Welcome to this month’s Dart Habour bulletin
Rob Giles, Harbourmaster
DART HARBOUR CONTINUES TO INVEST IN NEW FACILITIES Dart Harbour is continuing its planned programme of investment and upgrading of facilities on the River Dart with the latest works – a replacement Kingswear tender rack pontoon and rack facility - due to start mid June at a cost of around £100,000. Following consultation with users,
the new facility will include features to make it more user friendly and give improved access for main berth holders including a widened access gangway and a more favourable gradient. There will also be increased provision for recycling and waste facilities at the top of the new gangway. The pontoon will be constructed with industry standard Dura Deck from Dura Composites on a steel frame. Deputy Harbourmaster Nick
Clarance explains: “Dart Harbour continues to invest in the river - the new dinghy racks are the latest facilities to be improved and we also have further improvements planned. “We do carry out consultation with our users who in this case asked us for improved access and these new racks will provide that. “We are also keen to see boat
owners recycle more of their waste as this will not only save on charges but also mean less rubbish going to landfill, something we are all keen to avoid. “If we provide the facilities then we are confident our berth holders will make use of them.” Removal of the old facility and replacement with the new pontoons is scheduled to take around three weeks with work scheduled around tides and avoidance of Bank Holidays to keep the disruption for berth holders to a minimum. A free yacht taxi service will be available for berth holders who are affected by the works from the Darthaven visitor pontoons.
VISITORS’ PONTOON REPLACEMENT In addition to the tender rack replacement, Dart Harbour is also replacing the middle Deepwater Visitors’ Pontoon at a cost of £43,000 as part of a three-year programme to replace all three deep water visitors’ pontoons. The
new 55m long pontoon is the same size as the DW1 pontoon which was replaced last year and will be delivered at the same time as the tender rack, saving on delivery costs. The new pontoon will again
be constructed from industry standard Dura Deck from Dura Composites on a steel frame. Other improvements include additional cleats to help with rafting of vessels.
SPECIAL BUOYS In order to improve safety within
Dart Harbour and Navigation Authority limits and to reduce speeding, six yellow special buoys have been laid in The Range area south of the Castles. A Local Notice to Mariners has been posted by the Harbourmaster and will remain in force until the new buoy positions are incorporated in the UK Hydrographic chart for the area. The new buoys are intended to highlight the southern limit of DHNA harbour limits and to state the 6 knot speed restriction applicable to all vessels navigating within harbour limits. The special buoys are unlit yellow ‘can’ buoys, each height 1.0m and diameter 0.6m, with black lettering and will be in place from 1 April to 30 September annually.
SCRUBBING GRID Dart Harbour is working hard
to try and reopen the Dartmouth Scrubbing Grid, ensuring it will remain available to boat owners. The facility is owned and occupied
by South Hams District Council for which Dart Harbour acts as agents. On the basis of two potentially serious accidents with both boats on the grid falling onto their side, together with ongoing maintenance issues and health and safety concerns, a decision was taken in conjunction with SHDC to close the grid. “We apologise for any
inconvenience and regret having to take this decision, but the safety of river users and members
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