1. Essential reading: T. Skračić, Waypoint – English Textbook for Maritime Students, Pomorski fakultet, Split 2010, Units 22-28 T. Trappe & G. Tullis, Intelligent Business, Longman 2005, Units 12-14 Tomislav Skračić, MA Undergraduate English Course for MARITIME MANAGERS 5th Semester

2. Glossary facilities, berth, dock, dock boxes, mooring, pier, dry berths/docks, crane, travel lift, travel lift pool, pullies, cradles, wooden pads, boat slip(way), video surveillance, services, repair workshops, boat rental, charter, inventory list, rules of conduct, catalogue, price list, berth contract, berth rental order, website, internet corner, WLAN.

3. Marina Hramina Can you name some of the basic facilities and services?

4. Marina Hramina 1. Main entrance 2. Stores & nautical equipment shops 3. Service centre 4. Parking lot 5. Sanitary facilities 6. Berths 7. Bar and terrace 8. Restaurant Butina 9. Hotel Stomorin 10. Entrance to main building and reception 11. Information centre 12. New sanitary facilities 13. Dry berths 14. Beach 15. Lighthouse 16. First sea entrance 17. Second sea entrance 18. & 19. Charters (boat rentals) 20. 70-ton travel lift 21. Crane for smaller boats 22. Dry berths, service and maintenance area 23. Fuel dock

5. Basic facilities and services The marina has 400 sea berths, each of them having access to water, electricity and cable TV, and WLAN Boats are berthed with moorings with sea depth at the piers ranging from 1.5 to 3 metres. The construction of six new floating concrete docks has been recently completed. These state-of-the-art floating docks have dock boxes with water and power connections, sewer pump-out at each dock, with telephone and free cable TV service available. These newest docks can accommodate boats up to 30 metres and as wide as 7 metres.

6. The marina has recently introduced digital video surveillance to provide guests with greater security for their vessels and cars. The marina area is protected with 31 cameras, 9 of which are tracking cameras. Cameras have been set up exclusively for improved surveillance of the vessels within the marina, ensuring that the guests have complete privacy as only one person in the marina has access to the cameras. Basic facilities and services

7. A wide range of facilities include a 15 ton crane, a 70 ton travel lift as well as a large pool of the travel lift that enables raising and lowering boats larger than 25 metres. Quality boat slips, 30 ton transport pullies, cradles and wooden pads are also available. The price of these services is reduced by 50% when a berth contract is signed for a period of six months or more.

8. Exercise 1 – Questions: a) What sort of service and equipment can you recognise in this photograph? b) Is this included in the basic or additional services of a typical marina?

9. Exercise 2 – Questions: a) How would you call this area / part of marina? b) What kind of boats can be seen in this photo? c) What type of boat handling equipment can you see?

10. Exercise 3 Look at the figure and say what basic facilities and services Marina Hramina provides.

11. Exercise 4 – Answer the questions 1) What services does the marina provide? 2) What facilities does the Marina Hramina have? 3) Which facilities are there for handling vessels out of water? 4) Is there anything that the marina offers that is not offered by other marinas in the region? 5) What are the limitations of the marina considering the depths at piers and in access passages?

12. Exercise 5 – Choose 5 of the following elements and write sentences of your own. isle islet bay national park indented coastline marine ecosystem mainland region site features reef archipelago elite nautical destination northern Dalmatian island in Vela Luka bay / in the bay of Vela Luka Cres island / the island of Cres Hvar town / the town of Hvar New York City / the city of New York

13. Exercise 6 – Use the following words to complete the text: air, area, documents, download, e-card, ferry, inventory lists, link, map, ordering, program, and website The marina's _______________ provides detailed information on Murter, Kornati and the _______________. There is a link to the maps of Europe and Croatia to help new costumers find their way to the marina as well as the nautical _______________ of Murter-Kornati. Another _______________ offers information on bus lines to Šibenik and Zadar, the nearest airports and _______________ services. Boaters can also learn about the local climate and get an updated weather forecast including details on the temperature, humidity and _______________ pressure in the area. Furthermore, you can have a look at a map of the marina, find out more about its siting, layout, facilities, surroundings, local regattas.

14. Exercise 6 – Use the following words to complete the text: air, area, documents, download, e-card, ferry, inventory lists, link, map, ordering, program, and website There are photo and video gallery, fun and _______________ links, a link with contacts (phone and fax numbers, e-mail address…). It is possible to _______________ catalogue, price lists, berth contracts, berth rental order, maintenance and repair services order, ______________, and rules of conduct in the Marina Hramina. To open these pdf ______________, it is necessary to have the Adobe Reader _______________ installed (it can be downloaded for free). Marina users with annual contracts can use on-line _______________ (verification by telephone is required).