St Kilda Harbour Concept Plan - Parks Victoria

08. Boat YardSt Kilda has a long tradition of built structures such as the timber sea baths, locatedout in the bay. The proposed boat repair and storage yard continues this traditionby creating a slim island-like structure for maritime activities. The maintenance ofthe waterline at the existing heritage bluestone sea wall ensures that the harbourremains strongly connected back into the rest of St Kilda. The location of theboat repair and storage yard maintains this connection with the water, promotingthe important view lines from the Upper Esplanade, Jacka Boulevard and PierEntry across the harbour out into the bay and back to the city.The long narrow shape of the boat repair and storage yard carefully reduces thevisual impact of the structure from the land, while also minimizing the extent ofdredging required to launch boats. The yard requires only a narrow, land basedconnection (of approximately 10 metres), ensuring the integrity of the existing seawall and the alignment of the foreshore promenade, as well as minimizing theextent of security fencing.The consolidation of the boat repair and storage yard and junior sailing academyallows for the important conversion of the current fenced repair yard in front ofthe RMYS building (approximately 1000m2) into a high quality public space, anextension of the promenade as it moves through Pier Entry. The relocation of allthe boat repair equipment and activities to the new secure repair yard ensures fargreater public safety and eliminates the current conflict between pedestrians andthe fenced boat repair yard, as well as allowing for the demolition of the existingdilapidated slipway.TYPICAL FUNCTIONAL LAYOUT SUMMARY:Repair Bay 20.0 x 8.0m 04Repair Bay 20.0 x 6.0m 01Repair Bay 16.0 x 6.0m 08Repair Bay 14.0 x 6.0m 09TOTAL BOAT REPAIR BAYS 22Racing Yacht Boat Storage 14AREA SUMMARY32View of Historic St Kilda Pier & Sea Bath StructureBoat Repair / Storage YardOperations BuildingLower Pier Public AccessUpper Pier Public AccessTOTAL5780m2835 m2850 m2480 m27945 m2