Yachting Industry Definitions - CONT'D

 

 

MARINA

Marina may be defined as “any facility, shoreside or in the water, whose primary function is the wet or dry storage of recreational watercraft”.  Facilities with fewer than ten berths or slips are not counted for statistical purposes.

 

A marina may be no more than a parking place for boats, be it wet slips, moorings or dry storage.  However, there are gradations of services.  A full service marina may include laundry, restrooms, vending machines, ships’ stores, yacht brokerage, boat cleaning, valet parking, restaurants, crew quarters, club house, administration building, swimming pool, children’s playground, fuel, ice, sewage pump-out facility, cable TV, telephone, internet connection, water and full electricity hook-up and marine service providers.

 

A marina may be privately owned, commercial enterprise or government owned and operated or a private-public partnership.