BHS Boatshed News

New Pontoon Plans 

Over many years now there has been a plan to rebuild/replace the school jetties at the Boatshed. Countless hours and designs have been put into this project since 2016 and now the vision is starting to take shape. 

 

We have teamed up with a company called Poralu, a French based company who built the Lake Wendouree pontoons found near Loreto College. 

 

We will be pulling out the old wooden jetties and replacing both sides with floating plastic and aluminum pontoons. They will be a similar design to the 2024 Paris Olympic games pontoons. Our students will get to use new, safe, durable launching pontoons that are built to an international standard. 

 

Pictures below are the overall plans and a photo of what they look like coming out of a container for another project in Melbourne. 

 

The aim is to have these new pontoons installed in October this year. We can’t wait to have these great new facilities for our rowers this season and beyond!

 

BHS Boatshed Launching Pontoon Plans
BHS Boatshed Launching Pontoon Plans
Example of the new pontoons being installed at the BHS Boatshed
Example of the new pontoons being installed at the BHS Boatshed