Tudor Wharf Draft Environmental Impact Report EOEA = 6744 



4.4 Navigation Issues with Existing Marina 



Directly to the north of the Tudor Wharf 

 site is the Constitution Marina. This 

 marina offers 250 slips to recreational 

 boaters in Boston Harbor. The slip system 

 is configured in such a way that many of 

 the boats docked at the marina must pass 

 between the Tudor Wharf site and the 

 marina float system to reach their slips. 

 From the eastern edge of the present pier 

 structure at Tudor Wharf to the nearest 

 float at the marina is 80 feet. As there 

 are usually several 15' wide boats tied 

 to the floats, the channel is effectively 



65 feet wide. The proposed pier structure 

 will reduce the width between the floats 

 and the pier to 66 feet from the present 

 80 feet. This will reduce the channel, if 

 boats remain tied up to the floats, to 51 

 feet. If boats are no longer tied up 

 there, the channel will be one foot wider 

 than it is today, i.e., 66 feet. Of the 



66 feet between the southernmost floats 

 and the new pier structure, 50 feet of 

 this width will be Constitution Marina 

 watersheet and 16 feet will be Tudor 

 Wharf watersheet. The proponent is 

 committed to maintaining sufficient width 

 for navigational access to the marina. In 

 addition, Myerson/Allen and Company and 

 Bosport Docking, dba Constitution Marina, 

 are investigating a float configuration 

 plan which would provide a center 



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