The decision to develop Marsden Cove Marina bucked trends. While it is quite normal to find marinas mooted by a businessman with a love of boating who spends years trying to convince local authorities to give him permits for a marina, it is far less common for the impetus to come in the first instance from an elightened district council.
Marina World, March /April 2007
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1. Many people who’ve experienced standing on a concrete floating dock say, “It feels like solid ground.” Why are concrete floating docks so stable?
Craig Funston, a structural engineer with the engineering and design firm Redpoint Structures, Bellingham, WA, explains the science behind the design.
The perception that one gets of standing on solid ground is “a common reaction when anyone steps on a concrete floating dock for the first time,” Funston says. “The modules float high on the water, but they are massive, and they have a wide footprint.”
“Think of a snowshoe,” he explains. “The footprint is very broad compared to the weight it supports, so the water easily resists the load. Because each module is connected to the next, it multiplies the mass and footprint by the number of modules, making the entire system extremely stable and solid.”
The power of the “snowshoe effect” is demonstrated by a common practice at Port Forum, a super yacht marina in Europe featuring Bellingham Marine’s Unifloat system. The latest craze among the super rich is carrying their Mini Coopers (see photo) on the decks of their yachts.
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MAGAZINE: Marina Dock Age
ISSUE: January/February 2007
Upgraded Marina is Focus for Legendary Island
Marina World, Jan /Feb 2007
Chub Cay, the island that has been host to the rich and famous and a lure to legendary fishermen for over 40 years, broke ground to begin new development for the next generation of boaters and fishermen in March 2004. In an event that attracted VIPs galore, gold shovels and tossed sand were much in evidence as developers announced the revamp ahead. Chub Cay remains every inch a private resort – an exclusive paradise within a protected natural environment.
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If every environmental project incorporates varying shades of green, Mary Lou LoPreste’s visionary concept for Sun Harbor Marina in California encompasses the entire palette. Recycled products, sustainable resources, low energy, energy efficient are written into every sweeping curve, every landscaped niche and each marina building and amenity.
Sun Harbor Marina, located within the loyal clientele, was location.A major overhaul America’s Cup Harbor in San Diego, dates was needed and Mary Lou, a committed back to the 1940s.When Mary Lou and Frank environmentalactivist,was determineto create LoPreste purchased the facility in 1983 pretty a truly ‘green’ marina that would be practical, much all it had going for it, aside from a very beautiful and profitable.
“Learning that 60% depletion of our natural resources comes from building developments, I became acutely aware of the urgent need for progressivebuilding standards that can address the growing environmental crises in our world today,” she told Marina World. “I built the green marina in the hopes that she would be a prototype for other developers showing that you can build green, financially responsible and financially successful.”
Sun Harbor was to be built to Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design (LEED) certification, a process developed by the US Green Building Council (USGBC). In June this year it became the first LEED certified marina in the USA.
Time to plan
In 1996 LoPreste, having familiarised herself with the needs of the facility, its tenants and the larger community, started to plan for redevelopment. The approval application process began in 1997and, finally,in 2003 she received permission from the Department of Boating &Waterways and San Diego Unified Port District to move forward with her $5.5 million development project.
It was not, however, simply to be a rebuild based on ‘best practice’ or ‘best compromise’ but a new-style ‘living’ marina where Feng Shui principles were applied and attention to detail was paramount. LoPreste worked with architect, Caitlin Kelley, on the landside Marina World – September/October 2006 aspect of the marina and Bellingham Marine’s Californian team on the docks.
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MAGAZINE: Marina World
ISSUE: September/October 2006
The ‘pond’ is not a term a stranger would likely use for the waterway that surrounds the Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron (RSYS) in Australia owing to the three types of ferry traffic, tugs, recreational boaters and the odd military craft that will buzz by on any given day. Despite this being called the ‘inner Harbour’, the visible and sub-surface wake here make the most seasoned sailor grab hold and take note. The lack of predictability boosts the heart rate of the uninitiated with a huge variety of wave types and frequencies.
Marina World, Sept /Oct 2006
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