It really depends upon the marina.  If you have a 12' beam, you can pretty much find a slip anywhere. 14' should also not be too much of a problem.

  I know of two catamaran companies that have offered 16' and 18' wide models, but recommend a 14' beam if you want to find a slip or use a common travelift.

  I couldn't say about a 15' beam.  It would certainly be better than a 25' beam, and most yards should be able to easily haul it in a collapsed state.

       - Mike


Gardner Pomper wrote:

Hi,

I continue to play around with my ideas for a 50' liveaboard, ocean crossing harryproa. I have a layout where it may be feasable to collapse the boat to a 16' beam. I realize that I don't actually know if that helps. Is anyone familiar enough with monohull slip dimensions to know if a resonable percentage of 50' long slips can accomodate a 16' beam? 

I am primarily interested in marinas along the east coast of the US, but would also like to know elsewhere in the world.

For those in the world with a rational measurement system, I believe I am talking about 15m length and 5m beam (roughly).

With my design, it is not something you would do for a transient slip, but if you need to leave the boat for a month, or liveaboard in a marina, it might be helpful.

Thanks,

- Gardner

York, PA

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