of mind knowing that your boat is safely and securely docked.

Floating Docks

Made of durable materials, our floating docks provide a stable and secure environment.

Restrooms & Showers

Our staff is dedicated to providing a safe, sanitized environment so you can relax in complete comfort while you enjoy the marina's amenities.

Price Starting at $15 per foot plus the cost of electricity.

Number of wet slips we have a total of 51 wet slips, maximum length, we can accommodate vessels up to 65 feet.  .

Utility Carts

Our marina is well-equipped to provide you with plenty of utility carts for getting all of your supplies from place to place.

Dinghy Docks

At our marina, we offer an extensive range of additional amenities.

Covered Picnic Area

We provide not just boating services, but a comfortable and convenient Picnic Area, fully covered for your convenience

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Yacht Harbor Marina is a great place to store your boat. It's locally owned and operated, has wide wet slips, and is well protected in the inner mouth of the Bayou Chico. The Marina is small and quiet making it a perfect destination for those looking for some peace and quiet. On top of that, Yacht Harbor has easy access in and out so you won’t have to wait around if you decide to take your boat out in Pensacola Bay or the Gulf of Mexico – only minutes away!

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The Delta Marina Yacht Harbor was built in the late 1950’s by the Baumann family of Rio Vista, out of what used to be known as St. Joseph’s Cut along the Sacramento River.

The Marina can accommodate up to 250 boats. We have both covered and uncovered slips. Our slips range in size from 20 ft to 40 ft. We have one of the largest guest docks in the Delta, with nearly 800 ft of docking space for overnighters or yacht clubs.

We also have an RV Park with 25 sites. Thirteen of those sites are right on the Sacramento River, and others are tucked under mature trees with a view of the marina. Be sure to also check out THE POINT restaurant on the property, with great views, and even better food … 7 days a week!

You can find us at the south end of Second Street, just past Riverview Middle School. Groceries and restaurants are only a few blocks walk away. Rio Vista is a charming small town right along the Sacramento River in Solano County. We are proud to call it home. We get many visitors to our marina and RV park who say, “We never knew you were here! ~ What a great find!” Comments like these make our day! Come find out for yourself all the Delta Marina has to offer, and with a fun and friendly staff, you may love it here too!

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With harbor project dead, city seeks fee hikes for marina boat owners

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After a proposal to build a yacht harbor in front of Marina Green was squashed by grassroots organizers, an effort is underway to raise the fees for berthing a vessel at the boatyard. The San Francisco Recreation and Park Department says the move will help make its operations there financially sustainable.

The department notified boat owners this week that it would like to bump berthing fees by a whopping 31.4% by summer 2025. If the fee increases are approved, it would affect about 600 vessels, the department said.

"It's to make the marina self-sufficient," department spokesperson Tamara Aparton told The Standard. "We can't subsidize it. We think our funding should go toward recreation, not for subsidizing the marina."

Keeping a boat at the marina currently costs $6,000 annually for the smallest, 25-foot slip and up to $30,600 for the largest, 100-foot slip.

The new proposal comes after the city tried to use part of a $160 million settlement with PG&E to redesign the entire harbor. The funds were intended to clean up pollution in the bay caused by a former coal gasification plant.

The department had proposed extending the harbor and adding a new breakwater, arguing that the project would have added funds to its coffers by allowing it to cut back on expensive dredging and bring in more customers with the additional docks. The plan was put forward as the city contends with a massive budget deficit that has led to orders by Mayor London Breed to cut department costs.

An analysis by city staff suggested that additional boats could make the marina profitable to the tune of $1 million a year. But the project was spiked in late January after an outcry from residents who argued that building anything in front of Marina Green would ruin a vital community space.

Members of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors' Land Use and Transportation Committee agreed with opponents and passed an ordinance blocking the plans from moving forward. The committee vote was unanimous, and the ordinance was ultimately approved by the full board and signed by Breed.

Now, the Recreation and Park Department is looking for other ways to keep the boatyard afloat.

The proposal for the fee increases will be heard at the Budget and Finance Committee on Wednesday.

"We understand that any increase in fees may impact you, and we assure you that these adjustments have been carefully considered in light of our operational needs and commitments to maintaining high-quality facilities and services," the he Recreation and Park Department said in a message to owners.

