America's Cup Harbor, Boat parking Lot
Newport Harbor is one of the most picturesque locations in the world. America's Cup Harbor in San Diego looks like the COSTCO parking lot. This system would be extremely detrimental to the beauty of our harbor if adopted. Also, it is a harbor within a harbor, completely protected from currents and strong winds, and has completely different conditions from Newport Beach. This fore and aft arrangement has boats much too close together and there is no maneuvering room with this mooring system, making it incompatible with the conditions in Newport. If this system were implemented in Newport, there would inevitably be collisions, entanglements in mooring lines and possible injuries. (The first image is a video)
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