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Our guiding principles for the success of our business include making sure that our berth holders and visitors enjoy the time they spend in our marinas and we believe that providing a friendly and efficient service is key to that. We focus on every aspect of our facilities, from car parking to quality shower facilities and site security, all with the aim of significantly enhancing our customers’ boating experience. Why Noss? Why wouldn’t we buy Noss? It’s in a stunning location. No matter what facilities and infrastructure we create around our marinas it’s the nearby cruising grounds and the quality of the location that first drives a customer’s choice of where to moor their boat. The River Dart ticks both those boxes for many boat owners. It’s long been a part of our plans to be here. The South Coast is where we are and


where we plan to stay – our business strategy is pretty clear – we want to remain focused on the main boating centres along the South Coast – and The Dart is probably at the top of that list. Are you a property developer or a marine business? We’re a marine business first and foremost – and importantly, we continue to own and operate our sites long after any development is completed. That makes us very different from a traditional property developer. Does the development of Noss present any special challenges? It’s obviously a challenge developing a site of this size (37 acres) in an Area of Outstanding


Natural Beauty so we have to be sensitive to the particular constraints that creates. But we have done this successfully before at our other marinas eg. Chichester Marina where we developed a new boatyard and onshore facilities that picked up on the local architectural style to blend easily into the environment. The Noss site is in a poor state of repair – possibly


“Why wouldn’t we buy Noss? It’s in a stunning location. It’s long been a part of our plans to be here.”


20 years past its sell by date. Many of the buildings are dilapidated and too unsafe to enter whilst the marina itself is being held together with love and care (and lots of money). something needs to be done with it in the next 12-24 months or we may lose the opportunity. That said, the site lends itself well to


the development we have planned. It’s very clear where the marina should be, where we site the boatyard and where we should store the boats and park the cars. The topography also naturally


presents the best place to locate any residential development. The South Devon AONB Board has understandably been keen that we don’t have acres of parking space with shiny roofs being visible from the river. The solution has been a decked car park which, because of the topography, fits neatly up against the rock and doesn’t sit proud of the horizon. This compresses the required space, makes the car parking far less visible, and frees up land for better use elsewhere.


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