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Scarborough is promoting itself as a destination port and is becoming increasingly popular due to recent dredging and an improved experience for visiting crew. The attractions include Regal Lady, one of the famed Dunkirk ‘little ships’, and Southern Star, an 80ft vessel open to the public that
sells seaweed-based products, harvested and manufactured by local company SeaGrown. Both these vessels have bars and catering (subject to Covid-19 restrictions).
Boston tidal barrier
The new barrier became operational at the end of last year. The next stage of this project will be works to the commercial dock entrance. This will require a temporary mooring dolphin in the river to allow commercial shipping to be swung. The project is due to be completed in 2022.
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Hammersmith Bridge closure
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transit under Hammersmith Bridge. Passage is only possible between 10.00 and 15.00 on Sundays and may be changed or cancelled at the last minute. Details of the transits are published in a new Notice to Mariners
issued by the PLA. Transits must be booked at least 72 hours in advance, via the online booking system:
www.pla.co.uk/Safety/
The-Harbour-Masters/Hammersmith-Bridge- Vessel-Transits Confirmation of the passage will be given around 48 hours in advance.
Medway conviction The skipper of a small motor cruiser has been 6 8
ordered to pay fines, compensation and costs totalling £3,950 after pleading guilty to Port Byelaw offences in December last year. In April 2020, the skipper was doing ’doughnuts’ around a rowing dinghy on the upper reaches of the Medway when he lost control and collided with the dinghy. A woman in the dinghy was injured and the dinghy sank. The prosecution was brought by the Port of Sheerness.
Mercator subsea cable 7 8 9 If you have a cruising matter we should be aware of, please email
cruising@rya.org.uk ANNEL
An application has been submitted by BT to the Marine Management Organisation to lay two new subsea fibre-optic cables to the continent. The
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Mercator cables are planned to run from Joss Bay on the Thanet coast at Broadstairs to Ostend. They will
replace existing cables. If the work goes ahead, there could be disruption to water users in the area.
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Photos: George Standen/Thomas Faull/Marco Rosario Venturini Autieri/KevinR4/Getty Images / iWebbtravel/Alamy Stock Photo / Meygen / Boston Tidal / Rachel Martyn
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