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entrance channel that a rubble mound breakwater was the only meaningful option. In this particular case, there were potential wave energies from two different directions, as well as long period swells that could potentially create an uncomfortable berthing environment in the marina. In fact, it is often those long period swells that get forgotten and prove the most difficult to tame – left unchecked, they can wreak havoc at the pontoons, damaging the boats moored to them. After a lengthy review and understanding of the wave issues, the associated breakwater design principles and cost considerations, and looking at various design scenarios, it became apparent that with some adjustments in the breakwater design, it could be configured to fully ameliorate the wave and swell issues, while at the same time adjusted to create a new megayacht berthing area in what, in essence, was an expanded entrance channel and marina basin. By


A typical example of a fixed structure is this rubble mound.


collectively thinking outside the box and seeking to take the challenges and turn them around, a deep and very necessary money expenditure, which might have been a pure financial drain, was converted into both a major marketing attraction and a significant income-producing feature. Calm environments are possible and with the right thoughts can be cost-effective.


*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: www.dsnainc.com


DANIEL S. NATCHEZ and ASSOCIATES, Inc.


916 East Boston Post Road Mamaroneck, NY 10543 (tel) 1.914.698.5678


(email) dan.n@dsnainc.com www.dsnainc.com


MARINA INDUSTRY • FEBRUARY 2020


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