Dry storage

Definition

Racked or lot storage for boats out of the water, sold as seasonal or annual contracts.

Why It Matters

Dry storage is the marina's density play: racks multiply the boats a waterfront serves beyond its slip count, on contracts that renew annually and demand forklift labor and building capacity rather than dock frontage. Its share of revenue changes the business's shape, more logistics, less hospitality, and its capacity is often the expandable half of a property whose water frontage is fixed. Read the rack building's age and the lift equipment with the same eyes as the docks.