(1-4) Tom Traylor, 74,works on his custom built steam turbine boat during the annual "Old Fashioned Day in the Park" on Sunday, July 26, 2009, at Burton Chace Park. Old Fashioned Day in the Park featured vintage yachts, antique/classic cars and motorcycles, and old steam engines. (5) John Davis, 62, member of the Western Antique Power Associates, oils his 1865 food processor during "Old Fashioned Day in the Park" on Sunday. (6) People look at the antique cars during "Old Fashioned Day in the Park" on Sunday.

Santa Monica High School (SAMOHI) volunteers Rich Gates (left) and Chuck Kearsley, sand the 'SS Viking' on Saturday, June 13, 2009, at SAMOHI. The giant blue and gold ship is 85 ft. long by 30 ft. tall and is made from plywood. The vessel will stage the19th Annual 'Grad Nite' celebration on Thursday, June 18, for the 2009 graduating senior class.The vessel takes three weekends to constructand and one weekend to dismantle. Two hounded and fifty volunteers worked on the Grad Night project. The evening will include a DJ, dancing, carnival and casino games, food, a complimentary DVD of the evening, lots of prizes and much more.

Santa Monica High School's Grad Nite is one of the city's most elaborate events - an all-night party of thoroughly extravagant proportions thrown each June exclusively for the graduating class by the parents, district teachers, staff, local businesses and community. Grad Nite is drug and alcohol-free graduation party that keeps students safe, sober and alive on what is statistically the most dangerous night of their lives.

Santa Monica Police Harbor Patrol Officers Alex Smith and his partner is Gevorg Akopyan navigate the "Tango I," a 16 foot Zodiac, at Santa Monica Bay during a training session on Saturday, April, 11, 2009.

The 'Betty’O' sportfishing boat can be seen despite the thick fog that blanketed Santa Monica Bay Thursday, March19, 2009. Built in 1919 for William Wriggly (Wriggly Gum) for use as a shore boat at Catalina Island.

A ship-reck is transformed into a public  piece of graffiti  art at  Venice Beach  on Saturday, June 28, 2008. 

A ship sales south in Santa Monica Bay on Sunday, June 15, 2008. 

Volunteers construct a giant blue and gold ship made from plywood at Santa Monica High School on Sunday, June 8, 2008. The vessel will stage the 18th Annual Grad Nite celebration on June 19, for the graduating senior class.  The ship is 30 feet high and 85 feet long. It take three weekends to construct the vessel and one weekend to dismantle it. Two hounded and fifty volunteers work on the Grad Night project.  The evening will include a DJ, dancing, carnival and casino games, food, a complimentary DVD of the evening, lots of prizes and much more. Tickets are $75.00 in advance or $100.00 at the door.