Joe Burn, who has been boating at the harbor since the 1970s and currently docks a 35-foot sailboat there, said he understands that the city needs to find funding somewhere. But he worries that the cost increases could end up driving boat owners elsewhere, noting that the current rates are already expensive.

"You’re going to lose them," Burn said. "It's too easy to go somewhere else. There are plenty of places to go to."

Gabe Greschler can be reached at [email protected]

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A California philanthropist allegedly threatened to kill a dock worker during a heated argument from his multimillion-dollar yacht, before dropping his pants and making several threatening gestures to the employee.

Ajay Thakore, a local entrepreneur in the San Diego area, attempted to dock his Lamborghini yacht at the private Marriot Marquis Marina to pick up one of his employees but was stopped by worker Joseph Holt on Sunday.

“I told him respectfully that he couldn’t be there, and I honestly was hoping to have a conversation with him about his cool boat,” Holt told CBS8. “But yeah, it completely went the other way.”

Thakore, who goes by his social media name, Ace Rogers, was riding on his rare $4.5 million Tecnomar for Lamborghini 63 yacht at the time of the daytime dispute.

Holt claimed Thakore became hostile as soon as he was told off.

“It escalated immediately. It was 0 to 100 immediately,” the 21-year-old worker added.

Thakore, the CEO of medical advertising firm Doctor Multimedia, allegedly began to threaten Holt’s life as the luxury speedboat drove away from the docks.

“I will kill you, you know I will kill you, I will kill,” Thakore repeatedly yells, according to the video posted to YouTube.

Besides threatening to take Holt’s life, Thakore claimed to have the power to get the dock worker fired, ripping on the type of job he had.

“I’m a minimum wage worker, he was commenting on that, on my status just because of my job,” Holt said. “He was saying I’m nobody, I’m nothing, I work a silly job.”

“He said that he knows people, he has connections, he can change my life and ruin it,” he added.

During the heated discussion, Thakore allegedly pulled out his wallet and began throwing $100 bills at Holt and into the water, according to the outlet.

Holt said he tried to control himself during the incident and only gave Thakore the middle finger.

“I really didn’t know how to process it. I really was trying to restrain myself from getting fired from my job or stepping out of line. The only thing I did was give him the bird,” he said.

The dock hand blasted Thakore for his actions, especially in a public setting where he stripped nude and showed himself off.

“He had dropped his pants and started to make gestures to everybody watching and me. You can’t act that way in public. It’s just not OK. Especially threatening my life, at the very least. There were women and children there. That’s the most important part,” Holt said.

Thakore claims his outburst started because of a misunderstanding and was sorry for the people who saw it.

“The interaction that occurred yesterday was regrettable. What started as a minor misunderstanding escalated into an argument, and I apologize for my actions and to those who witnessed the unfortunate exchange,” Thakore’s public relations team said in a statement, obtained by KFMB.

Port of San Diego Harbor Police were called to the Seaforth Boat rental dock for “a possible intoxicated vessel operator” but arrived at the marina 10 minutes after Thakore and his boat had left.

The employee who attempted to board the extravagant boat defended his boss’s actions, saying Holt was hostile toward Thakore, and the businessman was only defending his team.

“As I went to kindly step onto the Yacht, I was impeded by two members that work for Seaforth Boat Rental,” Thakore’s employee Jason said on a post to the CEO’s Instagram account.

Jason said he was told to “stand back” the first time he went to step on the boat, and claimed he was forearmed during his second attempt to board the yacht.

“They physically got in my way, the situation became fairly tense, there was a lot of screaming back and forth, extremely confrontational, I didn’t fully understand protocol, as I was going to step onto the boat.”

“As all of this happened, my boss flipped and he’s very protective of me, his fiancée, of his employees.” Jason added. “It was a confusing situation that became very tense and very confrontational.”

Thakore captioned the post saying “there are two sides to every story and it’s easy to paint a picture with edited video clips from cell phones.”

“My employee Jason was being restricted, restrained, and threatened while trying to board my yacht. As a leader, I defend my own fiercely with everything I have, and I will never apologize for that,” the caption read.

