marina of 2025

[sailbadthesinner]

i have not posted this thought about boats but my view is that boat design of the future will be dictated by marina /cruising area of the future
imho
tcm stated that cost etc would dictate fewer producers seeking more remote low cost environments
i feel that oat pf future will represetn land space available hence more and more smaller boats occyupying increasingly expensive marinas /moorings
the idea of the four aft cabin seems to me ridiculous when the marina of the future will no doubt have dual lelvel berths and incleasinbgly high rise pontoons?

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[pvb]

Too much Guinness, shurely?

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[sailbadthesinner]

Re: Too much Guinness, shurely?

mmmmmmmmmmm typin gt npot so hoit i aGREEEZS
AND i aiunft faked this

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[BarryH]

No wonder your kids don't want to get into boaty things.

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[Metabarca]

Perhaps he turns green and bursts his shirt as he types this...

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[Twister_Ken]

The Save-The-Lesser-Spotted-Sand-Eel-Pigeon lot will have achieved total ascendency by then, so no neew marinas (as we know them) will be built. Instead we'll have boat parks. Short canals will be built in from the coast with hard standing on either side of them. Boats will sail into the canal, tie up and crews will depart. Yardies will then lift the boats from the canal onto wheeled cradles and store them ashore. In reverse, when approx an hour's travel from the 'marina' you will telephone and ask for your boat to be put in.

Think of the savings in antifouling.

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[mickshep]

As personal injury litigation increases so the lawyers will cotton on to the idea that the coastal waters claimed by HM gov' are their responsability. hence deluge of claims "water too wet/rough/flat/blue" etc directed at said gov'. Inshore waters will be cordened off as potentialy too dangerous and patrolled by stealth war ships on the lookout for anti gov' forces in out of date saily thingies with orders to sink on sight. Marinas will be replaced by virtual marinas. You will pay at the gate, park your car and put on a "virtual sailing helmet", program in the type of sailing you wish to do, sit back and enjoy. Each helmet to be equiped with sterile salt water sprays to aid realism. (I think the medication is wearing off) Mike ;-)

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[BrendanS]

>>Yardies will then lift the boats from the canal onto wheeled cradles and store them ashore. In reverse, when approx an hour's travel from the 'marina' you will telephone and ask for your boat to be put in. <<

That's whatI do with my boat, only they go onto a cradle, not a wheeled cradle. bleedin big forklift does it all.

Now if you want to see a vision of the future, a friend of mine designed this:

<A target="_blank" HREF=http://iditarod.smugmug.com/gallery/37794> click here </A>

If you look at the 160' water level diagram, you'll see a boat at water
level, left of entrance. This is on 'fork lift' prongs, that travel on a
dolly up the slit in the tube. At the top you'll see a boat which has
travelled up and has been turned 90 deg to enter. Dolly can drop as far as
necessary to get to water level, so low tides not a problem.Further
elevators can be seen to left and right. As many elevators as necessary can
be added.Time for start to finish is max 10 minutes. Doors can be closed
when not in use, and building heated in winter.

Small boats are slotted straight onto the revolving floors.
For larger boats, the ground floor rotates to an open section and travels
straight through to the centre. Here the large boat is elevated and slotted
onto the floor from the centre. This explains how the boats are crammed in
in such high density on the 1 GA drawing (which shows the central channel in
green, a concrete wall.)
Some flycruisers can be seen high up in the structure - these are on floors
which are cantilevered and hang from roof supports.

Glass windows to right of water level picture illustrates how shops,
restaurants etc can be incorporated.

Comments?


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[MainlySteam]

<<<Now if you want to see a vision of the future, a friend of mine designed this>>>

But we have them like that already!!!! Your friend can't copy our ideas, look <A target="_blank" HREF=http://grassfarmer.com/nz/new2.html>Here</A>.

John

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[qsiv]

<<Short canals will be built in from the coast with hard standing on either side of them. Boats will sail into the canal, tie up and crews will depart>>

Oh! Just like Vannes you mean. I would hate to think of the French leading the way! Vannes has one extra trick - the basin is too narrow to turn in, so you can easily be faced with going astern for nearly 1/4 mile (it was VERY busy when we were there).

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[Twister_Ken]

Masts would be a bit of a bother. nm

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[BrendanS]

Primitive stuff. No stacking and lots of wasted space.

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[BrendanS]

Re: Masts would be a bit of a bother. nm

He's thought of that. He has a version that will take yachts, masts and all.

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[Ohdrat]

Will be an ice rink.. that's if the good ol gulf stream is switched off..

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