On the Waterbus
Around and around she goes
One night on Captain Warren’s watch, a group celebrating someone’s 21st birthday at Tony P’s boarded the WaterBus, drunk and happy. Keeping the drunks out of their cars and off the streets is one of the WaterBus’ stated benefits. That, and traffic mitigation, to the tune of a thousand fewer cars per week clogging Marina del Rey roads. “The guy was pretending to be a pirate,” recalls Captain Warren. “He had a pirate hat and a plastic sword. He kept waking up everybody in the marina, shouting ‘Arrrgh.’ Aaaaargh!”
We chug past yachts and houseboats with names like Best Week Ever and Torpedo and Dream On. The tethered ships bob in the harbor, small squares of light from their windows glowing yellow in the darkness.
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“Are there dolphins?” asks the boy, softly this time, so as not to wake the people who live year-round on the docks. In fact, two dolphins followed the WaterBus around the harbor for hours yesterday. Out on the crinkling water, gliding past the Cheesecake Factory, it is a nice ride. Board while you can.
WaterBus: $1 per person, (310) 628-3219, marinadelrey.lacounty.gov
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