"We’re upgrading to fiber optics and expect to have it completed by the end of the year," says Peter Maury, director of marina operations. "Instead of all the yachts feeding their WiFi signals into a single relay on the resort’s roof, each pedestal will have its own. Users will have LAN, VOIP, video, pay-per-view and any in-room hotel service that we offer—even video check-out—sent right to their onboard system." (Click image to enlarge)

Electrical upgrades—including 480 power and 200-amp feeds, Hubbell connectors and full Atlas system compatibility—are on the same timetable. Maury is also working on Blue Flag certification and evaluating moorings to accommodate increasing year-round demand, particularly in light of current and future improvements ashore. (Click image to enlarge)

Atlantis recently opened Marina Village, a 65,000-square-foot marketplace with 21 retail shops and five restaurants. These include Jean-Georges Vongerichten’s Café Martinique, originally made famous in the 1965 James Bond movie classic Thunderball, and Seafire, a steakhouse offering provisioning at its butchery and wine market. "We doubled the resort’s food and beverage sales projections for the village’s first four weeks, and it was all due to owners provisioning their yachts," says Maury. Inside the Caribbean’s largest casino, the resort and chef Nobu Matsuhisa recently opened Nobu. In early 2007, chef Bobby Flay will open his Mesa Grill as the signature restaurant for the resort’s new 600-room, all-suite luxury highrise. (Click image to enlarge)

The marina is connected to Nassau Harbour via a 100-foot-wide channel—with no mast-height restrictions—west of the northbound Nassau/Paradise Island bridge. Both the channel and the marina provide 12 feet of draft at low tide. The marina’s largest slips are 160-foot finger piers with 35-foot beams, plus several lay-along-side berths that can accommodate vessels over 200 feet with no beam restrictions.

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