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Visitors to the largest free boat
show in the UK have
welcomed efforts to make the
event more sustainable and
environmentally friendly.
The Poole Harbour
Commissioners (PHC), which
runs the Poole Harbour Boat
Show in association with
Sunseeker, introduced several
new initiatives over the three
days, including providing water
refill stations for visitors and
refillable coffee cups to
exhibitors. More measures are
planned for next year.
The PHC said record
numbers of visitors attended
the event, with many taking
part in the on-water activities
and workshops during breaks
in the weather, including free
paddle boarding, kayaking and
dinghy sailing taster sessions.SALCOMBE PONTOON
UPGRADE
New pontoons have been
installed at Salcombe Harbour
and Kingsbridge Estuary in
south Devon.
Walcon, working for South
Hams District Council, has
replaced a plastic modular
pontoon with a new 58m
structure at the entrance to
Batson Creek. It is used in the
summer as an overflow for
tenders of visitors using the
harbour taxis.
Two old river pontoons
anchored at Dentridge in the
upper reaches of the
Kingsbridge Estuary have also
been replaced with a single
115m pontoon.Police are continuing their
search for missing Bristol
sailor, David Moore. The
43-year-old owned the yacht,
Egoist, which was seen leaving
Somerset’s Watchet Marina on
the afternoon of 1 June. It was
found run aground at Berrow
beach at 0630 on 3 June.
David was not on board.
Members of Burnham
Coastguard Rescue Team and
a Coastguard helicopter crew
carried out searches of the bay
and coastline. The yacht was
recovered by the RNLI and
towed to Burnham Yacht Club.
Anyone with information
about David Moore should call
Avon and Somerset Police at
101, quoting reference
5219122957.COASTGUARD SEARCH FOR SAILOR
£1.7M GRANT FOR
HELFORD TRUST
Work can now start on Helford
River Children’s Sailing Trust’s
£3m National Centre of
Excellence at Trevassack Lake
in Cornwall. The trust plans to
build accommodation and an
activity centre.NEW SPEED SIGN
A new flashing speed
awareness sign has been
installed to remind sailors
of the speed limit in
Lymington Harbour. The
sign is on the Eastern
Breakwater at the turn
between Short Reach and
Horn Reach adjacent to
No. 11 Navigation Post.MENAI ISLE FOR SALE
Part of the small tidal island of
Ynys Faelog on the Menai
Strait is on the market.
Bangor University is asking
£1m for 2.5 acres of the island.
The sale includes a two storey
building, private beach,
headland, boathouse, garage,
private slipway and access to
the mainland via a causeway.
FUNDING FOR IRISH SAILING CLUBS
21 sailing clubs in Ireland, including Sligo Yacht Club, have
benefited from r0.6m of funding from the Irish Government’s
Sports Capital Fund and Fisheries Local Area Group funding.SOUTH COAST AND CHANNEL ISLANDS
WEST COAST, WALES AND IRELAND
POOLE HARBOUR SHOW SUCCESS
Poole Harbour
boat show aims
to get people on
the waterMONTGOMERY CANAL
RESTORATION
Just over a mile of waterway
from Maesbury to Crickheath
on the Montgomery Canal has
been restored by the Canal &River Trust and the Shropshire
Union Canal Society. This
section has been closed since
a breach in 1936. A dedicated
turning point for narrowboats
has also been built.Andrea OakesCRTAvison Young/OffTheGroundLymington Harbour