Hobart marina plan to set sail

MARINA PLAN: The proposed extension of the Derwent Sailing Squadron marina. Image: BURBURY CONSULTING

AN expanded floating marina to be built near Wrest Point will help satisfy a growing demand for yachting berths in Hobart, the Derwent Sailing Squadron says.

Hobart City Council has given the yacht club a green light to extend its 130-boat Marieville Esplanade marina, at Sandy Bay, by a further 118 floating berths, which marina committee chairman Roy Barkas said would service a growing need from members and visiting sailors.

"Boating, sailing and yachting are some of the most popular outdoor activities for people in Hobart, and while the number of boats has increased the amount of space available for them hasn't," Mr Barkas said.

"There's just not enough accommodation in Hobart to handle the boats.

"This development application has been years in the making and there have been plans to extend the marina going back 15 years."

Construction on phase one of the expansion, designed by local project management firm Burbury Consulting, includes a fixed-wave screen breakwater, concrete panels to protect the new berths and an increase in parking to 146 spaces.

It begins in January.

Building the first 60 berths would take around six months, Mr Barkas said, adding that the club had already received expressions of interest for permanent occupancy for 40 of those places.

"There's room for our extension, and room for other marinas like at Prince of Wales Bay and the proposed expansion at Bellerive Yacht Club," Mr Barkas said.

"I think we can all do this if it's done in a high-quality way, because there is plenty of demand for all of us."

Bellerive Yacht Club commodore John Mills said plans for his club's $6.5 million marina were now reliant on sourcing appropriate funding.

Mr Mills said that to go ahead, the project had to include a protective breakwater, which would incorporate a public jetty and ferry terminal, costing $2.4 million.

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