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can be very important to the bottom line. The only limit to non-


traditional profit centres is one’s imagination However, they need to be handled in a meaningful manner and be delivered better than and beyond customers’ expectations. Boat-owners are always looking for a bargain, but are also willing to pay for what they perceive as value.


*Dan Natchez is President of Daniel S. Natchez and Associates Inc, a leading international environmental waterfront design consulting company specialising in the design of marinas and marina resorts throughout the world. Your comments and enquiries are invited on Tel: +1 914 698 5678, by Fax: +1 914 698 7321, by E-mail: dan.n@ dsnainc.com or on his Website: http://www.dsnainc.com


An empty weekday car park proved an attractive location for this cider truck.


Floating sauna for Scandinavian marinas


Taking advice from Dan Natchez on seeking non-traditional profit centres, Scandinavian marinas should investigate the possible benefits to their revenue and their berth-holders of the latest innovation from Marinetek. This is SaunaBoat – a variation on the traditional sauna that can be moored to a pontoon or quickly moved to another location if the berth is required. Developed for


Marinetek’s impressive private customer base


in Finland and Sweden, where around a thousand sauna-loving Scandinavians buy Marinetek villa pontoon moorings every year, the new concept would also be an attractive profit centre for the region’s marinas. Available in two sizes and with


a host of additional extras, SaunaBoat


combines a floating terrace and traditional Finnish wood- burning sauna with a boat, when registered in the EU with the necessary CE certificate. For larger gatherings, Marinetek


offers the SaunaBoat 14, a 10.2 m boat with 14 sq m of space. This is divided into two rooms (a sauna and dressing room) and a separate toilet cabin. Able to host up to 12 people, it is flexible and sufficiently


spacious for occasional overnight accommodation. Externally, it boasts a good-sized terrace with space for sunbathing and a barbecue. The smaller model 10, at 8.3 m


in length with 10 sq m of space, is ideal for family use and, like the SaunaBoat 14, can be fitted with a sleeping cabin instead of sauna if preferred. It also enjoys plenty of outside deck area. Cabins for both models are of timber construction and sit on wood decking. The cabin is mounted on a hot-dipped steel-framed platform built using Marinetek’s proven pontoon technology. The SaunaBoat is strong, light


in weight and can be transported by road if necessary. Optional extras include shore power connections, solar panels, LED lighting and a grey water tank. Marinetek info@marinetek.net www.marinetek.net


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