[talk-au] Boat ramp

David Murn davey at incanberra.com.au
Thu Jan 21 07:09:20 GMT 2010


On Thu, 2010-01-21 at 16:53 +1100, John Henderson wrote:

> How about tagging boat ramps as:
> 
> highway=service
> service=boat_ramp
> 
> I think a slipway is different from a boat ramp.  I know a slipway as a
> track (perhaps with rollers) for launching boats and for winching them
> ashore for repairs.

I think slipway is the British term.  From the leisure=slipway wiki
page:

>> A slipway is a ramp into the water for launching a boat. In Australia
>> they are referred to as boat ramps. In the US they are often referred
>> to as boat landings as well as boat ramps.

>> They are typically simply a concrete ramp at the end of an access
>> road or track into the water. The boat owner backs a vehicle with a
>> boat trailer down the ramp until the trailer is in the water and
>> floats the boat off.





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