Top 20 World Marinas by unique AIS visitors

sQuidd.io tracks the number of times a Pleasure Craft (code 36 and 37 of the AIS classification) checks into a marina, anchorage or other sailing destination. Below is the ranking of the most popular destinations during the month of September 2013.

		Destination	Type	City	State	Country	Unique Visitors
1		Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat (Anchorage)	Anchorage	Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat	Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur	France	70
2		Puerto Palma	Marina	Palma	Islas Baleares	Spain	60
3		Fort Lauderdale (Harbour) - Las Olas Circle	Marina	Fort Lauderdale	Florida	United States	49
4		Port Hercules	Marina	Monaco		France	36
5		Port de Plaisance Cap D Ail	Marina	Cap-d'Ail	Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur	France	36
6		Monaco (Anchorage)	Anchorage	Monaco		Monaco	36
7		Heikendorf (Anchorage)	Anchorage	Heikendorf	Schleswig-Holstein	Germany	31
8		Baia di Porto Venere	Anchorage	Porto Venere	Liguria	Italy	30
9		Oneglia (Harbour)	Marina	Imperia	Liguria	Italy	25
10		Antibes (Anchorage) - Rue des Saleurs	Anchorage	Antibes	Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur	France	25
11		Cannes (Harbour) - Jetée	Anchorage	Cannes	Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur	France	25
12		Marina di Imperia	Marina	Imperia	Liguria	Italy	24
13		Antibes (Anchorage)- Route du Bord de Mer	Anchorage	Antibes	Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur	France	24
14		Antibes (Anchorage) - Boulevard Maréchal Juin	Anchorage	Antibes	Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur	France	24
15		Port Vauban Antibes	Marina	Antibes	Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur	France	24
16		Cagnes Sur Mer (Anchorage) - Promenade de la Plage	Anchorage	Cagnes	Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur	France	23
17		Calvià (Harbour) - Carrer Antoni M. Alcover	Marina	Calvià	Islas Baleares	Spain	23
18		Marina di Sestri Ponente	Marina	Sestri Ponente	Liguria	Italy	20
19		Falls At Marina Bay	Marina	Fort Lauderdale	Florida	United States	20
20		Fort Lauderdale (Harbour) - Southwest 20th Street	Marina	Fort Lauderdale	Florida	United States	20

Those Côte d'Azur destinations were pretty busy this last summer! Time to head to the Caribbeans? We expect things to get pretty busy over there too once the 2013 hurricane season is over. Look forward to the December report to see how many of those sQuidders have headed over to the warm waters of St Barth!

Granted, when the ITU refers to these boats as "Pleasure Crafts", the emphasis is on the word pleasure: some of these boats are over 100mt in length, have a helicopter landing pad and gold-plated shower faucets, but, regardless, the number of recreational boats (i.e. the type you and I are likely to ever own) using AIS is increasing by the day. More on that subject in a later post.