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The latest news, keeping residents and harbour users up to date.


HARBOUR MASTER FIRST SEASON


Having completed my first nine months as Harbour Master, I thought it would be a good time to reflect on the year so far.


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he river Dart and its beautiful surroundings continues to draw


in large numbers of visitors on and off the water. However, the number of visitors arriving in small leisure craft continues to fall and this follows a recognised national trend. Our work, carried out in the Spring, to analyse


annual mooring waiting lists showed that demand for permanent moorings is also reducing but this can be viewed as positive since this trend should bring down the historically long waiting times for those who are willing to take moorings with less access to services and in less prime locations. Meanwhile, the increase in demand


for water based leisure activities - from cruising boat ownership to personal water craft (jet skis, canoes, paddle boards etc) - is something the Authority will need to address. This will not be without challenges since these smaller craft, that tend to use the river for shorter periods, often require launching, parking (for cars, trailers and watercraft) and changing room facilities.


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nother area of river activity that I know brings visitors into the


towns and helps the communities financially is the arrival of the larger ships that come into the river or anchor off the entrance. The Authority has also done well to attract larger sailing vessels and other visiting craft that can


Capt. Mark Cooper


berth on the town jetty. Superyachts are harder to attract


but I hope that considerate treatment of the owners, guests, masters and crew might have a positive impact on future visits. Although these vessels have smaller numbers of people onboard the effect on the community appears to be very positive as they can be a draw to visitors who will spend in the town. Despite successful cruise ship visits in 2017, I have failed to gain any detailed information on the effect that cruise ships have on local businesses but did personally conduct a very crude survey of the same four shops


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