2023 May June Marina World

DRYSTACK STORAGE
Clean access and plenty of manoeuvring space dockside (left) at the first-phase drystack for 160 boats.
nothing we can’t do from a maintenance
and service point of view, so it’s a
one-stop-shop, a maritime village
where we have tenants that do custom
carpentry and diesel engines, electrical/
electronics, canvas … We’re looking to
create a service where you can pull in
and get everything done.”
Long in the works, the project
received its first permit in 2007 and
has since seen two extensions – one
during the economic recession of
2008/09 and the second during the
Covid pandemic in 2020. However, the
delays have ultimately worked in their
favour, Speights says. “A lot of things
have changed in the Charleston area
since 2007 – we’ve become a boom
town, we’re on a barrier island called
Johns Island and it is one of the fastest
growing parts of Charleston, a lot more
populated and with a much larger
demand for dry storage and marinas.”
Along with the rest of his family,
Speights helps run all the services on
Clark Island. “We’re not a big marina
group,” he says. “A lot of the industry has
shifted to a corporate set up and private
marinas are becoming less common,
but our roots are here, we’ve been in
this industry and community our entire
lives, grew up on the water. We intend to
continue to do just that.”
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