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Plantation Yacht Harbor Marina provides a safe, secure, and inviting marina for Village residents and the general local boating population, being named by Yachting Magazine as one of the “Top 50 Marina Destinations in the World” and maintaining a Department of Environmental Protection “Clean Marina” designation. The Marina has, depending on boat lengths, 70 - 83 slips available on daily, weekly, monthly, or annual agreements. All slips provide guests with metered electricity and water, sewage pump out, Wi-Fi, and sales of unleaded and diesel fuel. The facility includes a boat ramp and dedicated parking area, as well as temporary courtesy daytime dockage for eight to ten Islamorada resident boats during special events. There is a tiki-style social pavilion with grills and an ample trailer parking area. Marina guests also have access to the facilities and activities at the adjacent Islamorada Founders Park. The Marina office and boat ramp are open every day from 8 am to 6 pm.

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Fuel: Diesel / Gas available 8 am to 5 pm. Contact: VHF channel 16, at 305-852-2381. Transient Slips/Total Slips: Available/83. Pump Out: Available for each slip. Laundry: Coin laundry on site. Cable Service: Available.

Depth: 5’ Controlled Electric: 30/50/100 Amp Private Marina Head/Showers available Internet: Free Wifi Latitude: 24.96027 Longitude: -80.56807

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Reservations may be made no more than 60 days in advance. Call 305-852-2381 for more information. For more information check the Marina brochure summarizing the information (PDF) .

• Bulkhead Dock - $26.20 per foot / per month / 45-foot minimum.
• Long Dock - $26.20 per foot / per month / 40-foot minimum.
• T-Dock  -  $26.20 per foot / per month / 30-foot minimum.
• T-Dock - Houseboat Slips $19.15 per foot / per month.
• 25-foot minimum throughout the entire marina.

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• Water Fill Service: $5.
• Garbage Bag Disposal: $2 per bag.
• Ice in Bags: $2.

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• Free access for Islamorada Residents. Must show a valid I.D.
• Non-Village Resident Ramp Use Fee: $20 each way ($40 round trip).

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The Marina is located just off the Intracoastal Waterway about mid-way between Makers 78 & 78 “A” in the Florida Bay. The Marina monitors VHF channel 16, or call 305-852-2381 for assistance. The staff will gladly assist with your docking and lines.

The Marina is also located in the fabulous Founders Park. Marina Residents have Free access to the Park which includes a pristine beach, tennis courts, dog park, nature walk, and fitness park. Founders Park features an Olympic-sized swimming pool, lap lanes, diving boards, and a slide available. Pool Fees apply.

Plantation Yacht Harbor is proud to be a designated Clean Marina. For more information visit the  Department of Environmental Protection’s Clean Marina Program . Review us on Water Way Guide; The Cruising Authority Explorer .

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Riviera Beach City Council member says she was told a colleague offered to barter his vote

Councilwoman botel's complaint to the state commission on ethics, filed in october, was forwarded to the palm beach post on wednesday..

Riviera Beach City Councilwoman Julia Botel said representatives of marina owner Safe Harbor told her last year that one of her colleagues, Douglas Lawson, tried to barter his vote on a development project.

Botel's complaint to the state Commission on Ethics, filed in October, was forwarded to The Palm Beach Post on Wednesday.

"At a recent (August 2023) Riviera Beach City Council meeting, the yacht manufacturing company Safe Harbor Marinas petitioned the City of Riviera Beach for formal land use and rezoning, abandonment of certain Right-of-Way segments and other items related to the development of their property," Botel wrote to the commission.

"Representatives from Safe Harbor told me that Councilperson Douglas Lawson offered the Safe Harbor Company to vote in favor of the proposed ordinances if Safe Harbor were willing to provide financial support for the candidacy for (Palm Beach) County Commision of Richard Ryles and if they were to hire Dale Holness as their attorney."

Botel noted that "this constitutes and abuse of public position. It is an attempt by Councilperson Lawson to use his official position to obtain a special privilege or benefit for himself or certain colleagues and friends (Richard Ryles and Dale Holness)."

The state Commission on Ethics does not confirm or deny the existence of a complaint until some disposition of it has been made.

