Planning to set up a water sports centre?

Are you undergoing professional retraining and have a project to create a nautical base or promote economic development?

With 33 years of experience in the nautical industry, Ruban Bleu has put together a four-chapter information guide for future water sports centre developers. This guide is based on its expertise in water sports centre development.

Used from the start-up phase onwards, it facilitates communication between the project leader and Ruban Bleu, to define the objectives and expected performance levels of your project based on:

by its nature
of its size
of its uses
and the local context

This is a guide to designing a water sports centre and making decisions. It provides knowledge benchmarks for choosing the right solutions for the operation and draws on the realities of the sector through concrete examples. Which water sports activities should you choose? Which boats?

Make your water sports centre project a success with the Ruban Bleu guide

A precise definition of your specifications for your water sports centre

Together, let's define your project, your ideas and your expectations in a comprehensive and detailed specification.

A technical feasibility study

We visit the site to study the body of water and its banks, as well as its accessibility. Finally, we look into the issue of the electrical current that needs to be supplied to the water sports centre. All of this is done in accordance with the requirements of the local community.

An administrative study

- Application to the competent authorities
- DDTM
- AFMAR
- Applications for approvals
- Insurance

A forecast of your water sports centre's operating costs

Our experience in supporting and assisting with the creation of nautical bases allows us to evaluate:
- Your investments
- Your operating costs
- Your maintenance costs
- Your seasonality
- Your rates and staff costs

Purpose of the Ruban Bleu guide to creating your nautical base.

Our objective is to determine the break-even point for your business, take action on one or more items and see the impact on your project’s results in real time. In our guide, we will look at renting electric boats by the hour, half-day, day, but we will also seek to find ways to diversify your come back to your marina.

The project leader takes this guide into account and can submit a dossier to the various organisations (bank, DDTM, AFMAR, etc.) with a performance level for each of the chosen guidelines, based on the characteristics of the project:

features, website, budget, stakeholders, impacts, etc
the dashboard will be populated based on our 30 years of experience and our customers’ locations throughout Europe.

A major challenge

Due to their links with local communities and the nature of their visitors (a wide and diverse audience), water sports centres are an ideal tool for developing and encouraging initiatives by future creators.

Ruban Bleu is committed to setting up this service and clearing the way for your project to get started.

In this context, and in order to provide guidance for the process, we wanted to support project leaders by offering a targeted audit, a valuable tool for reflection and action, planned around the key stages leading up to the launch of your business.

For further information, please refer to the ‘Creating a nautical base’ category in the articles section by clicking here.