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VERO BEACH MOORING FIELD

BRIEF HISTORY OF MOORING FIELD

• Submerged Land Management Agreement entered into in 1988

• Vero Beach a state pilot project for 3 years• 1991 renewed management agreement for a

period of 25 years• State fees waived as long as venture is not

for profit

SUBMERGED LAND OWNERSHIP ISSUES

• Land owned by the state and managed by the Board of Trustees of the Internal Florida Improvement Trust Fund

SUBMERGED LAND MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT BOUDARIES

FDEP PERMIT ISSUES

• Your usual: bottom sampling, Johnson sea grass, Manatee protection, etc.

• Turbidity was an issue in our area as we are located near a main relief canal for the mainland upland areas

DESCRIPTION OF CUSTOMERS

• Mostly seasonal transients• Most are retirees who dreamed of living aboard

and traveling to Florida and the Bahamas in Winter and places North in the Summer

• Most have discretionary income that they spend in your community

• Vessels will almost always come in for hurricane protection

HIGHLIGHTS OF MANAGEMENT PLAN

• Mooring field managed with a staff of seven• All staff are city employees• Each vessel must check in with us for an

assignment upon arrival and meet certain criteria i.e.; must have current registration, operate under own power, must be in good condition; Harbormaster given authority to make judgment call

• Visitors must come to office and register and pay fee at least every seven days

FEES

• Mooring buoy $11.00 per day• Showers $1.00 per day per person (must

check out key for each use)• Monthly $11.00 per day, $45.00 liveaboard

fee (Issued head key)

INSTALLATION COSTS

• Helix anchor: $900 - $1,000• Buoy: $100.00• Chain: $4.50 per ft. (length 1.5 times water

depth)• Shackles, Swivels: Varies• Pendant: $1.00 per ft (3/4” nylon 3 strand)

MOORING BUOYS READY FOR DEPLOYMENT

MOORING WITH SHALLOW WATER HELIX ANCHOR

UPLAND FACILITIES

• Dinghy docks for landing• Restrooms and showers• Laundromat • Available public transportation

FACILITIES BUILDING

DINGHY DOCKS

PRO FORMA

• Annual revenue: $195,000• Annual operating cost: $195,000• Net profit: Not for profit but allowed to use

revenues for mooring maintenance, staff salaries, upland facilities, dinghy docks, etc.

INSURANCE REQUIREMENTS

• Long-term: Hull & 300K liability with city added as additionally insured

• Nothing as of yet for transients but working on some sort of language for inclusion in registration form

HOLDING CAPACITY

• We don’t rate them• We have experienced at least one vessel per

mooring in Category 1, 2, and 3 hurricanes• Twenty one percent breakaway rate in Cat 2

& 3 storms • Breakaways almost entirely due to chafe

problems associated with short rode not allowing for water rise

HURRICANE POLICY

• We recommend you move your vessel or secure it in the mangrove cuts

• We will allow one vessel per mooring• We recommend you use multiple pendants, use

extensive chafe protection, and use at least 25’ –30’ of rode to allow for water rise

• No one is allowed into the field after a hurricane warning is issued

• We highly recommend you do not remain aboard and offer to take customers to a shelter

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