Marina Dock Age Presents the 2019 Marina of the Year Awards

On December 5, at The Docks Expo, Marina Dock Age magazine presented the 2019 Marina of the Year awards. Congratulations to Plum Branch Yacht Club in Plum Branch, South Carolina, the small marina winner, and the Port of Everett, in Everett, Washington, the large winner.

Each year, Marina Dock Age awards the Marina of the Year awards to two marinas (one small marina and large marina – 250 slips or more). The staff judges facilities on exemplary business practices in many categories, including business operations, facility improvements, advertising/marketing, environmental responsibility, community involvement and more.

The Marina of the Year winners were honored at a luncheon in Nashville last week at The Docks Expo. The award ceremony is also a chance for the winners to highlight their facilities and the best practices and traditions that won them the awards.

Plum Branch Yacht Club, operates on a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers lake with 147 wet slips, dry storage for 35 boats and 42 boat storage sheds. The marina became a concessionaire in 1996, when Dr. George Selfridge and Bea McClain were awarded a 20-year lease. The facility has grown for 23 years.

The Port of Everett is the largest public marina on the West Coast,

accommodating 2,300 boats. The port also operates a full-service boatyard with 35-ton and 75-ton travel lifts, a 13-lane boat launch (the largest in the state), fuel dock and other boater amenities. A 65-acre mixed-use waterfront development surrounds the port and solidifies its place as a destination waterfront. In the last 10 years, the port has invested $35 million into the marina.

Marina Dock Age also awarded additional category awards for Marina of the Year applicants to recognize more amazing facilities. Additional awards included: the Building and Growing Award to Hoosier Hills Marina in Celestine, Indiana; the Hospitality Award to Newport Shipyard in Newport, Rhode Island; Business Operations Award to CenterPointe Yacht Center in Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin; and the Environmental Responsibility Award to Bay Point Resort and Marina in Marblehead, Ohio.

Marina Dock Age magazine will write more about all the winners in issues next year. Applications for the awards are due October 1. For more information about the awards or to download an application, visit www.marinadockage.com/marina-of-the-year/.