SAILINGAREAS
WALES Ralph Morris
wales@sailingtoday.co.uk
MENAI MOORINGS THREATENED
“Regardless of whether or not to grant rights to build the agreement, the same legal
the council renews the mooring proposed Beaumaris Marina. advice strongly recommends
licences … there is a risk that The immediate effect that boat owners check with
those who have laid moorings is to scupper the marina their insurers before using the
… would be committing development with the mooring. And carrying out
an offence.” This is one of consequential loss of jobs in maintenance on a mooring is
the conclusions reached by the marina and business in definitely illegal.
lawyers following the mussel hard-pressed Beaumaris town. Beyond Beaumaris Bay, the
SOUTH WALES
fishermen’s recent victory over Technically, it also enables the ruling could mean the loss of
BOAT SHOW
Anglesey County Council and mussel fishermen to sweep all all rental income to the Crown
The 4th South Wales Boat
the Crown Commissioners. moorings in Beaumaris Bay Commissioners and councils Show runs from Friday 12 to
The Appeal Court had into their nets – something that around the UK wherever Sunday 14 June at Margam
ruled that fishery rights had James Wilson from Deepdock moorings are laid within the
Park. Since queues to get in
precedence over those of says will never happen. boundaries of a fishery.
first stopped the traffic on the
the Crown Commissioners, “We have not asked for The decision is being
M4, the Show has introduced
meaning that they were unable moorings to be removed in the appealed to the House of
over 4,000 children to sailing
past and have no Lords, but as things stand at
and has generated in the region
of £5m of boat sales.
intention of doing so the moment an accommodation
In Show tradition, one of
in the future.” between mooring holders and
the stands will be taken by
The implications the fishermen could benefit
an individual undertaking a
extend into the both groups. Royal Anglesey maritime adventure for charity.
insurance arena. Yacht Club, many of whose This year the show sponsors
Though it is moorings are affected, is
James Ketchell, who intends to
unlikely that any pursuing the possibility
row across the Atlantic in aid
boat secured to one of asking the Assembly
of the NSPCC, leaving from the
of these moorings Government to re-draft the
Canaries in December.
would be in breach limits of the fishery to exclude
Details:
www.southwalesboat
show.co.uk.
of her insurance the moorings. AD
SOUTH WEST Mike Benson
westcountry@sailingtoday.co.uk
COASTWATCH
HIGH COST
CANAL PLAN COMPLETED
STATION RETURNS
AT HELFORD
Legal action against planning
small fishing
St Agnes’ National permission granted to fishermen
harbour.
Coastwatch Institution for a modern jetty to be erected on Launched
lookout station on the north Cornwall’s River Helford has left in 1998, the
Cornwall coast has been the taxpayer with a £40,000 bill.
regeneration
restored by the National Trust. The judge, Michael Kay QC, who
project work
With restoration complete, delivered his findings, previously
included
the Institution is reinstalling awarded the Helford Village
towpath
its equipment together with Development Society, who took
radar and an automatic the action, £25,000 and half of the
improvements,
identification system. £50,000 costs, though they have to
dredging,
pay their own legal bill of £15,000.
sea lock gate
PHOTOS MIKE BENSON
restoration,
UKHO MOVE POSTPONED
workshops,
The Ministry of Defence, who spent £3m on plans to relocate and
A £5m project to regenerate offices and
sell off the Taunton site of the Hydrographic Office (UKHO), has
Bude Canal’s harbour and interpretation centre. HRH
announced that it will not happen, due to the recession. The costs
basin, which looks straight the Duke of Gloucester cut
included lawyers, consultants, deliberations and wholesale relocation
out through lock gates to the ribbon to officially mark,
to Exeter in Devon. UKHO has been Taunton’s largest employer for 40 the north Cornish coast, has the completion of the project.
years, but since 2005 its future been completed. Originally Along with craft units created
had become uncertain. However,
used to transport sea sand at the wharf, two large timber
plans to co-locate with the Met
to farms around Holsworthy chain links have been installed
Office were dropped in 2007.
and Launceston, the canal at Falcon bridge.
Now plans to move to the former
was closed in 1901 with A towpath suitable for
livestock market site in Taunton
have been dropped due to the
the harbour being used as disabled users has been created
collapse in the housing market.
a commercial port until the and two lock gates restored for
1950s and continuing as a the first time in nine decades.
24 Sailing Today July 09
ST147
AREAS_RTG.indd 24 12/5/09 17:31:35
Page 1 |
Page 2 |
Page 3 |
Page 4 |
Page 5 |
Page 6 |
Page 7 |
Page 8 |
Page 9 |
Page 10 |
Page 11 |
Page 12 |
Page 13 |
Page 14 |
Page 15 |
Page 16 |
Page 17 |
Page 18 |
Page 19 |
Page 20 |
Page 21 |
Page 22 |
Page 23 |
Page 24 |
Page 25 |
Page 26 |
Page 27 |
Page 28 |
Page 29 |
Page 30 |
Page 31 |
Page 32 |
Page 33 |
Page 34 |
Page 35 |
Page 36 |
Page 37 |
Page 38 |
Page 39 |
Page 40 |
Page 41 |
Page 42 |
Page 43 |
Page 44 |
Page 45 |
Page 46 |
Page 47 |
Page 48 |
Page 49 |
Page 50 |
Page 51 |
Page 52 |
Page 53 |
Page 54 |
Page 55 |
Page 56 |
Page 57 |
Page 58 |
Page 59 |
Page 60 |
Page 61 |
Page 62 |
Page 63 |
Page 64 |
Page 65 |
Page 66 |
Page 67 |
Page 68 |
Page 69 |
Page 70 |
Page 71 |
Page 72 |
Page 73 |
Page 74 |
Page 75 |
Page 76 |
Page 77 |
Page 78 |
Page 79 |
Page 80 |
Page 81 |
Page 82 |
Page 83 |
Page 84 |
Page 85 |
Page 86 |
Page 87 |
Page 88 |
Page 89 |
Page 90 |
Page 91 |
Page 92 |
Page 93 |
Page 94 |
Page 95 |
Page 96 |
Page 97 |
Page 98 |
Page 99 |
Page 100 |
Page 101 |
Page 102 |
Page 103 |
Page 104 |
Page 105 |
Page 106 |
Page 107 |
Page 108 |
Page 109 |
Page 110 |
Page 111 |
Page 112 |
Page 113 |
Page 114 |
Page 115 |
Page 116 |
Page 117 |
Page 118 |
Page 119 |
Page 120 |
Page 121 |
Page 122 |
Page 123 |
Page 124 |
Page 125 |
Page 126 |
Page 127 |
Page 128 |
Page 129 |
Page 130 |
Page 131 |
Page 132 |
Page 133 |
Page 134 |
Page 135 |
Page 136 |
Page 137 |
Page 138 |
Page 139 |
Page 140 |
Page 141 |
Page 142 |
Page 143 |
Page 144 |
Page 145 |
Page 146 |
Page 147 |
Page 148