Introducing the Marina Intelligence Network™
The marina is the neighborhood.
The Floating Residence is building an independent research system for understanding residential marina living — where policy, livability, resident experience, cost, safety, and long-term viability come together.
This is not a generic marina directory. It is a framework for evaluating whether a marina can function as a true residential environment.
A New Research Category
Floating living cannot be measured by the boat alone.
A vessel may be beautiful, affordable, and technically livable — but the marina determines whether floating life actually works. Slip access, liveaboard policy, bathrooms, laundry, parking, internet, walkability, management culture, safety, and community all shape the daily reality of life on the water.
Beyond Marina Listings
The goal is not more information. The goal is better interpretation.
Most marina information is fragmented, promotional, outdated, or buried in forums. The Marina Intelligence Network™ is designed to organize that information into a clearer picture of residential viability.
Instead of treating marinas as places to store boats, The Floating Residence evaluates them as residential environments — neighborhoods on the water.
The Intelligence Layer
A living research system for floating residential life.
The network begins privately as a regional research system, then converts the strongest findings into public guides, review frameworks, city comparisons, market reports, and future marina profiles.
The system tracks:
Research Pillars
A framework for understanding whether a marina can support real residential life.
01
Policy Intelligence
Liveaboard rules, harbor ordinances, slip transferability, waitlists, restrictions, enforcement patterns, and municipal risk.
02
Residential Livability
Bathrooms, showers, laundry, parking, walkability, weather exposure, pets, groceries, transit, medical access, and daily convenience.
03
Resident Experience
Structured insight from current residents, former residents, slip owners, long-term cruisers, and people who know a marina from the inside.
“The boat may be the home, but the marina determines the life.”
The Marina Intelligence Network™ exists to make that reality visible.
Proprietary Frameworks
The research will inform proprietary Floating Residence metrics.
Over time, the network will support stronger scoring systems, more precise market comparisons, and better guidance for individuals, marina operators, municipalities, developers, and investors.
Marina Residence Index™
A framework for evaluating residential marina viability.
Resident Experience Index™
A future measure informed by resident insight.
Floating Livability Score™
A broader assessment of how floating life functions as home.
Marina Confidence Score™
A developing measure of stability and long-term confidence.
Contribute Insight
Help map the future of residential marina living.
If you live aboard, have lived aboard, manage a marina, own a slip, or understand a harbor from the inside, your perspective can help build a clearer national picture of floating residential life.
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