Stern Drive platforms???

[gonzo]

No, I don't have any diagrams. They belong to the City of Longwood, FL, USA.

[Cranky Janke]

The 'bridge' will be open to the public, yes. and it will only be for foot traffic. In the Summer hopefully it will be something akin to Farmer's markets and in Winter when the river freezes up it will become an ice skating rink..

...well at least that's the idea..

[Cranky Janke]

Originally Posted by keysdisease

I have seen something similar to what you describe at the Ft Lauderdale Boat Show that "opens" a section of walkway to allow boat traffic to pass. Its hinged and a outboard just rotates a section of this floating dock 90 degrees .

A fixed hinge point will reduce operator error, the "gate" will never "get away' and there will be minimal skill necessary to operate.

At 60m I would think 20m of fixed floating sections from either bank and a 20m section in the middle that would be "hinged" at one corner to the corresponding corner of one of the fixed sections.

Another nice thing about this arrangement is that if the engine won't start the "bridge" could be opened by just allowing the current to "open it."

Steve

Which year did you see this at the show? It sounds like it could work! The Spree doesn't have much of a current.. but I reckon It could work!

Cheers,
Jan

[keysdisease]

It's been part of the configuration for the last several years. It's a section of the face dock at Bahia Mar where the Mega Yachts are and the walkway connects bahia Mar to the hall of Fame Marina.

I don't know about liability in your Country, but if the public is going to use, if it over here I would recommend an engineer sign off on anything the public is going to use.


Steve

Originally Posted by Cranky Janke

Which year did you see this at the show? It sounds like it could work! The Spree doesn't have much of a current.. but I reckon It could work!

Cheers,
Jan

[FMS]

The semi-captive platform is the way to go.