The Bellerive Yacht Club is set to undergo a massive expansion to include the biggest marina in Tasmania. Pictures: KIM EISZELE
A $6.5 MILLION redevelopment of the Bellerive Yacht Club will include the biggest marina in Tasmania and breathe new life into sailing facilities on the River Derwent.
The Eastern Shore club has unveiled plans to increase its marina from 175 to 270 berths, to help satisfy huge demand for mooring places. Bellerive Yacht Club general manager Peter Benson, right, said he "strongly believed" the project would be well received by the local community.
Mr Benson said it would tie in with Clarence City Council plans for developing the bay.
The proposal includes a 5m-wide public jetty with ferry wharf and day mooring facilities.
Club redevelopment committee chairman Richard Gilbert said the plans were yet to be submitted to local planning authorities. He said the club wanted to make sure the appropriate environmental assessments and traffic studies were in place before making a development application.
"A lot of the existing marina is quite old and dilapidated and in an unfit state for use, or approaching that very quickly," Mr Gilbert said.
"[The proposal is] certainly the biggest capital expenditure project the Bellerive Yacht Club has ever undertaken. We've been preparing ourselves financially in recent years to put us in a good position to borrow the money we need for this."
It is understood Federal Hotels and the Roche family's Navigators will be partners in the redevelopment.
Mr Gilbert said the club would also apply for funding from Marine and Safety Tasmania (MAST) and the State Government to cover the cost of public facilities linked to the project.
He said recreational boating was becoming increasingly popular in Tasmania and there were already more than 45 boats on a waiting list for berths at the club.
It is hoped the construction work can begin in 2014.
The plan includes the construction of a new sea wall and would require the removal of about 30 moorings currently in Kangaroo Bay. However, Mr Gilbert was confident the club could successfully negotiate with current mooring holders to relocate them into the marina.
He said it was also hoped that a proposed public ferry service, to be operated by Navigators, could help alleviate traffic congestion on game days at nearby Blundstone Arena.
Figures from MAST show there are almost 30,000 boats registered in Tasmania -- a 125 per cent increase on the number registered in 1998.
Tasmania has the fastest-growing rate of boat registrations in the country, with more than 56,600 people holding boat licences.
MAST recreational boating manager Peter Hopkins welcomed news of the project.
He said the creation of a sea wall in the bay could potentially result in a "re-gridding" of moorings, which may create new moorings.
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