Motor Boat & Yachting – May 2018

NEWS

FULLTANK

NEW KARNIC DEALER

MES Marine

Ltd has been

appointed a

dealer for the

Karnic range

of sportsboats

and cuddy cabin vessels that

are built in Cyprus. Based near

Chester, the company will be

responsible for the north-west

of England and North Wales.

LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT

AWARD

Gianni Zuccon

has been

awarded

a Lifetime

Achievement

Award at the Boat International

Design & Innovation awards held

in Austria. Zuccon founded the

Zuccon International Project

Studio which, to date, has been

responsible for the design of

more than 430 yachts, including

many of Ferretti’s and Bertram’s

most successful models.

BRITISH

MARINE CEO

STEPS DOWN

Howard

Pridding,

CEO of British

Marine, the

federation of the UK marine

industry responsible for the

London and Southampton

boat shows, has announced

that he is quitting to seek new

opportunities. The news comes

just one month after Murray

Ellis, chief officer of boat shows,

left the organisation.

BRIDLINGTON

MARINA ON HOLD

A proposed project to develop

a new marina in Bridlington has

been put on hold. The plan to

retain the existing fishing fleet

within the current harbour and

build a new external harbour with

a leisure marina had a projected

cost of £115 million. The scheme

has been deemed unaffordable.

Norfolk speeders prosecuted

Broads Authority appeal for help

EMPTYTA N K

E F

E F

New Sealine dealer for the north of England

Windermere Aquatic to sell the full range of Sealine boats

The UK has a new Sealine dealer

covering the north of the country.

Based at Bowness on Windermere in

the Lake District, Windermere Aquatic

Ltd has been appointed by Sealine UK

main agent TBS Boats based at

Penton Hook.

Established in 1928 and now open

seven days a week, Windermere

Aquatic is the UK’s largest Bayliner

importer as well as a dealer for

Quicksilver boats and a main service

centre for Mercury, MerCruiser,

UK NEWS

Holyhead Marina

destroyed

85 boats damaged P

WORLD NEWS

Two new marinas to

open in Montenegro

225 berths for sale P

THE TRUTH ABOUT

Foiling motor boats

How do these high-tech

foils work? P

This behaviour causes distress to other people

enjoying the Broads and is a danger to wildlife

Boaters and visitors to the Norfolk

Broads have been urged to report

speeding or dangerous boating

activity following two successful

prosecutions of errant boaters.

In the first case, held in January,

Andrew Armitage was prosecuted

for travelling at excessive speed on

Breydon Water.

Although this stretch of the

Broads has no fixed speed limit,

the speed at which Mr Armitage

was travelling was deemed to be

excessive, and said to be “causing

damage and considerable distress

to others on the water.”

He was fined £660 for failing

to navigate with care and caution

and £440 for failing to navigate

at safe speed. A victim surcharge

of £66 and costs of £150 were

also imposed.

In a separate case one week

later, Richard Gibbs was fined for

speeding offences on four separate

occasions over three months whilst

at the helm of his boat on the River

Wensum in Norwich.

A photograph used in evidence

showed Gibbs piloting his small

Shetland cruiser, with the boat

clearly on the plane, in close

proximity to swans despite being

in a 4mph zone. He was fined a total

of £2,350 and ordered to pay the

balance of an unpaid toll for the

boat as well as costs of £200 and

a £100 victim surcharge.

Lucy Burchnall, head of ranger

services at the Broads Authority

said, “I am pleased that these two

cases have resulted in sizeable fines

for these individuals, which should

send a clear message to the small

number of careless boaters that

speed. This behaviour causes

distress to people enjoying the

Broads National Park and is a danger

to wildlife as well as having the

potential to cause serious damage

and injury. Our rangers will always

take appropriate action when they

see these offences taking place.”

Burchnall is urging anyone who

witnesses boats speeding or being

driven carelessly to note details such

as the boat name or registration and

take photos if they can.

Broads Control can be contacted

on 01603 756056, VHF channel 12 or

emailed at broads.control@broads-

authority.gov.uk.

Speed limits like

this one are there

to protect wildlife

and other boat users

Windermere

Aquatic’s base in

the Lake District

Mariner and Yanmar engines.

A new-stock Sealine C330 will be

available for viewing at Windermere

from April, with a further C

and an F430 on order and due for

delivery in June.