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
THE END