Lust for bigger yachts leads California port to tap bond market
Long Beach, California
LONG Beach, a blue-collar town known for cargo freighters, is selling US$112 million of bonds to make itself a beacon for another kind of ship: the yachts of the prosperous Pacific coast.
Catering to the tiny-vessel owner has been a struggling business since the recession, as money-minded sailors left marinas to store their boats on land, said Rick DuRee, chairman of Long Beach's Marine Advisory Commission. That costs about half as much as parking at the docks.
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