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** May be able to scale by adding wall sections.  Can make multiple marinas.  Different boats can come and go.  In really large marinas wall sections could be living space and they might also come and go.
  
 
* Cargo  
 
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Revision as of 06:59, 4 June 2008


Description

The idea is to use a tension circle to make a marina.

Detail

  • Material issues - concrete, foam inside wall. Since it does not go far below the water foam and concrete should be ok. With foam cracks in the concrete will not be fatal.
  • Tension members could be plastic rope or steel cable

Requirements Analysis

  • Safety
    • It is very wide compared to boats and so should be very stable
    • Wall is filled with foam so essentially unsinkable
    • No active ballast controls so no chance of that going wrong
    • Not clear how we make boats inside safe during hurricanes
  • Comfort
    • Should have a gentle motion on normal days but significant response to large waves.
  • Cost
    • Depends on size.
  • Pretty
    • Looks nice.
  • Modular
    • May be able to scale by adding wall sections. Can make multiple marinas. Different boats can come and go. In really large marinas wall sections could be living space and they might also come and go.
  • Cargo
    • Very easy for a boat to come into the marina and transfer cargo to other boats.


  • Free Floating
    • Yes
  • Scalable
    • Scales up but not clear what the minimum reasonable size is.
  • Standards
  • Mobile
    • If tension members were removed from wall it could go through the water like a snake so moving was very economical.
  • Draft
    • Very shallow draft.