Lawson was among three council members who voted down Safe Harbor's requests in September for zoning changes to facilitate expanded operations at the city waterfront. Botel and council member Shirley Lanier voted in favor of the requests.

Asked about the ethics complaint, a spokeswoman for Lawson said: "This is an ongoing investigation, and Mr. Lawson will comply with state law and will not comment until he is exonerated, which he intends to be. His focus has been, always will be his work for the residents of Riviera Beach."

Ryles, an attorney and former West Palm Beach City Commission member, is running for a seat on the Palm Beach County Commission. Holness, a real estate agent and mortgage broker, is a former Broward County Commission member who ran an unsuccessful race to succeed the late Congressman Alcee Hastings, a Democrat who represented portions of Palm Beach and Broward counties in the U.S. House.

Botel did not say who, specifically, told her Lawson tried to barter his vote.

"I suggest you check with the Ethics Commission," she texted Wednesday, March 13 when asked for comment.

Efforts to reach Holness and Safe Harbor were unsuccessful.

Ryles said he is "anxiously awaiting the conclusion of the investigation so that the community will know I had no hand in any wrongdoing."

News of the ethics complaint against Lawson is only the latest drama connected to Riviera Beach's City Council, rife with acrimony and subterranean grievances.

Lawson and another council member, Tradrick McCoy, were involved in a physical altercation after a meeting in January. The Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office found enough probable cause to seek battery charges against both men but did not pursue charges when both officials agreed not to move forward with the case.

The fight prompted McCoy's colleagues to ask Gov. Ron DeSantis to suspend or remove him.

Botel may be in her final days as a council member.

An appellate court found that she did not follow state law in qualifying as a candidate for re-election. She has said she plans to appeal that decision to the state Supreme Court, but a swearing-in date of March 20 has already been set for her opponent, Glen Spiritis.

Wayne Washington is a journalist covering West Palm Beach, Riviera Beach and race relations at The Palm Beach Post. You can reach him at [email protected]. Help support our work;  subscribe today .

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A California yacht owner's vicious beef with a dock worker has reached death-threat levels -- and their exchange was caught on camera and included a nude, and very rude, gesture!

Check out the clip ... it all unfolds when San Diego entrepreneur Ajay Thakore swings by the swanky Marriott Marquis Marina in his rare $4.5M Tecnomar for Lamborghini 63 yacht to pick up one of his employees -- but things boil over when dock worker Joseph Holt tells him he can't be there.

Thakore, the CEO of medical advertising firm Doctor Multimedia, flips out on Holt big time ... and starts spewing threats like, "I will kill you, you know I will kill you, I will kill."

And it doesn't stop there -- as Thakore's pulling out of the harbor, he drops trou to make a full frontal salute in Holt's direction. Stay classy, San Diego!

Holt's only retaliation was flipping the bird, and he later told CBS8 that was all he could do to keep his cool and avoid escalating the situation.

Holt says parts of the altercation were not captured on camera, and he adds ... Thakore not only threatened to kill him, but also claimed to have connections who could totally mess up his life.

Holt also says Thakore pulled out $100 bills and tossed them at him, even chucking some in the water.

BTW, Thakore's done some backpedaling since the ugly exchange -- he now says, "The interaction that occurred yesterday was regrettable. What started as a minor misunderstanding escalated into an argument, and I apologize for my actions and to those who witnessed the unfortunate exchange."

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FWIW ... One of Thakore’s employees claims the whole thing began because other dock workers blocked him from boarding the yacht.

Oh, and if that fancy Lambo yacht looks familiar -- it's the same one Chuck Liddell recently tumbled off just last month. Now it's famous AND infamous!

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Who is Ajay Thakore? San Diego Lamborghini Yacht owner threatens dock worker in viral video

A n Indian-origin California business owner Ajay Thakore recently made headlines when he reportedly threatened a dockyard worker at San Diego's Marriott Marina after the latter refused to let the former park his $4.5 million Lamborghini Yacht, as per Times Now News.

The video of the incident has now gone viral online. While the face of the man threatening the dock employee saying "I will kill you!" multiple times remains unclear in the footage, many media outlets, including the New York Post confirmed it was Ajay Thakore, who has previously been part of similar confrontations.

