Trincomalee: the harbour as a sailing and diving centre for the Bay of Bengal

A first step

Contact the dive centres and boat owners already working out of the harbour and ask what they charge and which days they sit idle. Then write a 5-day sailing and diving week, put a price on it, and send it to the secretaries of 3 yacht or dive clubs in countries around the Bay of Bengal. A request for dates, or a deposit, is your first sign.

Who pays first

A dive club or sailing crew from a country around the bay, who want a new harbour to visit and a week arranged for them.

What leaves today

A deep natural harbour sits largely unused by leisure sailors and divers, and their spending goes to marinas and dive towns elsewhere in the region.

The idea and the mechanism are from the book. The first step was written for this site as a suggestion; if you know a better one, say so.

The test

Does it keep value that now leaves the island, or build the proof that lets somebody else do so?

The only test any idea on this site has to pass. The four rules that go with it are here.

In the book

• Ch. SeventeenOne Building
  One building, and what a city could be known for

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