Every three years the harbor is host to the Channel Islands Tall Ships Festival[8] which includes between two and five large sailing vessels and draws thousands of visitors.

[17] The harbor waters connect to the north with Mandalay Bay, a residential waterfront development built in 1972 consisting of over 700 boat dock homes.

[18] The development consists of single-family homes and townhouses with reinforced concrete bulkheads lining a series of short navigable canal-like waterways.

[19] Between 1950 and 1981 Mandalay Bay was a permitted oil field waste disposal site which caused the release of numerous hazardous chemicals.

[20] The records of what was dumped were subsequently lost, resulting in calls for an investigation and millions of dollars in lawsuits from home buyers who were told the area was safe for habitation.