Marina design questioned after Cyclone Yasi destroys $30m in yachts

9:10 PM Tue 8 Feb 2011 GMT

'Port Hinchinbrook Marina today' .

Marina design has come under the spotlight following Australia's Cyclone Yasi and this has implications for areas around the word, where cyclone hurricane or typhoon surges can raise sea levels. Floating pontoons in Port Hinchinbrook marina simply floated off the top of the pylons, releasing the yachts to be washed onto the shore and destroyed. This is the claim being made by some owners who lost their boats in the cyclone. A group of boat owners from the once luxurious marina said their boats would not have sunk last week by Cyclone Yasi if the marina?s pylons had been higher. ...

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by Lee Mylchreest

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