HARBORS · SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA
PIER 39 Marina: rules for vendors and boat owners
What PIER 39 Marina 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
- PIER 39 Marina (private) (private marina)
- Region
- San Francisco Bay Area
- Liability minimum
- Required; amount not published[PIER 39 Marina]
- Rules last checked
- Last verified
Rules for service providers
Before your first job here, line up:
- Insurance: general liability Required; amount not published.
- Insurance
General liability: Required; amount not published
- Evidence of valid commercial insurance meeting the marina's minimum requirements (amount not published); no dock access without it
Last verified
Rules for boat owners
We didn't find published slip, liveaboard, copper or pump-out rules.
Hiring someone to work on your boat here
Based on what the harbor requires of vendors, ask your provider for:
- A current certificate of insurance on file with the harbor office.
Marinas these rules cover
- Pier 39 Marina San Francisco
What we looked for and didn't find
- The insurance amount, permit or fee for vendors.
“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
- PIER 39 Marina. PIER 39 Marina.