Apart from threatening to kill the dock worker, the man in the video also flashed at the latter, as the yacht moved away from the marina. In the wake of this incident, here's looking at who Ajay Thakore is.

Ajay Thakore also goes by the name Ace Rogers

According to Daily Mail, Ajay Thakore also goes by the name Ace Rogers and he is a wealthy businessman and philanthropist based in San Diego, California. He is the CEO of Doctor Multimedia, a local medical marketing agency, and Gopher Media LLC.

He has previously faced similar controversy in 2021 when he was accused of harassing the employees of a La Jolla pizza joint called American Pizza Manufacturing. Its founder Andrew Melone alleged back then that it all started with Thakore defaming the take-and-bake pizza establishment on social media.

However, things escalated when the Indian-origin business owner reportedly parked two of his cars directly in front of the eatery, blocking its entrance, with texts, "Take N Bake Pizza Sucks" glaring on top of it.

Melone also claimed that an airplane flew over the locality with the banner reading, "Just Say No to Take N Bake Pizza." Not only that but Ajay Thakore reportedly involved another pizzeria in the area Carino's, with planes displaying messages like "Carino's Pizza is Better than Take N Bake."

Additionally, Thakore and his companies filed a $10 million lawsuit against Andrew Melone and his public accusations, claiming that they were "exercising their First Amendment Rights" and protesting against discrimination. The owner of the pizzeria countersued, alleging Thakore had persistently harassed him and his company. The two civil lawsuits are still underway.

Exploring the recent controversy surrounding Ajay Thakore

On the afternoon of March 10, 2024, Ajay Thakore's multimillion-dollar Tecnomar for Lamborghini 63 yacht was not allowed to park in the Seaforth Boat Rental lot in San Diego's Marriott Marina. He was reportedly there to pick up an employee. The video of the incident has now gone viral.

It shows a man standing on the edge of the yacht threatening to "kill" the worker identified as Joseph Holt, as per CBS 8. Later, as the boat moved away from the dock, the former dropped his pants and made inappropriate gestures toward the 21-year-old employee. The harasser even threw $100 bills at the guy which fell into the water.

Holt told reporters that he "respectfully" told the driver not to park in the private space and was hoping to have a "conversation" with him about his "cool boat," when "it completely went the other way."

"I really didn't know how to process it. I really was trying to restrain myself from getting fired from my job or stepping out of line. The only thing I did was give him the bird," Holt stated.

The employee also mentioned how Thakore berated him for his minimum wage labor and called him a nobody who did nothing on a "silly job." The expensive boat owner allegedly threatened to have him fired using his "connections" and ruin his life.

The dock worker further continued,

"He had dropped his pants and started to make gestures to everybody watching and me. You can't act that way in public. It's just not okay. Especially threatening my life, at the very least. There were women and children there. That's the most important part."

In contrast, Ajay Thakore's public relations team told CBS 8 that the "interaction" was "regrettable."

"What started as a minor misunderstanding escalated into an argument, and I apologize for my actions and to those who witnessed the unfortunate exchange," the statement added.

Later, Ajay Thakore's employee Jason, whom the former was supposed to pick up during the fiasco, also issued a clarification via his boss' Instagram (@acerogersceo). He said that he was not allowed to get aboard, and was asked to "stand back" and even "forearmed" which is when Thakore allegedly "flipped" as he was protective of him, his fiancé, and his other employees, tagging it as a long-drawn misunderstanding.

In the caption of the post, it was Ajay Thakore who seemed to issue a statement:

"As a leader, I defend my own fiercely with everything I have, and I will never apologize for that. You can choose to believe that I just pulled up to the dock and started yelling, or you can realize that a lot happened before the cameras were rolling and that it takes two sides to escalate a situation."

Notably, in the aftermath of the incident, Port of San Diego Harbor Police were called in, who arrived 10 minutes after Ajay Thakore's boat left the marina. Joseph Holt told the news outlet that the officers didn't take his complaints seriously and were even laughing at him.

The department responded by telling CBS 8 that they were called in to deal with a "possible intoxicated vessel operator" who had departed the area before they got there and that they were unable to do anything with. The statement went on to say that a report had been made and that the police had spoken with the complainant and witnesses.