Marina

A marina ( marina also called ) is a port, the docks, moorings and facilities to meet the needs of the recreational boating ( sail and motor yachts) are aligned.

Berths

The greater number of berths is mostly intended for boats and yachts, which have a fixed permanent mooring on a rental or purchase basis in the marina.

Guest moorings

Next to it is a number of guest berths available for visitors. For such a short use of the Marina usually demurrage shall be paid on a daily basis that are dependent on boat length, rare on the number of persons on board generally. The costs vary from under 10 to over € 150 Euro for a Twelve -meter ship per night. In particular, the internal area, there are more and more communities and hotels that provide their resort Boat tourist free of charge in order to promote tourism. The mooring fee is paid to the harbor master at the dock or in the office. Free stay for guests are usually marked with green signs, finished with red.

Infrastructure

Simple marinas offer see- and surge- protected berths with a minimum of comfort in terms of possibilities of mooring and most connections for electricity and drinking water at the berth. The standard also includes toilets and a shower.

More comfortable marinas have sanitary facilities with showers, toilets, washing machine and tumble dryer. The site is designed landscaped, often it is fenced and guarded. Offered are often parking, children 's playground, restaurant, bread delivery service. Marine gas station, waste disposal, recycling, waste oil disposal, sewage suction, Internet connection, Internet Cafe or free Wi-Fi is often present, as is a daily updated maritime weather report.

The use of the facilities is partly free, sometimes a flat mooring fee is required, occasionally water and electricity will be charged according to consumption. Showers and washing machines are often operated with coin-operated machines. The access to the facilities can be controlled by key or smart card, an increasing number of systems it runs on a number code. Sometimes it is necessary to break in during the opening times of the harbor master to use port infrastructure can. More and more marinas have now switched to machines, in which you paid the demurrage and gets a smart card for use of the facilities.

High-quality marinas same a top class hotel with fine dining in multiple restaurants, bars, discos, swimming pools, saunas, tennis courts, and appropriate service offerings.

On site or in the immediate vicinity of the marina is mostly a convenience store and ship suppliers to find. Supermarkets often deliver directly to the ship. International can be found in the regulating tank opportunities for diesel fuel and gasoline in the marinas - in many German ports is different.

Since 2005, a standardized information system for water tourism is in Germany by the German Tourism of Yellow wave offered. The logo features marinas and other landing places, and there will be information on the equipment of the facilities given.

Sailing school and boat service

In many marinas will find sailing, motor boating, surfing or diving schools and diving centers have settled. Charter company with its own charter fleet, with or without a skipper, boat rentals, vessel dealers and accessory suppliers have their headquarters often directly in the marina or in the nearby area.

In some marinas will find sailmaker, engine workshops, or riggers and workshops for marine electrical and marine electronics, sometimes a boat builder or a shipyard. Many marinas have a dry berth for the winter, or halls for winter storage of boats. In order to bring the ships in the spring of the water and out of the water in the fall is a crane or travel lift available.

Operator

Marinas are often operated as a municipal body of the municipality or the city, or even from a sailing club or yacht club. Privately operated marinas are often associated with a marine operation, a sailing school and a hotel. Increasingly marinas are built as a builders model: hundreds of ship owners finance the project with shares for its own mooring. In Greece, large marinas were built with European money. In Croatia, the Adriatic Croatia International Club financed the so-called ACI marinas.

Quality Management

Marinas that are designed to be environmentally friendly, lead in Germany with the Blue Flag. High-quality marinas are certified according to ISO 9001 and ISO 14,000. Many water sports associations offer additional certification systems.