Figure 42. Commercifil area, Westport Marina, Grays Harbor, Washington. 



trailered craft should have a separate entrance or be launched directly into the main water 

 body without using the harbor. If trailered craft must use the same protected waters, the 

 launching area should be as near the entrance as possible and physically separated from the 

 berthing areas so that vehicle traffic to berthing areas and trailer traffic to the launching area 

 do not merge. Occasionally, the launching area must be at the inner end of the harbor 

 complex where more parking space is available. The launched craft may then have to share 

 the main channel with the berthed craft, and the channel made wide enough to 

 accommodate traffic from both sources without overcrowding. 



The best location for a boat fueling dock is near the entrance in an area that is protected 

 from waves in the entrance channel, thereby causing no interference with the entrance 

 channel traffic. The adjacent land area must be suitable for buried fuel storage tanks and 

 easily accessible for fuel distributing vehicles. The pumpout station should normally be 

 located in the same area and is often on or along the fueling dock so that its operation can 

 be supervised by the station manager. However, it should not be so close to the fuel pumps 

 that a client has to wait for a pumpout operation before he can dock for fuehng. It should 

 not be necessary for any boat to go far out of its way for these services. Also, the station 

 should not be in a location where it interferes with traffic flow or constitutes a fire hazard 

 because of its proximity to other harbor facilities or berthed craft. 



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