Practical Boat Owner – September 2019

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Regional News

News from your cruising area

An additional 66 berths are to

be built at Buckler’s Hard Yacht

Harbour as part of

redevelopment plans.

The £2 million investment at

the Beaulieu River marina is to

attract sailors wanting bigger

berths and walk-shore

pontoons.

The project has been given

planning permission and

granted a marine licence.

The managing director of

Beaulieu Estate, Russell

Bowman, said: “We are

investing in the future of the

marina while seeking to

reconfigure the facility and offer

increased availability of

walk-ashore berths and an

enhanced level of customer

service.”

WIN FOR BRADLEY

St Austell sailor Bradley

Pedrick, 11, (pictured with his

mum, Cheryl) has won the

2019 Panerai Challenger

Trophy, awarded to young

people who overcome

physical, economic or social

challenges to achieve

significant milestones in their

sailing or windsurfing.

Fourteen sailing and boating

clubs across Northern Ireland

are to be given extra support

by the RYA Northern Ireland

(RYANI) to help them develop

into ‘world class’

establishments.

Ballyholme YC, Ballyronan

BC, Carrickfergus SC, County

Antrim YC, Donaghadee SC,

East Down YC, Lough Neagh

SC, Royal North of Ireland YC

and Strangford Lough YC are

some of the clubs chosen for

the Focus Clubs programme.

The scheme aims to bring

new members in and assist

clubs in delivering activities to

benefit all of their members.

Funding comes from Sport

Northern Ireland and the

National Lottery.

NORTHERN IRISH CLUBS FUNDED

JERSEY COASTAL

DEFENCES REVIEW

Boaters have until 27

September to comment on

draft plans for the

management of Jersey’s

coastal defences over the next

100 years.

The Government’s draft

Shoreline Management Plan

highlights the island’s high

tidal range which makes areas

such as St Helier, Havre des

Pas, St Aubin’s Bay and St

Aubin’s Harbour, susceptible

to flooding during storm

surges and spring tides.

Visit: gov.je/shorelineplan

NEW SEAFARER

SAILING SCHOOL

Seafarer has opened a

new sailing school at

Shamrock Quay in

Southampton. It will

deliver RYA as well as

refresher and pre-flotilla

courses, including the

ICC, all aimed at

customers wishing to

update their skills before

their sailing holiday.

RHYL’S NEW LIFEBOAT

100-year-old Joan Webb, who

has spent decades fundraising

for the RNLI, has rung the

ceremonial bell to launch

Rhyl’s new Shannon Class

lifeboat. The ringing-in

ceremony took place at the

All-Weather Lifeboat Centre in

Poole ahead of the vessel’s

deployment to the Welsh town.

NEW RYA CYMRU WALES CEO APPOINTED

Gerwyn Owen has been appointed the new CEO of RYA

Cymru Wales. The Gwynedd native has over 30 years’

experience in the sport sector.

SOUTH COAST AND CHANNEL ISLANDS

WEST COAST, WALES AND IRELAND

Shamrock Quay

£2M INVESTMENT AT BUCKLER’S

HARD GETS THE GO-AHEAD

66 new berths are

planned for the

Beaulieu River

TACKLING INVASIVE

NON-NATIVE SPECIES

Boaters are being asked to

help eradicate invasive

non-native species in Wales.

The Wales Resilient

Ecological Network (WaREN)

is mobilising public, private

and voluntary sectors to stop

the spread of non-native

species, like New Zealand

pigmyweed (above). Contact

walesbiodiversitypartnership@

cyfoethnaturiolcymru.gov.uk

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