The Hide Drogher, sculpted by F. Benedict Coleman in 1990, depicts a 19th cent sailor hurling a hide over the cliff to ships in the harbor below. The statue is located just above The Arches on the Bluff Top Trail in Dana Point.
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Once a shallow cove nicknamed Killer Dana by surfers, two massive breakwaters built in the late 60s created Dana Point Harbor. Dedicated July 1971, the marina has 2400+ slips, shopping, restaurants and the Ocean Institute.
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The Del Prado Gateway Arch in Dana Point, dedicated in 2015, commemorates the city’s history from novelist Richard Henry Dana to developer Sidney Woodruff whose Dana Point Lantern District promotion brought interest to the area.
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The Pilgrim, a replica of the ship in “Two Years Before the Mast”, sank in its slip at the Ocean Institute in Dana Point on Sunday, March 29, 2020. It had been scheduled for repairs in January, but the shipyard was overloaded.
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The Dana Point Elevator, started in 1930, would provide access to the Dana Point Inn (see The Arches) from a
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