For other uses of this word, see Marina (disambiguation).

A marina at Brixham, Devon, England. Brixham (ˈbrɪksəm is a small town in the county of Devon, in the south-west of England. Devon is a large county in the South West of England. The county is also referred to as Devonshire, but that is an entirely unofficial name England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland The vertical pilings attach the floating dock sections to the ground beneath the water.

A marina is a sheltered harbor where boats and yachts are kept in the water and where services geared to the needs of recreational boating are found. A harbor or harbour (see spelling differences) or haven, is a place where ships may shelter from the Weather or are stored A boat is a Watercraft of modest size designed to float or plane on water and provide transport over it A yacht is a recreational boat It designates two rather different classes of Watercraft, sailing and power yachts A yacht is a recreational boat It designates two rather different classes of Watercraft, sailing and power yachts

The marina may have re-fueling, washing and repair facilities, ship chandlers, stores and restaurants. A ship chandler is a Retail dealer in special supplies or equipment for ships Slipways are used to get a trailered boat into the water. A slipway, boat slip or just a slip, is a ramp on the shore by which Ships or Boats can be moved to and from the water A Trailer is generally an unpowered vehicle pulled by a powered vehicle Marinas may offer a boat hoist well, a type of traveling crane, instead of a more space-wasteful slipway, operated by service center personnel. A crane is a lifting machine equipped with a Winder, Wire ropes or Chains and sheaves that can be used both to lift and lower materials and to Marinas may offer out-of-water-storage, which is useful out of season and important in latitudes susceptible to freezing waters. Marinas may include ground facilities such as parking lots for vehicles and boat trailers. Parking lot (called a car park in Australia and the UK) is a cleared area that is more or less level and is intended for Parking vehicles

Boats are moored either or on buoys or on fixed or floating walkways that are tied to an anchoring piling by a roller or ring mechanism (floating docks or pontoons). A floating dock is a platform or ramp supported by pontoons These are usually joined to the shore with a ramp that rests upon the dock on rollers to adjust for the vertical A pontoon is a flat-bottomed Boat or the floats used to support a structure on water Buoys are cheaper to rent but less convenient than being able to walk from land to boat. Harbor shuttles, also known as "water taxis", may be available to transfer people between the shore and boats moored on buoys. The alternative is a tender such as an inflatable boat. An inflatable boat is a lightweight boat constructed with its sides and bow made of flexible tubes containing pressurised gas Facilities offering fuel, boat ramps and stores will normally have a common-use dock set aside for such short term parking needs.

In regions where the tidal range is large, some marinas use locks to maintain the water level for several hours before and after low water. The tidal range is the vertical difference between the highest High tide and the lowest Low tide. A lock is a device for raising and lowering boats between stretches of water of different levels on river and canal Waterways.

Marinas may be owned and operated by a private club, especially yacht clubs — but also as private enterprises or municipal facilities. A yacht club is a sports Club specifically related to Sailing and Yachting. An organization (or organisation &mdash see spelling differences) is a social arrangement which pursues collective goals which controls its own performance and They are most frequently located along the banks of rivers connecting to lakes or seas and may be inland, sometimes up to as much as twenty-five kilometers) from the river's mouth. "Riverine" redirects here For the use of that term in Maritime geography, see there The kilometre ( American spelling: kilometer) symbol km is a unit of Length in the Metric system, equal to one thousand

A marina will charge fees for most services. Fee-based services like parking, picnic area, pub, and club-house for a shower, are usually included as part of any monthly long-term rental agreement package. Visiting yachtsmen usually have the option of buying each amenity from a fixed schedule of fees, and arrangements can be as wide as a single use, such as a shower, or several weeks of temporary berthing. The right to use the facilities is frequently extended at overnight or period rates to visiting yachtsmen.

In the United Kingdom the word "marina" is also used for inland wharves on rivers and canals that are used exclusively by non-industrial pleasure craft such as canal narrowboats. Canals are artificial channels for water There are two types of canals water conveyance canals which are used for the conveyance and delivery of water and Waterways A narrowboat or narrow boat is a Boat of a distinctive design made to fit the narrow Canals of England and Wales.

"Dry storage" or "dry stacking" is mainly found in the USA and Europe. Dry-stack boat storage stores boats vertically in rack systems (double, triple or even quadruple). It extends the life of the boat by keeping the hull dry, and stores a boat for winter on marinas that lack slip storage. The boat is retrieved with a forklift. In the Netherlands dry storage or dry stacking is called droge jachthaven. The Netherlands ( Dutch:, ˈnedərlɑnt is the European part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, which consists of the Netherlands the Netherlands

See also

• List of Marinas
• Wharf
• Seaport
• Pleasure craft

External links

• Marina Recreation Association