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Well, winter is near, and for you marina owners, that means the post-season hustle has started. Putting members’ boats away for storage, planning the business strategy for next spring, and most importantly, inspecting the property for maintenance. Luckily, if your marina uses aluminum gangways, that should be one less thing you have to worry about. Aluminum gangways are known for being maintenance-free and keeping their day 1 look even years after purchase.

However, your marina’s gangways are still your investment at the end of the day, and they should be taken care of as such. How exactly you take care of it is up to you, but we hope with these tips you can tend gangway during the cold months properly and help it enter the spring ready for all of your members.

• Checking Parts

While aluminum gangways are renowned for always remaining in-tact, with their components being no different. It’s truly important to make sure all of your gangway’s parts are perfectly intact for the upcoming season, especially if it’s used by so many customers. To learn more about what exactly about your gangway to inspect, click here.

• Store or Secure?

When you have heavy commercial equipment on your property, one of the biggest decisions to make is whether to store it for the off-season or leave it in place. If you like to ensure that your gangway is in its finest shape come the spring, then putting in storage for the winter would be the ideal method. After all, it can’t suffer the weather’s effects if it’s not outside, and if you have an aluminum gangway, disassembly should be simple.

• Safety Measures

If you answered “secure” to the previous question and you prefer to keep your gangway there as is, it’s important that you take important steps to assure its safety from thieves. You can accomplish this by securing its position to the ground or dock via chains on its rollers and removing transition plates. There are also some cleanliness procedures you can take to keep it in check (learn about that here). 

In conclusion, no matter how you prepare your marina for the spring, it’s important to make sure that you know how to handle your gangways properly. Late May will be here before you know it, so it’s important your boaters have proper access immediately so they can get back to enjoying the open waters as soon as possible. If you have any further questions about how to properly manage your gangway, give Bristol Industries of PA a call today at 215-493-7230.