Clipper Yacht Harbor (Sausalito): rules for vendors and boat owners
What Clipper Yacht Harbor (Sausalito) publishes for marine service providers and for boat owners, quoted from the operator's own pages and documents. Each rule shows its source and the date we last read it.

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At a glance
- Run by
- Clipper Yacht Co. LLC (private) (private marina)
- Region
- San Francisco Bay Area
- Liability minimum
- $1M per occurrence[Clipper Yacht Harbor]
- Rules last checked
- Last verified
Rules for service providers
Before your first job here, line up:
- Insurance: general liability $1M per occurrence; an additional-insured endorsement naming “Clipper Yacht Co. LLC”.
- Insurance
General liability: $1M per occurrence
Additional insured:
Clipper Yacht Co. LLC
- Workers' compensation for vendors with employees
“Minimum of $1,000,000 liability insurance”; per-occurrence vs aggregate not stated.
Last verified
- On site
- Submit proof of insurance and workers' comp to the harbor office before any work.
- Only light maintenance in the harbor; heavy sanding and fiberglass grinding must be done at a boatyard.
Last verified
Rules for boat owners
- Slip fees
$15–$54 per foot of berth length depending on size and basin (no effective date shown).
[2]Last verified
- Copper paint and hull cleaning
Only legal hull paint; the harbor recommends non-toxic paints.
[1]Last verified
- Pump-out
Pump-out at the fuel dock, free to tenants, as often as needed.
[1]Last verified
Hiring someone to work on your boat here
Based on what the harbor requires of vendors, ask your provider for:
- A certificate of insurance with the additional-insured endorsement naming “Clipper Yacht Co. LLC”.
Marinas these rules cover
- Clipper Yacht Harbor Sausalito
What we looked for and didn't find
- Liveaboard rules.
“Not found” means it isn't in the public pages we read, not that no rule exists.
Next steps
- Compare every harbor's vendor requirements
- Total the permit fees for the harbors you work
- Check your insurance against published minimums
- How to become an approved vendor at a California marina
- Starting a hull-cleaning business in California
- Boat owners: how to hire a marine contractor
- Boat owners: hull cleaning interval estimator (copper paint rules)
- All harbors
Sources
- Clipper Yacht Harbor. Harbor rules.
- Clipper Yacht Harbor. Rate sheets.