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Time to stack
FROM THE EDITOR
As increased interest in boating
continues, the shortage of wet berths
in developed boating markets will
become a growing problem. Now is
the time for the industry to turn its
attention to the many benefits of
drystack storage as a ‘needs must’
rather than optional alternative.
The advantages of drystack have been recognised for years but uptake has been
minimal if compared to the development of wet berth marinas. This is fundamentally
due to public perception – both from the boat owner as well as the local resident.
Boat owners cannot stroll the marina and admire their boats bobbing in the water;
local residents don’t want to live near tall and potentially noisy commercial buildings.
But this is 2023. Boaters have become more educated about the benefits of
stacking their boats in covered buildings and NIMBY fears have been somewhat
allayed by the increasing attention paid to developing architecturally-pleasing
buildings that resemble upmarket hotels and US-style shopping malls. And the
major sea change is just emerging with the advent of electric forklifts and improved
automated crane technology.
These diminish the noise and remove the pollution element that has had many
a local resident running scared. New buildings can also be mixed-use, taking
prominent place in a waterfront vista and delivering a residential component to make
all more attractive to a developer.
The theories are sound, but people power combined with the difficulty of finding
appropriate sites and lengthy and complicated permitting processes remain
negatives that need to be offset by the positives: taking smaller boats out of the
water leaves water space for vessels too large to be racked; crane systems require
reduced footprint and rack more boats in the given volume – density = dollars.
The site question is interesting and throws up two immediate benefits for drystack
versus wet berth facilities. Firstly, because of the enhanced technology now available
drystacks can be located further from the water’s edge and in fairly confined spaces.
Secondly, they are a more environmentally-friendly boat berth option, especially
when boat handling equipment is electrically driven.
This makes drystacks particularly ideal for lakes, which are often governed by
tough environmental regulations, and lakeside drystack appears to be on the rise.
Last year we reported on the impressive new Quick Launch Dry Stack built by
Hagadone Marine Group on Lake Coeur d’Alene in Idaho, USA; and gave updates
on Port Corsier, which opened on Lake Léman in Geneva, Switzerland in 2021. In
this issue, we release breaking news on a stacker crane facility for Aqua Boat Club
by Mission Group on Okanagan Lake in Kelowna, Canada (see p. 19).
In our Drystack Industry Feedback section, Greg Weykamp of Edgewater
Resources picks up on this trend, noting a “significant increase in demand for
drystack across the Great Lakes region.” He explains that because environmental
limitations inhibit an increase in wet slips, operators are trying to meet customer
demand for slips by racking smaller boats. He also adds: “Providing smaller, lower
cost drystack slips can be a profitable way to meet local community demand for
boating access to the water for residents at lower income levels, which can be
helpful in obtaining local zoning approvals.”
There is a wealth of information in our Drystack feature. Look out for more in future
issues.
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Carol Fulford
Editor
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