RotoDock Floating Pontoon Installations in Sports Club and Outdoor Activity Centres
A floating pontoon installed at Alton Water Sports Centre
A floating pontoon for Midland Canoe Club
Floating pontoons at Combs Sailing Club, Peak District National Park
Royal Victoria Dock’s new pontoon one of the UK’s largest!
One of the largest modular pontoons ever installed in the UK was recently launched in the Royal Victoria Dock, London. To be located right outside the Excel exhibition halls, the home of the London Boat Show, this floating pontoon, measuring 15 x 16metres, will be used by the Royal Victoria Water Sports Centre as a base for their activities.
Storage space is becoming a premium for the Centre as property development encroaches on the base – so the obvious answer was to use the water. This has the added advantage that the Centre will be able to store its boats and equipment on-water and away from the prying eyes and hands of the less honest elements of society.
The Centre will ferry students to and from the pontoon in their new S R Workboat which has been designed to carry 12 passengers and to be helmed by someone in a wheelchair.
In choosing the floating pontoon the Centre found its non-slip flat and stable surface of great significance since the Centre caters for both able bodied water sports enthusiasts as well as those using wheelchairs.
Floating pontoon provides wheelchair access at Broxbourne Water Park
The Pontoon and Dock Company has just completed the installation of a boat launch ramp for the Broxbourne White Water Canoe Course that is near to completion in the Lee Valley Country Park.
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The brief was to provide access to both able and disabled at all water levels. To achieve this Pontoon and Dock designed a submerged ramp that allows wheelchair users to safely enter the water.
From there they can either be manually lifted into their canoe, or use the Hereford Hoist that is attached to the side of the pontoon.
The rigid surface and stability of the Rotodock pontoon system provided by Dock Marine Systems ensures that participants on the course feel secure at all times.
The addition of an plastic edging strip (made from UK recycled plastic) ensures that there is no risk of anyone rolling off.
The White Water Canoe Course will be tested over the next few months to ensure that it is all ready to go for 2012.
Floating pontoon proves its versatility in a challenging installation
These pictures show the recently installed floating pontoon at the Christian Mountain Centre in Pensarn, which is on the west Wales coast. This was a particularly interesting installation because, at low tide, the pontoons have to rest on the ground at different levels and access to the low-tide central stream was required.
CMC Pensarn staff carried out the installation themselves – demonstrating that the dock requires no specialist expertise to construct. They found the activity a useful team-building exercise.
Read a follow-up article on this installation and the way it is supporting the Centre’s aims
Quick pontoon installation
In just less than two hours a sailing club based at the South Cerney Water Park installed a new floating pontoon for use mainly by disabled sailors.
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